Comprehensive information on the range of services provided by the health board and the local authority from the resources made available to them are available from those agencies.In the past three years 14 projects in Dumfries and Galloway have been supported by Mental Illness Specific Grant (£480,000 a year), and seven initiatives in the area have been funded from the Mental Health and Well Being Development Fund to a total value of £832,000.Guidance on the best organisation of mental health services was published in the service elements section of the Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland (bib. no.7392).