Consumer Empowerment Support Groups
Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks
NAMI
Jefferson County
NAMI is a grass roots, self-help, advocacy and support organization
dedicated to eliminating the stigma of mental illnesses and improving
the lives of those affected.
NAMI
of Multnomah County - Portland, Oregon
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Support, Education and Advocacy
People
Who Net
Value on the Internet for people who experience moods swings, fear, voices
and visions. E mail lists, web pages, special collection library, chat.
Clubhouse
programs for people with neurobiological disorders
Description of clubhouse programs.
Schizophrenia
Support Organizations
This page contains a listing of support organizations for people with
schizophrenia and their families. Don't be discouraged if your town is
not listed here, this list is growing all of the time. Some of these organizations
are specific to schizophrenia, while others deal with all forms of mental
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Work
Training Programs
Our services at WTP are designed to provide opportunities for participants
to experience the same exhilarating achievements that build the kind of
self-esteem and self-efficacy that are not always available to them.
Sanctuary
Psychiatric Centers
Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers of Santa Barbara is a not-for-profit mental
health provider... Our services include residential mental health treatment
facilities and psychiatric care, as well as outpatient mental health programs.
Forum
Index
Links to mental health support groups, plus bulletin boards and chat rooms.
Requires registration.
Anxiety:
Online Support
Forums and chat.
Depression
Online Support
Forums and chat, with web sites.
Mental Health Support
Groups Mailing List Index
Mailing lists for abuse, anxiety, divorce, and other areas.
California
Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
CASRA is a state-wide association of private, non-profit agencies providing
rehabilitation and support services for clients of the public mental health
system. The purpose of CASRA is to promote and support the development
of community based systems of service which provide choices for consumers
and which are based upon the promise of growth and recovery.
International
Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
IAPSRS is the Association that brings together agencies, practitioners,
families, and consumers of psychosocial rehabilitation services. We serve
as advocates for community-oriented psychosocial rehabilitation and seek
to ensure that the best interests of all concerned are effectively supported.
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization
of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses,
such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, and anxiety disorders.
National
Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
NARSAD's role is crucial because for the first time in the history of
medical research, there is real hope for conquering the devastating disorders
of schizophrenia, depression and other psychiatric illnesses. This hope
is made possible through...
Mental
Health Support Team
HLG's Mental Health Support Team for Homeless People was set up in 1989.
The five person team, which acts to support single homeless people under
stress, receives over 1000 referrals every year. In 1991, ...
Mental
Health Support Groups Mailing List Index
Mailing lists for abuse, anxiety, divorce, and other areas.
Mental
Health
http://www.crha-health.ab.ca/clin/sac/mental.htm
Medicine(general)
Return to A hypertext publication that helps students understand magnetic-resonance
imaging. Produced by Joseph P. Hornak, a professor of chemistry and imaging
science at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A "virtual ...
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
CADA
Santa Barbara
It is the mission of the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to substantially
reduce alcoholism and drug abuse in the Santa Barbara community through
comprehensive programs of prevention, intervention,
treatment, relapse, prevention and advocacy.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Center for Substance Abuse Research
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Entertainment Industries Council
Facing Alcohol Concerns through Education
International Labor Organization's Substance Abuse in the Workplace Database
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Monitoring the Future Study: A Continuing Study of American Youth
Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD)
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
National Association For Children Of Alcoholics
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia University
National Clearinghouse For Alcohol and Drug Information
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Service Organizations
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholis
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
National Women's Resource Center
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Parenting Is Prevention Project
Parents Resource Institute For Drug Education
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy
Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies Library
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
Therapeutic Communities of America
ZONA
SECA
The mission of Zona Seca, Inc. is to help Santa Barbara, California, in
the struggle to become a drug-free community. We believe that our participation
in this effort provides the community of Santa Barbara with a safer environment
in which to live. We accomplish our mission by providing professional
and cost-effective substance abuse counseling, intervention, and prevention
services for all people in need.
The
Schizophrenia Homepage
Information for researchers, individuals who have the disorder, families,
and professionals.
Schizophrenia
Digest
Schizophrenia Digest exemplifies the qualities of a support group, with
helpful hints and personal profiles from those who have experienced the
effects of the disease.
National
Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Educational materials on the disorders, information on clinical studies,
news, depression public service announcements, and other resources.
Schizophrenia
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet
The latest medical news and information for patients or friends/parents
of patients diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-related disorders.
NSF
The Web Site of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship, a UK based charity
offering advice and support to, and campaigning on behalf of, people with
a severe mental illness.
Schizophrenia
Medscape - Schizophrenia Home Page - Virtual Hospital - Schizophrenia
Home Page - AACAP - Schizophrenia Home Page - Schizophrenia Home Page
- Schizophrenia Home Page - Schizophrenia Home Page - Schizophrenia Home
Page - ...
Schizophrenia
Society of Canada
A collection of schizophrenia resources.
The
Experience of Schizophrenia
A personal page on dealing with the illness, with links to related sites,
medication information, and others.
Mental
Health Net - All About Schizophrenia
Learn all about Schizophrenia information and self-help resources online.
I'm
Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia
Real people (not actors) describe how schizophrenia affects them and their
families in a new non-fiction film from wheelercom.com. Director is former
Academy Award nominee Robert Bilheimer.
The
Manitoba Schizophrenia Society - Main Page
Look HERE for info on the activities & programs of the Manitoba Schizophrenia
Society, and for accurate facts on Schizophrenia, a serious biochemical
brain disease.
Welcome
to Lichtenstein Creative Media
Lichtenstein Creative Media, award-winning producers of NPR's The Infinite
Mind and Voices of an Illness radio programs.
Mental
Health Net - All About Schizophrenia
Learn all about Schizophrenia information and self-help resources online.
Managing
Schizophrenia
Reprinted from the February 1994 issue of , published by Schizophrenia
is one of the most devastating and expensive of all illnesses, costing
society billions of dollars annually, not to mention incalculable ...
National Alliance for
Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
NARSAD is a national, not-for-profit organization whose primary objective
is to raise funds to find the causes, cures, better treatments, and prevention
of severe brain disorders. Online Newsletter, educational information,
events and announcements and guidelines for grant applications can be
found here.
Schizophrenia.Com
Provides patients, family members, and caregivers with information on
a variety of important mental health topics including schizophrenia and
other common mental illnesses.
American Mental Health Association
Schizophrenia, depression, bipolar and schizoaffective disorder, NBD,
alcoholism, and drug addiction are discussed in terms of cause, treatment,
prevention, recovery, and online self-help therapy.
Maryland Psychiatric
Research Center
An academic research center studying causes, manifestations and innovative
treatments of schizophrenia. Hosts a brain bank which collects postmortem
human brain tissue for research in pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Post
doctoral fellowship training program is described.
How
to determine if a 'physical' illness is causing what looks like a 'mental'
illness
by Ronald J Diamond M.D. University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry.
Condensed.
Feighner Research Institute
Clinical Research Trials
FRI clinical drugs studies of medications for depression, bipolar disorder,
PTSD, and schizophrenia.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Psychiatric Neuro-Imaging
Information about brain imaging studies in schizophrenia is given. Opportunities
for post doctoral training is described.
Schizophrenia: Information
and Resources
News Alerts with latest news releases some with links to the journal articles.
Useful for layperson and professionals.
Schizophrenia On-line News Articles
A searchable collection of news articles relating to schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia.com, The Schizophrenia
Home Page
The schizophrenia.com website provides patients, family members, and caregivers
with information on schizophrenia and related mental illnesses.
Back
From Brink, Peter Green Plays On
L.A. Times article on Peter's battle with schizophrenia and return to
the stage.
Potential Susceptibility
Gene For Paranoid Schizophrenia
UniSci
Medscape
- Schizophrenia Bulletin
April - June 1998 Volume 24, Number 2 Schizophrenia, Sensory Gating, and
Nicotinic Receptors. Altered expression and function of the alpha7-nicotinic
cholinergic receptor may be ...
Pendulum
Resources
A collection of articles, writings, medication information, humor, support
group information, and books on depression and moods.
Clinical
Trials: Manic Disorders
Listing of clinical trials in the United States, arranged by state.
National
Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
Patient and consumer information on depression and mental health conditions,
support group listings, publications, links to related sites, and other
areas.
Pendulum
Resources
A collection of articles, writings, medication information, humor, support
group information, and books on depression and moods.
Bipolar
Disorder
American Description Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder European Description
Questionnaire Questionnaire (zipped MS Word file) Public Forum Survey
Results Diagnosis Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder ...
How
to beat depression and manic depression ~ bipolar disorder, major chronic
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Information for sufferers of Depression and Manic-Depression from the
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Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline
Personality Disorder Sanctuary
Recovery information, Ask the Dr., professional articles, newsletter,
bulletin board, suicide intervention, and more. Borderline
Personality
Disorder (BPD)
Revised 9/6/99
BPD
Central
A collection of resources for people who care about someone with Borderline
Personality Disorder.
Eclipses:
Behind the Borderline Personality Disorder
A new book about Borderline Personality Disorder by a writer with BPD
offers hope and encouragement to individuals with BPD and their family
and friends.
Cognitive-Behavioral
Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
558 Pages Publication Date: 1993 ISBN: 0-89862-183-6 Cat. #2183 List Price:
$46.95 See companion book, Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline
Personality Disorder CE credits ...
A
New Perspective on Borderline Personality Disorder
July 1998 A New Perspective on Borderline Personality Disorder A unique
look at symptoms and treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious
mental illness that can lead to ...
Health
Center: Personality Disorders - Borderline untitled
Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder is the
most common personality disorder. It occurs in about 2% of the population.
Symptoms usually ...
An
Equifinality Model of Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects as many as six million Americans.
It accounts for about 25% of all psychiatric hospitalizations. As many
as thirteen percent of males and seven ...
Borderline
Personality Disorder: Langley's book
A review of Langley's Self-Management Therapy for Borderline Personality
Disorder
Depression
Research and Discussion
Causes, varieties, symptoms and solutions to depression, mailing list,
depression discussion board, online counselors and more.
National
Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
Patient and consumer information on depression and mental health conditions,
support group listings, publications, links to related sites, and other
areas.
Depression
Information on symptoms, treatment, organizations, online support, and
online resources.
Depression
and Self-Concept
Information on how low self-esteem can cause depression, with some theories
about depression and methods for coping.
Depression.com
News, drug information, explanations of depression types, coping strategies,
polls, and other areas.
Depression:
HealthWorld Online
An explanation of how to treat the condition with herbal medicine, and
related information.
Depression@thrive
Information on the disease as well as means of coping, support and stories
from others with depression, and a place to ask questions about depression
from a health professional.
Does
Exercise Affect Our Mood?
An article about a research study on the benefits of exercise.
Dr.
Ivan's Depression Central
A collection of links to information on depression, mood disorders and
treatment.
Dr.
Koop: Depression
Background, prevention, treatment, diagnosis, research, and more.
DRADA:
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association
Information on Depressive Illness and Manic-Depressive Illness, including
first person stories from famous people.
Drug
FAQs: Antidepressants
A list of several anti-depressants and their modes of action.
Expert
Archive
A long list of links to information in the question and answer format
on a range of depression issues.
Wings of Madness - A
Lay Person's Guide to Depression
A lay person's guide to depression, depression resources, and other information
on mood disorders. One of the oldest continually-maintained depression/mood
disorder sites on the Web.
Wings
of Maddness - A Lay Person's Guide to Depression
Submitted by gadwalljim
Internet
Depression Resources List
A large index of links to depression information.
Something
Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
A large collection of resources on anorexia, bulimia, overeating, the
physcial dangers, online support, chat and other areas.
Center
for Eating Disorders
A medical center, which provides programs for the treatment of bulimia,
anorexia and binge eating disorders.
Concerned
Counseling
Eating disorder counseling programs, chat rooms, a newsletter, journal,
bookstore, contact information, and others.
DI's
Private Battle
The Princess' struggle with bulimia brings a puzzling disease out of the
shadows.
Eating
Disorder Awareness Week
Find solutions, answers, and support for the prevention, awareness and
treatment of eating disorders.
Eating
Disorders: HealthWorld Online
An explanation of symptoms, treatment, prevention, and related information.
Hunger
Pains
Links to eating disorder information.
Laureate
Home of the Laureate eating disorders program, plus the National Eating
Disorders Organization
Renfrew
Center
Information on anorexia and bulimia, the center's approach to eating disorders,
reference material, a question and answer column, and other areas.
Serotonin
and Eating Disorders
An article about eating disorders and seratonin, reprinted from the October
1994 issue of Medical Sciences Bulletin.
Something
Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
A large collection of resources.
Student.Com
News: Eating Disorders Affect 1 in 4 College Women
Eating disorders information from the site for college students.
USA
Gymnastics Online: Technique: Striking the Balance
An article about athletics and eating disorders.
http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/publications/techniq...
USA
WEEKEND: Eat or Die
An article about eating disorders.
Eating
Disorder Recovery Online
Provides information and programs to help you recover from an eating disorder,
regain self-esteem and empower yourself.
Eating
Disorders/Anorexia
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders site.
InnerSolutions
A counseling service dedicated to helping people heal from food, weight
and body issues.
Legal-Forensic
Resources & Multiple Personality Disorder as a Legal Defense
Legal-Forensic Resources & Multiple Personality Disorder, MPD, as
a Legal Defense. MPD is now called DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Borderline
Personality Disorder Sanctuary
Recovery information, Ask the Dr., professional articles, newsletter,
bulletin board, suicide intervention, and more.
Internet
Mental Health: Borderline Personality Disorder
General information about the disorder.
Multiple
Personality Disorder / Dissociative Identity Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder) by Paul
R. McHugh Paul McHugh, MD, is Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry and
Director of the Department of Psychiatry and ...
Journal
of Personality Disorders
An overview of the journal, its' staff, and ordering information.
Sidran
Foundation Online
The Sidran web site has information on all aspects or DID/MPD. It
has information about different types of abuse which lead to DID/MPD and
how to cope with the results of that abuse.
Schizotypal
Personality Disorder
Index Criteria Definition Treatment ( Psychotherapy ) Treatment ( Pharmacotherapy
) Definition Schizotypal personality disorder is primarily characterized
by peculiarities of thinking, odd beliefs, and ...
Panic Disorder
How
to Treat Your Own Panic Disorder
Online help for people suffering from panic attacks teaches technique
of conscious deep breathing.
Answers
to Your Questions About Panic Disorder
Information on symptoms and treatment of panic disorders.
Treatment Of Panic Disorder
This statement was originally published as: Treatment of Panic Disorder.
NIH Consens Statement 1991 Sep 25-27;9(2):1-24. For making bibliographic
reference to the statement in the electronic form ...
Neurontin,
Gabapentin and Panic Disorder, new and effective treatment options, medications,
...
Information on Neurontin, Gabapentin and Panic Disorder, new and effective
treatment options, medications, and behavioral approaches
American
Psychiatric Association
Resources on research, the practice of psychiatry, news, public policy,
organizations, and other areas.
Internet
Mental Health: Panic Disorder
Information about the disorder-diagnosis, treatment, publications, and
others.
Mental
and Emotional Health
Mental and Emotional Health offers articles about mental and emotional
health (Panic disorder, Agoraphobia, Rape Trauma syndrome, Generalized
anxiety disorder).
Silver
Umbra's Haven for Anxiety/Panic Disorder Survivors
Dedicated to reducing the suffering of those with panic and anxiety disorders.
Post-Traumatic Stress disorder
Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder Bibliography
An annotated list of books and articles about the emotional aftershocks
of rape, incest, child abuse, street crime, family violence, war, and
other forms of trauma.
National
Center for PTSD: Research and Education on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and carries out a
broad range of activities in research, training, and public information.
Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder
Information about the disorder: an overview, diagnosis, treatments, booklets,
magazine articles, and other resources.
Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Background and treatment information with a bibliography and list of support
organizations.
Crisis
Fact Sheet: 10 Ways to Recognize Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A list of symptoms from the American Counseling Association.
SHPM
Professional Message Forum - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Discussion
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