Internet Resources

Mental Health Resources in General     Finding a Therapist     Alzheimer's     Children
Depression and Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder)
Suicide     Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders
Medications Used for Mental Health Problems
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Problems
Gambling Addictions     Eating Disorders     Schizophrenia

 

 

Mental Health Resources in General

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ This is the site for the National Institute of Mental Health. They have a number of publications about a variety of emotional, mental and family problems that you can read on your computer or order for free.

http://ocd.nami.org/fact.htm This is the place to find the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. They have lots of facts and statistics related to mental illness. Use the search button to find information about particular types of problems.

http://www.apa.org/homepage.html this page is for the American Psychological Association. It has up to date stories in the news. To get specific information about various emotional and health issues, go to there publication cite and scroll down to the education brochures at http://www.apa.org/publications/brochures.html

http://www.mentalhealth.com/ a rich site with lots of information, including diagnosis, medications, and Internet links.

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Finding a Therapist
http://mentalhelp.net/articles/seligm.htm

http://www.psychcentral.com/therapist
Alzheimer's

http://www.alz.org for information Alzheimer's Disorder

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Children

http://www.aacap.org/search.htm The academy for childhood and adolescent psychiatry has articles available through their search engine on this page.

http://www.ldonline.org/ This is an interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children.

http://www.chadd.org/ This iis the site for information about Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. It also provides information on local support groups.

http://www.wingofmadness.com/index.htm This is a depression resource site that includes information about depression in children, adolescents and women.

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Depression and Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder)

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html A comprehensive site for information on depression and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depres.html Here you can take a test that gives you a preliminary test for depression.

http://depression.com/ this site has lots of information about depression. Use the Quick Navigation bar at the top left side of the page to find out what is available.

http://www.depression.com/tools/health_library/coping/sex.html to get information about depression and sex drive and how medications can affect it.

http://www.depression.com/tools/health_library/coping/friends.html talks to family members and friends of the person who is depressed.

http://www.wingofmadness.com/index.htm This is a depression resource site that includes information about depression in children, adolescents and women.

http://www.blarg.net/~charlatn/Depression.html for one person's journey out of depression.

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Suicide

http://www.afsp.org/ This has information about suicide, including a section on helping survivors of suicide.

Anxiety, Obesessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder

http://www.algy.com/anxiety/ This site has information about anxiety, OCD, and panic attacks.

http://www.ocdresource.com/ 

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.trauma-pages.com/index.phtml

Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders

http://www.ldonline.org/ an interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children.

http://www.chadd.org/ this is the site for information about Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. It also provides information on local support groups.

http://mentalhelp.net/guide/addquiz.htm has a quiz to help you decide whether you might have attention deficit disorder. (Note: I think that this test OVER diagnoses the disorder.

http://adhd.mentalhelp.net/

http://www.addvance.com/articles.html

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Medications Used for Mental Health Problems

http://www.mhsource.com/advocacy/narsad/dep.html

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr30.html

See Medication and Depression pages on this site.

Alcohol and Substance Abuse Problems

http://www.well.com/user/woa%20for%20addictions

http://www.arf.org/isd//infopak/list.html

http://www.health.org/ the national clearinghouse for drug and alcohol information. You can use their data bases to search formore information

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/science/html/animations.html

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Gambling Addictions

http://www.gamblingaddiction.org/

http://www.addictionrecov.org/qandagam.htm This site has a question and answer section that is pretty good.

Eating Disorders

http://www.something-fishy.org/ This is a very comprehensive site about eating disorders.

Schizophrenia

http://www.mhsource.com/narsad.html This is the home page for The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.

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