RESOURCES

Below is a list of informational resources to help you and your family understand more about frequently occurring psychological and emotional problems. The list is not exhaustive but hopefully provides you with a solid informational starting point.

General Mental Health Information:

• National Institute of Mental Health
• Psychology Information Online
• Mental Help Net

 
Specific Mental Health Information

Anxiety Related Disorders

• www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/anxiety.cfm
• www.adaa.org/

Phobias

• http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00272

Social Phobia

• http://www.socialphobia.org/
  

 Panic Disorder

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/panic-disorder/index.shtml
• www.apa.org/pubinfo/panic.html
• www.anxietypanic.com
• www.healingwell.com/anxiety/

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• www.ocfoundation.org/
• http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00189

Major Depression

• www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
• http://www.apa.org/topics/topicdepress.html

Depression and Men

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/men-and-depression-fact-sheet.shtml

Older Adults, Depression and Suicide

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/older-adults-depression-and-suicide-facts.shtml

Suicide

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention.shtml
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html

Bipolar Disorder

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-research-fact-sheet.shtml

Schizophrenia

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/schizophrenia/complete-publication.shtml

Eating Disorders

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders/index.shtml
• http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
• www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm

Substances of Abuse and Addiction

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugabuse.html
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/substanceabuseproblems.html
• www.health.org/
• http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/understand.html
• http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

The National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Information Call Center provides accurate information about alcohol and drug abuse at no charge. They operate a Hotline Call Center, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-784-6776.

Divorce

• http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u/families/BE906.html
• http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=D1AC4CD4-A5BB-4468-8E9B596E4DC092EA
• http://www.campusblues.com/copingwithfamily.asp

Psychotropic Medications?

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/medications/complete-publication.shtml

General Medical Issues

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention