Mental Health & Mental Health Disorders Resources

Internet Mental Health
Mental Illness Ranks First In Terms of Causing Disability in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Effective, well-researched treatments exist for most mental disorders, yet the majority of people who have severe mental illness are not treated. Our goal is to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness throughout the world. We offer; Authoritative descriptions of the 72 most common psychiatric drugs including: indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse effects, overdose, dosage, and research findings. Authoritative descriptions of the 54 most common mental disorders including: diagnosis, treatment, and research findings. Web Communities: Join in discussions on Bipolar Disorder, Depression, and Schizophrenia. Mental health news, magazine articles, booklets, stories of recovery, letters, and editorials. Online diagnosis of the 37 most common mental disorders (including: Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia, Eating Disorders, Personality Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Substance Use Disorders).

The Mental Health Channel
The Mental Health Channel provides comprehensive, trustworthy information about mental health conditions and diseases, such as alcohol abuse and depression. A medical information website of Healthcommunities.com, Inc., mentalhealthchannel is developed and monitored by board-certified physicians. Find clearly explained, medically accurate information regarding conditions, including an overview, symptoms, causes, diagnostic procedures, and treatment options. FInd help with ADHD, Alcohol Abuse, Bipolar, Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder, Eating Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobias, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Schizophrenia and more.

Mental Health Resources at athealth.com
Athealth.com is a leading provider of mental health information and services for mental health practitioners and those they serve. Our online community consists of psychiatrists, pediatricians, family practitioners, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, counselors, researchers, educators, school psychologists, caregivers, and others who meet the diverse needs of those with mental health concerns. Mental health touches everyone. It is the child who has experienced the trauma of domestic violence; the teenager who is addicted to drugs; the working mother who cares for a disabled family member; the single parent who copes with an ADHD child; the college student who struggles with anorexia; the young woman who suffers from severe mental illness; the middle-aged man who mourns the death of his wife; the aging grandmother who has begun the decline into Alzheimer's; the family that tries to find answers to conflict; the couple that seeks to improve their communication and enhance the quality of their lives.

The Solution To Anxiety & Panic Disorder
Treat the root cause of anxiety disorders with THE unique, fast and permanent solution - The Linden Method. Discover how you can cure yourself of anxiety and panic attacks quickly and permanently. Contrary to my doctor's prediction, I cured myself of acute anxiety. Since then, I have taught thousands of people worldwide to be anxiety free...allow me to show you how. You aren’t going mad, you are one of 20 million people in the USA alone who suffer with ANXIETY DISORDER and/or PANIC DISORDER and if that is the case, I promise you that this is the most important website you will ever find.

Adult Symptoms of Various Mental Health Disorders
Complete list of psychiatric disorders and adult symptoms of mental health disorders. Also overviews of mental illness, anxiety disorders, depression, childhood psychiatric disorders, more. Healthyplace.com is a community of people providing mental health information, support, and the opportunity to share experiences helpful to others. At HealthyPlace.com, you'll find comprehensive, authoritative information on psychological disorders, psychiatric medications, active chatrooms, hosted support groups, journals/diaries, online psychological tests, breaking mental health news, HealthyPlace.com Radio, our weekly live mental health radio show, and more. We believe the most important thing in a person's life is "peace of mind".

The North Carolina Psychological Association
The North Carolina Psychological Association is a non-profit, professional organization. The website is a resource for the general public, students and psychologists in North Carolina. Find help with: Frequently Asked Questions, When do I need help? What is a psychologist? How does therapy work? Choosing a psychologist.What is a psychiatrist? What is a psychotherapist or counselor? Insurance Coverage. How to Find a Psychologist. Confidentiality. Links to Mental Health Resources.

Addiction Free Forever Program
Is alcohol or drug use badly affecting your life or someone's life who you care about? Here's a 10 phase At-Home Program that GUARANTEES to PERMANENTLY END an Alcohol or Drug problem... and for LESS than the price of ONE visit to a counselor. As an EX-alcoholic and EX-drug user (no longer a "recovering" one...and for 24 years now), I'm happy to present here the method that accomplished that for me and that I guarantee will also work for you.

Greenbriar Treatment Center
Heroin addiction, oxycontin abuse and chemical dependency are just a few of the problem's that Greenbriar Treatment Center for drug and chemical dependency offers hope. We give help to the chemically dependent person and support for the people that love them. Heroin addiction, oxycontin abuse, alcohol, crack, marijuana ..the list goes on. Chemical dependency can touch anyone, and without proper treatment can result in a ruined and hopeless life. Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax. .. .even these prescription drugs, ordered by your doctor, can be highly addicting and potentially dangerous. Treatment takes on many forms, depending on the severity of the addiction and may include medically monitored detoxification or inpatient rehabilitation. Other levels of care may involve day treatment, intensive outpatient treatment and individual counseling sessions. If you or someone you love has a problem with alcohol or other drugs, please contact Greenbriar today. There is a better life waiting for you.

Suicide and Bullying
Bullying and suicide Suicide statistics, child suicide, teen suicide, youth suicide, suicide help, suicide prevention - Britain has one of the highest suicide rates in Europe. Each year in the UK over 5000 people take their life. The Samaritans estimate that in the UK there is a suicide every 82 minutes. The charity Depression Alliance estimates that each year there are around 19,000 suicide attempts by UK adolescents whilst more than 2 million children attend GP's surgeries with some kind of psychological or emotional problem. Each day, two people under the age of 24 commit suicide. In 1997, 1757 young adult males committed suicide whilst only 412 females committed suicide. One reason is thought to be because males choose more lethal (and thus successful) methods of suicide such as hanging, shooting or jumping in front of a train. In the UK, suicide has taken over from road accidents as the number one cause of death for young adult males in the age range 18-24. Bullying, harassment and abuse cause injury to health, which is often diagnosed as stress and anxiety but may also include depression. The page injury to health tells you how negative stress injures your health, including the sequence of events that precedes suicide. Prolonged negative stress can culminate in a cocktail of symptoms often congruent with the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD; these include anxiety, anger, reactive depression, tearfulness, disbelief, panic attacks, fatigue, sleeplessness, migraines, joint and muscle pains, excessive guilt, suicidal thoughts, loss of self-esteem and self confidence. Visit and lean more...

The Options Institute - Overcoming Depression Information and Symptom Checklist
Our work originally began when our son, Raun, was diagnosed as profoundly autistic and severely retarded. In an effort to help him, we developed a totally unique, ground breaking program that enabled our son to make a complete recovery from his supposedly "incurable" condition. Since then, The Option Institute has evolved into a highly-acclaimed learning center serving thousands of people and hundreds of families from 80 countries around the world. The Option Institute and Fellowship is a nonprofit organization we founded in 1983 in response to folks asking for our help. Our 95 acre mountainside campus is located in Sheffield, Massachusetts (in the Northeast part of the United States. We offer a series of intensive personal growth programs for individuals, couples, families and groups who are either challenged by adversity or who want to improve the quality of their lives by becoming happier, more effective and more successful. The basis for the ideas presented in these programs are explored in my best-selling book Happiness Is A Choice. We also offer The Son-Rise Program, which is a unique way of working with developmentally challenged children and adults. It's based on the methods we used to help transform our son from an autistic, functionally retarded little boy into a high honors graduate of an Ivy League University.

Children's and Adolescents' Mental Health, National Mental Health Information Center
This glossary contains terms frequently used when referring to the mental health needs of children and adolescents. The list is alphabetical. Words in italics are defined separately within the glossary. Since the words service and services are used frequently throughout the glossary, it may be helpful to begin by reading the definition for service. The terms in this glossary describe ideal services. These services may not be available in all communities. The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families, administered by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), has grantees in communities across the country that are demonstrating these services. For more information about children's mental health issues or services, call SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center at 1-800-789-2647.

Council of Nephrology Social Workers (CNSW)
Preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of organs for transplantation. The Council of Nephrology Social Workers (CNSW) functions as a professional membership council within the framework of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and networks with other organizations, including the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), state and local governments, and private groups. CNSW's purpose is twofold: one, to assist patients and their families in dealing with the psychosocial stresses and lifestyle readjustments and facilitate a treatment program that will maximize rehabilitation potential; two, to support the federal regulations governing ESRD reimbursement in regard to standards for social work practice and in the definition of a qualified social worker.

David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages
These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. The purpose of this award winning site is to provide information for clinicians and researchers in the traumatic-stress field. Specifically, my interests here include both clinical and research aspects of trauma responses and their resolution. For example; What goes on biologically in the brain during traumatic experience and its resolution? Which psychotherapeutic procedures are most effective with traumatic symptoms, for which patients and why? How can we best measure clinical efficacy and treatment outcome for trauma survivor populations? Supportive resources supplement the more academic or research information of interest to clinicians, researchers, and students. I do realize that these are not mutually exclusive groups. Since 19 May 1995 (a month after the Oklahoma City bombing), this site has welcomed 1,400,655 visits (363 today).

Drug Rehab Psychologist Therapist Drug Treatment Rehabilitation Center Eating Disorder Rehab
Find the right psychologist, therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, drug rehab or eating disorder treatment center ideally suited to your specific needs. 4therapy.com is concerned about the stigma attached to seeking professional help for psychological issues and the difficult path most people face when trying to select a therapist. Our mission is to provide the most trustworthy and reliable way to confidentially identify and select a psychotherapist ideally suited to your needs.

EMPACT-SPC - Suicide Prevention, Suicide Crisis Line
American Association of Suicideology accredited Center in Arizona providing 24 hour telephone intervention to people experiencing suicidal crisis. EMPACT-SPC asserts that anyone requiring crisis intervention or clinical services, while they may benefit from the information available on this website, can only receive optimal assistance by contacting us by telephone. DO NOT USE E-MAIL if you need clinical or crisis services. Please use one of the 24 hour Crisis Hotlines listed below.800-656-HOPE -- RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline (National) 800-SUICIDE -- HopeLine Suicide Hotline (National) 480-784-1500 -- Suicide/Crisis Hotline (Maricopa County) 866-205-5229 -- Toll-Free Crisis Hotline (Arizona) 480-736-4949 -- Sexual Assault Hotline (Maricopa County)

A Free Information Resource on Social Work by NASW New York City Chapter
A free information library encompassing social work, reflecting health, managed care, mental health, welfare, substance abuse, disasters, ethics, and professional practice. Educational opportunities, meetings announced. Last February, the board of directors of the NYC-NASW voted to create the Center for Social Work Policy and Practice. The purpose is to “understand and advance the state of social work policy and practice on behalf of the communities we serve”. The NYC-NASW Center will be involved in data gathering and, equally important, assuring that social work practice is supported in service delivery organizations. Also central is carrying out the vision of NASW’s recent three-year strategic plan that includes the objective of “promoting the value and visibility of the social work profession”.

Heroin Anonymous 12 Step Recovery
You do not have to suffer anymore. Help is here for all heroin addicts who wish to find a better way of life. Heroin Anonymous is a non-profit fellowship of men and women who have found a solution to heroin addiction. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. We are recovered heroin addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay sober. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop suffering from heroin addiction. There are no dues or fees for H.A. membership; we are self supporting through our own contributions. H.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other heroin addicts achieve sobriety. Heroin Anonymous is concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of individual heroin addicts who turn to our Fellowship for help. We do not provide drug education, therapy, medical or psychiatric treatment, chemical dependency treatment, drug addiction research, or propaganda of any form. Our members consist of individuals who have found a better way of life. We have recovered from our heroin addiction and simply wish to offer help to all of those who suffer from heroin addiction. We are fully self-supporting, we accept voluntary contributions from our members for our expenses, and we respectfully decline outside contributions.

Homeopathic Treatments for ADHD
Clinicians using homeopathy for ADHD have reported good results, but objective evidence has been lacking. Now, a double blind, placebo-controlled study of 43 children with ADHD shows that homeopathy can be effective in treating the disorder. We offer an A to Z compendium of the best that homeopathy has to offer in this area.

International Behavioral and Medical Biometrics Society
Behavioral and Medical Biometrics is a branch of these studies investigating patterns displayed by living organisms in their appearance or function for statistically significant correspondences to the organisms behavior and/or health. It currently incorporates a wide group of studies including facial analysis, iris analysis (iridology), retina scanning, palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics, hand analysis, graphology, thermography, voice analysis, sclerology, and movement analysis. It is open to other related fields of investigation.

Kathi's Mental Health Review and Borderline Personality
I write extensively about Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychology, Regression, and Patient Rights issues. I've researched and published professional articles since 1996. I believe education is key toward a win-win between professionals and clients. Combined with intelligence and objectivity, I've walked the walk, and talked the talk. I've been there! God, have I ever been there! Check out the Child Survivor Group and the Free Mental Health (BPD) Newsletter. Are You A Child Survivor? If you are a child survivor or attached to one, please see this rapidly growing & active support group. PTSD, BPD, BP? You decide. Vent your Frustrations, make Friends, get Support, have your views challenged, and most important, Validation. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/childsurvivors/

The Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO)
LSWO Directory provides members, colleagues, and the community with contact information regarding our organization. Each contact is highlighted with their speciality within the organization. The present leadership list represents social workers from various accredited schools of social work. LSWO News offers members and colleagues information on the Latino Mental Health and social work profession. We will provide you with an opportunity to receive our newsletter. If you would like to contact us by phone, call (312) 491-8248

The Leading Independent Info Source for Schizophrenia Diagnosis, Treatments, News, Blogs, On-line Schizophrenia Support Groups and Chat, and Education
Schizophrenia.com, The World's No. 1 Schizophrenia Website - including paranoid schizophrenia and schizoaffective. The site is managed by a group of between 10 and 15 independent volunteers and contractors around the world - all of whom are either family members (with sons & daughters, brothers and sisters, or parents who have suffered from schizophrenia) or people who have schizophrenia. While none of us are mental health professionals, we are very familiar with the disease both through direct personal experience and extensive reading on the topic. We rely upon what we believe are good sources of scientifically accurate materials relating to schizophrenia and frequently consult with an ever growing group of schizophrenia researchers who act as unofficial advisors to the site. Currently we are working with some professors at the Yale University School of Medicine on a project which we will soon announce on the web site.

MedlinePlus: Mental Health
A goldmine of good mental health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up to date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. MedlinePlus is updated daily and can be bookmarked at the URL: medlineplus.gov. There is no advertising on this site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse any company or product.

Mental Health - Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers' Information Network
Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers provides resources for mental health information as well as mental health treatment, with a focus on Consumer Empowerment and Community Involvement. This service is courtesy of Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers of Santa Barbara, a non-profit provider of mental health treatment services since 1976. Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers provides services beneficial to mentally disabled adults from throughout the United States and many foreign countries. The primary goal of Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers is to assist clients in reintegrating back into the community with the life skills necessary to once again become viable contributory individuals. Our statistics indicate that Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers has been consistently effective in realizing this goal. Mental illness is not a roadblock; rather it is an obstacle to be overcome with the appropriate support and assistance.

Mental Health and Mental Disorders (healthfinder)
Carefully selected government and nonprofit health information. Everyone has special health concerns based on gender, age, race, ethnic origin, or role in helping others care for their health. We've selected very specific information from our health library so it is easy to zero in on health topics of special interest to you. Just choose one of the special groups below to begin.

Mental Health Resources - Mental Help Net
Featured Topics; Abuse, ADHD, Aging & Geriatrics, Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Alzheimers And Other Dementias, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Child & Adolescent Development, Child Care, Depression (Unipolar), Developmental & Child Disorders, Eating Disorders, Family & Relationship Issues, Health Policy & Advocacy, Life Problems, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Professions, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia, Suicide & Self-Harm and Wellness.