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New York

New York City Bipolar Meetup Group (MEETUP.COM-http://bipolar.meetup.com)
("There are too many of us who do not understand the nature of our difficulty and have very few people in our lives who can directly relate...") Join on-line and meet in person monthly.

DBSA Chapters/Support Groups

Binghamton
DBSA Binghamton
Contact 1: Chris Retraske
Phone: (607) 648-7196
Contact 2: Bunny Mathews
Additional Phone: (607) 772-6233

Brockport
DBSA Rochester
Contact 1: Paul Schultz
Phone: (585) 797-8909
Contact 2: Rita Cronise
Additional Phone: (585) 234-8432 (Chapter Contact Phone)
Email: vincetaz@yahoo.com
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Buffalo
DBSA Buffalo
Contact 1: Richard D'Amato
Phone: (716) 316-6795
Contact 2: Mike Coffman
Additional Phone: (716) 866-5293
Email: docdamato@hotmail.com

Canandaigua
DBSA Canandaigua (for friends and family)
Contact 1: Lisa Rising-Patchen
Phone: (585) 398-2514
Contact 2: Rita Cronise
Additional Phone: (585) 924-7936
Fax: (585) 924-7936 (call first)
Email: dbsafarmington@rochester.rr.com
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Corning
DBSA Finger Lakes
Contact 1: Lola Mitchell
Phone: (607) 734-4789
Fax: (607) 734-4789
Email: info@dbsafingerlakes.org
Website: http://www.dbsafingerlakes.org

Elmira
DBSA Finger Lakes
Contact 1: Lola Mitchell
Phone: (607) 734-4789
Fax: (607) 734-4789
Email: info@dbsafingerlakes.org
Website: http://www.dbsafingerlakes.org

Farmington
DBSA Canandaigua (for friends and family)
Contact 1: Lisa Rising-Patchen
Phone: (585) 234-8432
Contact 2: Rita Cronise
Additional Phone: (585) 924-7936
Fax: (585) 924-7936 (call first)
Email: dbsacanandaigua@aol.com
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Farmington
DBSA Canandaigua
Contact 1: Lisa Rising-Patchen
Phone: (585) 234-8432
Contact 2: Rita Cronise
Additional Phone: (585) 924-7936
Fax: (585) 924-7936 (call first)
Email: dbsacanandaigua@aol.com
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Fishkill
DBSA Poughkeepsie/Fishkill, MHA
Contact 1: Marjorie Tortorella
Phone: (845) 473-2500 ext. 316
Contact 2: Lydia Edelhaus
Additional Phone: (845) 473-2500 ext. 342
Email: mhadcfss@hvc.rr.com

Ithaca
DBSA Ithaca Bipolar Explorers Club
Contact 1: Carol Stone
Phone: (607) 277-7114
Contact 2: Lynne Taetzsch
Additional Phone: (607) 273-0266
Email: artbylt@earthlink.net

New Windsor
DBSA Orange County
Contact 1: Joy Pfleger
Phone: (845) 566-1554
Email: connecttogether@hvc.rr.com

New York
DBSA MDSG New York
Contact 1: Judy McEwen
Phone: (212) 533-MDSG *6374*
Fax: (212) 675-0614
Email: info@mdsg.org
Website: www.mdsg.org

Poughkeepsie
DBSA Poughkeepsie/Fishkill, MHA
Contact 1: Marjorie Tortorella
Phone: (845) 473-2500 ext. 316
Contact 2: Lydia Edelhaus
Additional Phone: (845) 473-2500 ext. 342
Fax: (845) 473-4870
Email: mhadcfss@hvc.rr.com
Website: www.mhadc.com

Rochester
DBSA Rochester
Contact 1: Rita Cronise
Phone: (585) 234-8432
Contact 2: Paul Schultz
Additional Phone: (585) 797-8909
Fax: (585) 924-7936 (call first)
Email: dbsacanandaigua@aol.com
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Rochester
DBSA Rochester (for friends and family)
Contact 1: Rita Cronise
Phone: (585) 234-8432
Contact 2: Paul Scultz
Additional Phone: (585) 797-8909
Fax: (585) 924-7936 (call first)
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Rochester
DBSA Parents with Bipolar Children Rochester
Contact 1: David Barker
Phone: (585) 429-7350
Contact 2: Kim Williams
Additional Phone: (315) 597-9007
Email: youthbipolar@frontiernet.net
Website: www.dbsaroch.org

Syracuse
DBSA CNY
Contact 1: Gregg Phillips
Phone: (315) 446-2235
Email: Gphilli4@twcny.rr.com
Website: www.cnydepression.com

White Plains
DBSA Westchester
Contact 1: Liz
Phone: (914) 476-4720 or (914) 497-3449
Contact 2: Jose
Additional Phone: (914) 471-3456
Email: wdbsa@optonline.net

Yorktown
DBSA Yorktown
Contact 1: Lidia Alexander
Phone: (914) 737-7837
Contact 2: Kurt Tegtmeir
Additional Phone: (914) 879-1419
Email: livenow99@cs.com

The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) has a website at: http://www.bpkids.org that provides information to support families with children with bipolar. Fact sheets, newsletters, chat rooms, physician locators, and a support group directory for each state are also provided on this site.

If you have questions regarding bipolar disorder or are having trouble finding a support group in your area, you can contact the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for publications or other help at the NIMH Information Center at 1-866-615-6464 or at nimhinfo@nih.gov.

National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all.phpects of mental health and mental illness. NMHA has more than 340 affiliates nationwide. To find help and/or a support group in your community, contact NMHA by internet at: http://www.nmha.org/affiliates/ or by phone at: 1-800-969-NMHA (6642).

UNITED WAY (Information and Referral): Dial 211 for information about support groups and services in New York.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has a state organization in all 50 states as well as in Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. There are also more than 1,200 local affiliates spanning all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Your State NAMI
State: New York
State Affiliate: NAMI New York State
Address: 260 Washington Ave
Albany, NY 12210-1312
Primary Phone: (518)462-2000
Alternate Phone: (800)950-3228
Fax: (518)462-3811
Email Address: naminys@naminys.org
Website: www.naminys.org
President: Michael Silverberg
Executive Director: David Seay

IF YOU ARE IN A CRISIS, PLEASE CALL: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
Or: 1-800-273-TALK(1-800-273-8255)

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