Cole Resource Center

The Jonathan O. Cole Mental Health Consumer Resource Center is a consumer to consumer mental health organization. It was named for Jonathan O. Cole, M.D.,^[1] a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and a senior consultant in psychopharmacology at McLean Hospital, and the founder of the Manic-Depressive & Depressive Association (MDDA)-Boston. It is located in the deMarneffe Building at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

The Cole Resource Center provides information about a wide range of mental disorders, as well as consultation on housing, health insurance, low cost medications, volunteer employment, and legal advocacy for mental health consumers. It was co-founded by Everett Page, Evie Barkin and Anne Whitman, Ph.D. Barkin and Whitman have publicly revealed that they have bipolar disorder, in line with the Center's efforts to reduce the stigma of mental illness.^[1][2]

The Center has helped to develop news stories, including collaborations with the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe, and the Harvard Business Review.^[3] They have contributed to television segments on psychiatric issues for the Discovery Channel, "20/20" and Good Morning America.

See also

• Psychiatric survivors movement
• Recovery model
• Self-help groups for mental health

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "About the Cole Resource Center"
2. ^ Speredelozzi, Alex, "Beyond Shame and Stigma: The Disclosure of Mental Illness", NARPA, Harvard University, September 2010. (A Thesis in the Field of Journalism for the Degree of Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies)
3. ^ "Cole Resource Center Services"

External links

• Cole Resource Center website