Mental health is health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! This May, help support our work to ensure every Marylander’s fundamental right to mental health and substance use care.
Alternatively, you can visit Suicide Prevention Lifeline to talk via phone or live webchat.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline WebsiteThe Mental Health Association of Maryland provides free informational resources, which are currently available by download or by mail.
Access our ResourcesMHAMD believes every person has a right to respect, dignity, and the opportunity to achieve their full potential free from stigma and prejudice. We're working to ensure that all Marylanders have access to high-quality behavioral healthcare.
Influencing policy to assure all Marylanders have access to quality behavioral health care.
Learn MoreTraining professionals and everyday Marylanders how help those with behavioral health needs.
Learn MoreOffering behavioral health education and resources for all stages of life.
Learn MoreProviding oversight to improve the quality of Maryland's public behavioral health system.
Learn MoreMHAMD’s library of free resources provides information on behavioral health throughout all stages of life.
The Mental Health Association of Maryland’s public policy staff works with the Maryland legislature, members of Congress, government officials, and other stakeholders including consumers, family members, mental health professionals, and other advocates to affect laws and policies at the State and Federal levels.
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MHAMD chairs a number of coalitions addressing behavioral health in Maryland.
Each year MHAMD works on close to 100 proposed pieces of legislation.
If you or a loved one needs assistance or is thinking of suicide, please get help immediately.
1. Current regulations went into effect in January of 2010.
The Wellstone and Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, but Interim Final Regulations were released in 2010. All insurance plans that are not specifically exempted from the law must now be in compliance.