Mood Disorder Specific
About.com
Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.about.com
Highlights: huge resources
with articles from many categories, including psychiatric medications,
types of therapy, cyber mental health, and the role of exercise
Depression
and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
www.dbsalliance.org
Highlights:
read stories about people with depression, download brochures, access
the forums and community chat room, plug in your zip code and the
site will pop out a list of DBSA support groups in your area (United
States, Canada, select locations abroad)
HealthyPlace.com
www.healthyplace.com
Highlights:
thought for today, bulletin boards, resource phone numbers, online
support groups, videos, online psychological tests
Mental Health
Matters
www.mental-health-matters.com
Highlights: section for hot topics,
comprehensive list of helpful links, articles covering detailed topics
not easily found on other sites
Mental Health Net
www.mentalhealth.net
Highlights:
Goldberg depression and mania questionnaires, therapist and treatment
facility search, book reviews
National Mental Health Information
Center (SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services)
Highlights:
great selection of online publications, press releases and speeches,
mental health services locator, calendar of conferences and exhibits,
mental health dictionary, model programs, Spanish version
Pendulum
Resources
www.pendulum.org
Highlights: list of famous people with mood
disorders, list of support organizations, comprehensive list of book
titles, psychiatric humor
Psych Central
www.psychcentral.com
Highlights:
comprehensive links, book reviews, information on blogging, forums,
quizzes, humorous commentary
Treatment Related
Bazelon Center
for Mental Health Law
www.bazelon.org
Highlights: great issues section
including creating advance psychiatric directives, civil rights and
the Americans with Disabilities Act, involuntary commitment, use of
restraint and seclusion, privacy, etc.
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
www.fda.gov
Highlights: resources pertaining to clinical trials,
patient representative program, opportunity to report a problem and/or
comment on proposed regulations
Needy Meds
www.needymeds.com
Highlights:
federal poverty guidelines, program lists, drug lists (both brand
names and generic names), copies of applications from pharmaceutical
companies
Quackwatch
www.quackwatch.org
Highlights: huge database
with information regarding how to protect yourself, topics include
evaluating websites, questionable treatments, urban legends, fad diagnoses,
etc.
RxList
www.rxlist.com
Highlights: drug information that is
sometimes difficult to find on other sites (including drug class,
clinical pharmacology, and dosage recommendations)
Research and Clinical
Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov
www.clinicaltrials.gov
Highlights: articles
about clinical trials and how to participate, search for a specific
clinical trial, browse clinical trials by condition, sponsor, or status
PubMed
www.pubmed.com
Highlights:
15 million articles in database that you can use to search biomedical
articles dating back to the 1950's
Advocacy and Public Awareness
American
Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org
Highlights: patient and family
guides on a number of disorders, criteria for hospitalization (under
psychiatric practice section), fact sheets, advocacy center
National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
www.nami.org
Highlights: information
about research studies, public policy issues, learn about NAMI Walks,
"Education, Training, and Peer Support Center", section on dealing
with stigma
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Highlights:
free publications in English and Spanish, resources about research
(although much intended for professionals)
National Mental Health
Association
www.nmha.org
Highlights: advocacy tools, prevention and
recovery programs
Network for Good
www.networkforgood.org
Highlights:
tips on making informed donations, tips on volunteering wisely,
charity search
"How much should you give?" calculator
Treatment
Advocacy Center
Highlights: links to psychiatric patient
rights by state (in legal resources section), state activities, articles,
editorials, opinion pieces on advocacy topics
Support Online
Depression
and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
www.dbsalliance.org/chat.html
(also
listed above under "Mood Disorder Specific")
Highlights: several chat
rooms, requires Java Compatible web browser to run
Kids Help
Phone
http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca/en/
Highlights: intended audience--children
and teens, place to share difficult or inspirational experiences,
"letters written never sent" section, topic library, great links,
forums in which you can ask a counselor a detailed question online
Step
Chat
http://www.stepchat.com/bipolar/room1.htm (link to main Bipolar
Disorder room)
Highlights: moderated open chat and topic chats in areas
including coping skills, anxiety, self-injury, get it off your chest, etc. (also
has rooms for abuse and addiction)
TrappedMinds.org
www.trappedminds.org
Highlights:
articles (including online dangers), ask-a-therapist service, free
peer support programs including forums, chat rooms, instant message
peer support list, one-on-one peer support
Walkers in Darkness,
Inc.
www.walkers.org
Highlights: discussion forums, chat rooms (including
depression and bipolar chat, self-injury chat, and teen chat), need
to create free account
Relaxation and Inspiration
Beliefnet
www.beliefnet.com
Highlights:
"Belief-o-Matic"--quiz that pops out (by percentage) which religions
"best fit" your beliefs and approach to religious practice, information
on a plethora of religions, forums, humor, how-to yoga
section, meditation
sampler (including audio samples), health and healing section, prayer
of the day
Oprah.com
www.oprah.com
Highlights: thought for day,
great articles in areas such as spirit and self, relationships, food
and home, mind and body
Quoteland.com
www.quoteland.com
Highlights:
quotations by topic and author, quote identification, quote ratings,
quote of the day/week, discussion forums, references such as historical
documents, great speeches, leisure audio
World Wide Online Meditation Center
www.meditationcenter.com
Highlights:
wonderful introduction to meditation, "rooms" that walk you through
core meditations, relaxation and stress reduction, healing meditations,
centering, enlightenment
Other
Noteworthy Sites
Social
Security Online
www.socialsecurity.gov/disability
Highlights: section
devoted to common questions about disability programs, starter kits,
benefits eligibility screening tool, forms, free publications
The
Brain From Top to Bottom
www.thebrain.mcgill.ca
Highlights: explanations,
diagrams, and videos about a variety of topics dealing with neuroscience
(written on three levels of understanding--beginner, intermediate,
and advanced)
Suicide Awareness
American
Association of Suicidology
Highlights: fact sheets
in both English and Spanish, comprehensive list of related links and
support groups in United States for survivors after suicide, survivor
handbook to download
Stop a Suicide, Today!
Highlights:
suicide risk questionnaire, tips for helping someone who's suicidal,
article on link between various mental illnesses and suicide, list
of helpful links for survivors
Highlights: list of the warning signs of suicide
in different populations, common misconceptions, helpful links and
statistics, community action kit
SuicideHotlines.com
Highlights:
links to hotline numbers in each state (United States), as well as international
locations
Suicide: Read This First
Highlights:
brief article about pain exceeding coping resources, online links
General
Health
In general, these sites include the latest health news
and information on health topics, conditions, and medications.
FamilyDoctor.org
www.familydoctor.org
Highlights:
tip of the day, physician search, body mass index (BMI) calculator,
symptom search flow charts, overcoming obesity feature, articles
geared towards children
InteliHealth
www.intelihealth.com
Highlights:
health commentaries, information focusing on patient education/advocacy,
drug resource center, ask the expert, discussion boards, interactive
tools including quizzes and sending "a dozen roses" to someone you
love (12 healthy components)
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
Highlights:
articles written on three comprehension and maturity levels--parents,
teens, and kids, variety of articles in such areas as mind, body,
sexual health, food and fitness, school and jobs, staying safe, etc.
MayoClinic.com
www.mayoclinic.com
Highlights:
self-assessments, slide shows, videos, submit a question to a specialist
MedicineNet
www.medicinenet.com
Highlights:
tip of the day, message boards, "health-e" tools, "health-e" recipes
MedlinePlus
www.medlineplus.com
Highlights:
medical encyclopedia with pictures and diagrams, health care directories,
comprehensive list of health organizations, interactive tutorials
WebMDHealth
my.webmd.com
Highlights:
message boards, live events, interactive tools, health quizzes, symptom
search, clinical trials services, paid subscription services such
as a weight loss clinic, fertility center, and health manager
