Links to Educational Websites
Arkansas Division of Mental Health Services
The Division of Mental Health Services is organized within three functional components:
Central Administration
The overall direction, coordination, and administrative oversight of the state-operated programs.
Arkansas State Hospital
90 beds for acute psychiatric admission; a 60-bed forensic treatment services program which offers assistance to circuit courts throughout the state; a 16-bed adolescent treatment program for youth 13 to 18; and a program for juvenile sex offenders.
Arkansas Health Center
A 350-bed psychiatric nursing home licensed as a skilled nursing facility, serves the needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities who require specialized services or programs. The program emphasizes the provision of services to special-need groups and individuals with cognitive dysfunctions.
Centers for Youth and Family Services
Health Resources of Arkansas, Inc.
South Arkansas Regional Health Center
Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center
Counseling Services of Eastern Arkansas
The Village Integrated Services Agency
Mental Health Net
A personal, award-winning, definitive guide to mental health, psychology, and psychiatry resources online. It has over 8,500 refereed resources and the oldest & largest online mental health community of over 12,000 regular members.
Social Work and Services Links
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work offers listings of some of the information available on the internet.
Mental Health Council of Arkansas
The MHCA assists its members to achieve the goal of community based treatment which focuses on the whole person with emphasis on physical, mental and emotional wellness and promotes the comprehensive diagnostic, treatment, and wrap around services provided by the private non-profit community mental health centers of Arkansas.
