ABIL (Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives), Inc.

Mutual support, encouragement, hope, goal setting, and education for persons with agoraphobia, anxiety or panic-related disorders and their families and friends.
ABIL, Inc., 3805 Cutshaw Ave., Suite 415, Richmond, VA 23230. Call (804) 353-3964; FAX: (804) 353-3687.
mailto:abil1996@aol.com

Self-help groups that use specific behavioral and cognitive techniques to help people recover from anxiety disorders. Relaxation techniques and small group discussions, field trips.
AIM, 1719 Crooks, Royal Oak, MI 48067-1306. Call (248) 547-0400.
mailto:anny@ameritech.net

Promotes welfare of people with phobias and related anxiety disorders. An organization for consumers, health care professionals and other concerned individuals.
Anxiety Disorders Assn. of America, 8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Call (240) 485-1001; FAX: (240) 485-1035.
mailto:malonso@adaa.org or http://www.adaa.org

Resource center for mental health consumers and consumer- run organizations nationwide that promotes self-help, recovery and empowerment.
CONTAC, c/o WVMHCA, 1036 Quarrier St., Suite 208A, Charleston, WV 25301. Call (888) 825-8324, (304) 346-9992 or (304) 345-7312.
http://www.contac.org

Consumer-run center that provides information on local self-help resources and upcoming conferences.
National Empowerment Ctr., 599 Canal St., Lawrence, MA 01840. Call (978) 685-1518 or (800) POWER-2-U (769-3278); FAX: (978) 681-6426; TTY: (800) 889-7693.
http://www.power2u.org

Consumer self-help resource information geared towards meeting the individual and group needs of mental health consumers. Assistance in advocacy, listings of publications, on-site consultations, training, educational events.
National MH Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse, 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19107-4103. Call (800) 553-4-KEY; FAX: (215) 636-6310; TDD: (215) 751-9655.
http://www.mhselfhelp.org

Alliance of mentally restored people helping to reclaim the human dignity destroyed by the stigma of mental illness. Directs ex-patients in worthwhile, positively visible projects to improve image. Write: Reclamation, Inc., c/o Don H. Culwell, Director, 2502 Waterford Dr., San Antonio, TX 78217. Call (210) 822-3569.

A community mental health organization that offers a self-help method of will training; a system of techniques for controlling temperamental behavior and changing attitudes toward nervous symptoms, anxiety, depression, anger and fears.Recovery, Inc., 802 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610. Call (312) 337-5661; FAX: (312) 337-5756.http://www.recovery-inc.com
mailto:spot@recovery-inc.com