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WHAT WE DO
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SERVE the community by collaborating with other agencies and professions to promote mental health;
WORK for the understanding of mental illness through education;
ADVOCATE for the strengthening of all mental health services;
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Knowledge is empowering. The Mental Health Association educates the public,
mental health consumers, family members, and health professionals about specific
mental disorders; signs & symptoms of mental illness; scientific advances in
research and treatment; and the stigma of mental illness.
As advocates for people with mental illness, the Mental Health Association fights
for individuals needing to access mental health care, as well as strategic
improvements for mental health services locally and statewide. Sadly, our most
vulnerable citizens need an ardent voice on their side.
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YOU CAN HELP
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With your gifts...
Click here...to view a printable donation form (PDF)
$1000 -
Provides area school children, parents and teachers with educational materials about
depression, eating disorders, stress, and suicide prevention.
$500 -
Provides corporate donors with a customized Employee Stress Prevention Seminar
$250 -
Provides clients/family advocacy services by helping 10 persons with mental
illness access the mental health care they need.
$100 -
Provides mental illness screening for 30 people suffering from unrecognized
symptions of depressions, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders.
All gifts are tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to:
Mental Health Association of East Tennesee, Inc.
P.O. Box 32731
Knoxville, Tenneseee 37930-2731
With your time...
Volunteer help and talent is welcomed for office and computer work, staffing
exhibits at health fairs and as supportive friends for Compeer Matches
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HOW TO REACH US
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Our postal address is:
Mental Health Association of East Tennesee, Inc.
P.O. Box 32731
Knoxville, Tenneseee 37930-2731
Our physical address is:
Mental Health Association of East Tennesee, Inc.
9050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 104-A
Knoxville, Tennessee 37923
We can be reached via e-mail at info@mhaet.com
Or you can reach us by telephone at (865)584-9125.
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NOTEWORTHY PROGRAMS
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Mental Health Screening Project
Our efforts have evolved into a year round screen effort geared toward early diagnosis
and treatment of depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders
Compeer
Matches volunteers in mentoring relationships with professionally referred adults.
Youth Connection
Matches donated services and resources with seriously emotionally disturbed and
high risk impoverished children to build emotionally healthy adults.
Mental Health 101
A middle and high school based outreach program that teaches young people about
the warning signs of mental illness, suicide prevention, stigma of mental illness
and help seeking behavior.
Invisible Children's Project (ICP)
Mental illness affects the whole family, especially the children of parents with
mental illness. This program works with area providers to establish a continuum of
support services for these children to prevent serious mental health problems.
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