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| Academy of Cognitive Therapy |
The non-profit Academy of Cognitive TherapyTM (ACT), founded in 1999, supports continuing education and research in cognitive therapy, acts as a resource in cognitive therapy for professionals and the public at large, and works toward identification and certification of clinicians skilled in cognitive therapy. The Academy includes physicians, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals from around the world. The ACT is a member of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA), the premier standard-setting and accreditation body in private certification. |
| American Psychiatric Association |
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is a medical specialty society whose more than 35,000 member physicians around the world work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders. The APA, composed primarily of medical specialists qualified (or in the process of becoming qualified) as psychiatrists, seeks to provide broad access to quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. |
| Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance |
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), a non-profit organization, is the nation's leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. The DBSA supports research that promotes timely diagnosis, develops more effective and tolerable treatments, and seeks to discover a cure. |
| National Institute of Mental Health |
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal government agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. The NIMH solicits input from patients, mental health advocates, scientists, members of Congress, the public, and the National Advisory Mental Health Council. It is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. |
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