NASMHPD has an affiliation with the approximately 220 state psychiatric hospitals located throughout the United States. The facilities include hospitals for children, adults, older persons, and people who have entered the mental health system via the court system. NASMHPD holds a National Summit every two years to convene the superintendents of all of these hospitals.

In addition, NASMHPD has helped establish the following four regional organizations, each of which meet annually: the Southern States Psychiatric Hospital Association (SSPHA), the Midwestern Association for State Mental Health Organizations (MASMHO), the Western Psychiatric State Hospital Association (WPSHA), and the Northeast Regional State Psychiatric Hospital Association (NERSPHA).

A contact for each regional organization is listed below. To obtain contact information for each state psychiatric hospital within the four regions, click here.

Midwestern Association for State Mental Health Organizations

William "Bill" Gibson
Chief Executive Officer
Lincoln Regional Center
PO Box 94949
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4949
(402) 479-5388
E-mail: Bill.gibson@nebraska.gov

Dr. Patrick Canavan
Chief Executive Officer
Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Department of Mental Health
2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20032
Phone: (202) 299-5500
Fax: (202) 561-6957
Email: Patrick.canavan@dc.gov

James E. Smith, L.C.S.W., D.C.S.W.
Superintendent
North Texas State Hospital
Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
P.O. Box 2231
4730 College Drive
Vernon, Texas 76385
Phone: (940) 552-4000
Fax: (940) 553-2500
Email: jamese.smith@dshs.state.tx.us
Web Site: http://www.sspha.com/

Cory Nelson
CEO
Arizona State Hospital
2500 E. Van Buren
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
Phone: (602) 220-6000
Email: Cory.nelson@azdhs.gov
Website: http://www.wpsha.org/