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The Handbook:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Brain Disorders
Coping in Crisis
Medications
Resources for Care
Effects on the Family
Public Health Services
Financial Resources
Working with the System
Appendices:
NAMI Phone Numbers
DuPage Health Services
Chicago Area Hospitals
Community Resources
Legal Resources
Books, Videos, Journals
Hospitalization Form
Judicial Admission Form
Declaration of Treatment
Drug Reimbursement
An Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Behavioral and Mental Health Services
DuPage County Health Department
The Behavioral and Mental Health Services provides services to severely disturbed children, substance abusers and chronically mentally ill adults who meet agency admissions criteria.
Initial services are coordinated through Access and Crisis Center, 627-1700. Behavioral and Mental Health Services programs include:
Access and Crisis Center
Adult Services
- Outpatient
- Vocational
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation
- Residential
- Aftercare Linkage
Child and Adolescent Services
- Psychiatric Services
- Counseling
- Case Management
- Respite Care
Consultation, Education and Prevention Services
- Services for impaired parents of infants
- Education seminars, professional training
- Resource development
- Volunteer Program
Other sections of this handbook describe the Behavioral and Mental Health Services for the chronically mentally ill adults more extensively than outlined here. Coping with Brain Disorders in Crisis and Public Mental Health Services expand on the description of services provided by the Health Department's Behavioral and Mental Health Services.
To learn more about any of these services, including support groups, call Access and Crisis Center, 627-1700. The Intake worker will answer your questions or assist you in finding the person or program that can help you within the Health Department or throughout the county.
Health Education Referral System (HERS)
The DuPage County Health Department also has a direct line for information on a wide variety of health education classes, including mental health, throughout the county. Call (630) 682-7400 for more information.
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