Mental Health Resources

Running head: Community Resources
Community Resources
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Mental Health Resources
Introduction
There are various community health resources in different places which help people to cope with their problems and become a better person. Such resources are necessary for the benefit of the society as certain issues like alcoholism do prevail in the general population. These people need outside to help them cope with it and improve their lives. This paper will talk about the resources available for the people in US and how they affect the general population.
The Three Resources
Among the various resources available are Alcoholics Anonymous, Healthy People and National Institute on Drug Abuse and these will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
Benefit
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of all kinds of people who get together and tell each other their personal experiences regarding alcoholism. They all have this common problem and they help each other with it, giving them strength and hope. The organization does not charge any kind of fee, neither for membership nor treatment. The main purpose behind this organization is to rid the society of the evil of alcoholism and help those who want to quit this habit.
Regarding the second organization, Healthy People offers a structure for prevention of the society. It has certain aims to meet which includes the identification of major preventable problems to health and for the establishment of national goals for the reduction of such issues.
National Institute on Drug Abuse caters to the nation through giving them a chance of recovering from drug abuse and addiction. It offers strategic support and conducts research of several subjects and then makes sure that the results from those researches are used in helping the prevention and treatment of drug abuse.
Funding
Alcoholics Anonymous is a self-supporting group that aims at the betterment of the general society. It is not a government organization. It is available without any kind of fee and can be accessed in several different cities and villages across the globe. There are also some philanthropists who make some donation for the organization and help continue with its service. And it is always good to pay fo...