Georgia Mental Health Agencies and Advocacy Organizations

• Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD): DBHDD supports individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues, and to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network: This organization aids individuals with disabilities in living full and meaningful lives.
• NAMI Georgia: NAMI Georgia is a part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and endeavors to educate people about mental illness, advocate for people with mental illness, and support funding for research into mental illness.
• Mental Health America of Georgia (MHA): Mental Health America of Georgia is the state’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated aiding individuals with mental illness.
• Georgia Association of Community Service Boards (GACSB): GACSB promotes information and actions to enhance the quality and availability of developmental disability and mental health services in Georgia.  Community Service boards provide many of the mental health and developmental disability services in the state, although there are many other organizations that provide these services as well.