Mental Health & Behavior

Links

• American Psychological Association Help Center
  Brief articles on psychology and work, mind/body connection, family and relationships and how psychotherapy works. Includes free brochures. See also section on warning signs.
  
  
• Ask NOAH about Mental Health
  Includes the basics, care and treatment and links to reliable articles on all the specific conditions and disorders from Anorexia Nervosa to Tourette Syndrome.
  
  
• Healthy Minds
  A consumer-oriented web site that seeks to inform and educate the public about mental health treatment and resources from the American Psychiatric Association.
  
  
• Internet Mental Health
  Developed by a Canadian psychiatrist in 1995, this comprehensive site includes everything you've ever wanted to know about mental illness including description of disorders, diagnosis and symptoms, medications, treatments and research.
  
  
• MEDLINEplus: Mental Health
  Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news, general overviews, clinical trials, diagnosis and symptoms and research and treatment, and links to organizations.
  
  
• Mental Health Association in New York State
  This local organization's website offers information on mental illness in children, adolescents and adults. Features mental health services offered in New York City and a toll-free emergency hotline with referral specialists that speak English, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin.
  
  
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  The 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. Site includes an overview and description of the illnesses as well as information on treatment and recovery.
  
  
• National Mental Health Association: Get Information
  Get information on many mental health issues. You can search by audience, issue, or disorder and treatment.
  
  
• NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
  This website offers information from NIMH about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and other educational materials.
  
  
• Psych Central
  This website contains a wealth of mental health resources, such as a resource directory, a medication library, community support forums and symptom checklists with detailed treatment information.