Mental & Behavioral Health
Resources
Adelante
Adelante is a nonprofit agency that provides individualized support services for over 1000 New Mexicans with mental, physical, and developmental disabilities, as well as disabled veterans and the elderly. It provides such programs as assistive technology, residential services, day programs, supported employment and training.
Phone: 505-341-2000
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of people for whom alcohol has become a major problem.
Phone: 1-212-870-3400
Adult Protective Services Statewide
Phone: 505-476-4912
Toll-free: 866-654-3219
Aging and Long-Term Services Department - Aging and Disability Resources Center
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) offers comprehensive information and assistance:
- Information and Referral Assistance
- Benefits Counseling
- Medicaid home and community-based services
- Caregiving
- Respite Care (adult day care, in-home care)
- Attendant and/or Personal Care
- Homemaker services
- Home-delivered meals
- Nutrition Counseling
- Transportation
- Prescription Drug Assistance
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Transition Care program helps residents transition from long-term care facilities back into a community setting
- Adult Protective Services
- Long-Term Options Counseling
- Legal information and assistance
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is a national legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. Through precedent-setting litigation and in the public policy arena, the Bazelon Center works to advance and preserve the rights of people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America is a leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall mental health of all Americans.
Phone 1-703-664-7722
Toll-Free 1-600-969-6642
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous is a nonprofit fellowship of people for whom drugs have become a major problem.
Phone 1-818-773-9999 x771
NM Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC)
The NM DDPC operates a program that provides Guardianship for individuals with developmental and behavioral disabilities and their families.
Phone: 505-841-4519
National Alliance on Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Health provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.
Phone 1-703-524-7600
Helpline 1-800-950-6264
National Alliance on Mental Illness of NM (NAMI)
NAMI of New Mexico offers numerous programs to assist those that are affected by mental illness. The programs provided include: Family to Family – In Our Voice, Living with Mental Illness and Treatment Guardian.
Phone: 505-681-0774
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for mental disorder research. Its mission is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
Phone 1-866-615-6464
Hours 6:30 AM – 5 PM ET, Monday-Friday
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities. It makes substance use and mental disorder information, services, and research more accessible.
Phone: 877-726-4727