Family and Consumer Education
- ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Assessment and Treatment of Serious/Chronic Mental Illness
- Autobiographies
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Comprehensive Information on Psychiatric Disorders
- Drugs of Abuse
- Fact Sheets
- Guides for Patients and Families
- Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
- Major Psychiatric Disorders
- Mental Health Information
- Mental Health Pamphlets
- Misleading and/or Fraudulent Medical Treatments
- NAMI Clinical Page
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Patient and Family Guide
- Parenting Advice
- Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs
- Psychiatric Medication Information
- Psychoanalysis
- Quality of Information
- Raising Children to Resist Violence
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia - Patient and Family Guide
- Schizophrenia Site
- Schizophrenia Overview
- Self-Assessment
- Self-Injury
- Sibling Support Project
- Social Security Disability Information
- Various Self-Help and Inspirational Pamphlets
(ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
http://www.chadd.org/
This site is sponsored by C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder) who claims it is the nation's largest ADD organization. It appears to be objective and offers much useful information.
Assessment and Treatment of Serious/Chronic Mental Illness
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/clinical/chronic.htm
This is a useful summary of basic issues and techniques involved in the identification, assessment and treatment/rehabilitation of individuals with serious, chronic mental illness. It lists and briefly describes general considerations and specific bio-psycho-social interventions. Has been used as an outline and handout for family education, as well as for education of mental health professionals.
Autobiographies
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/sommerr/htmAuto/goodBib.htm
This site consists of an annotated list of autobiographies of people with psychiatric disorders and/or related problems. It is an excellent resource for those wishing to explore in depth the personal experiences of individuals who have various mentalhealth or emotional problems.
Borderline Personality Disorder
http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/diag.html#bpd
This is part of a self-help web site regarding self-injury. It is an excellent source for various diagnostic criteria, including Linehan, Kernberg, Gunderson, DSM-4 and the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines.
Borderline Personality Disorder
http://www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline/
This is a useful place to find links and other information about this disorder.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm
This is a very useful series of pamphlets from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Includes a wide range of topics from watching TV to psychiatric medication. Pamphlets include dates of publication (a good feature) and are available in Spanish and French.
Comprehensive Information on Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p20.html
This site offers a comprehensive list of psychiatric disorders. Clicking on each one of them results in a very useful page with links for diagnosis, treatment, research, personal accounts, magazine articles, and more. Most disorders also include an on-line interview for diagnostic screening (for self-assessment or as an aid for a clinician).
Drugs of Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/DrugsofAbuse.html
This site contains a useful table of common drugs of abuse, including street names. The table also includes medical uses, route of administration and period of detection.
Fact Sheets
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/index.cfm
This site is from the National Mental Health Association and is a good collection of pamphlets containing mental health/illness information. Topics range from coping with stress to guidelines for hospitalization to teen suicide. Includes children's issues. Pamphlet on Medications is not very strong, but has some useful points.
Guides for Patients and Families
http://www.psychguides.com/pfg.php
This is a very good set of educational pamphlets on a variety of psychiatric disorders (Schizophrenia, OCD, PTSD, Bipolar, Dementia).
Insomnia and Sleep Disorders
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/498_sleep.html
This Federal Drug Admin site is a good overview of sleep problems and solutions.
Major Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm#disinfo
This link contains some excellent clinical information regarding diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders, suitable for patients and families as well as clinicians. It is from a Federal agency (NIMH) and is relatively unbiased. However, some of the material is out of date (check the publication date at the bottom of each topic).
Mental Health Information
http://mentalhelp.net/
This is a general mental health related site with some good information on a variety of psychiatric conditions.
Mental Health Pamphlets
http://counseling.uchicago.edu/vpc/
This is a comprehensive collection of links to educational pamphlets on the entire range of mental health issues.
Misleading and/or Fraudulent Medical Treatments
http://www.quackwatch.com/
This is an excellent resource for looking up "fad" medical treatments and theories which may not be effective (and are in some cases fraudulent).
NAMI Clinical Page
http://www.nami.org/Hometemplate.cfm
This site contains excellent clincal resources and links from the premier advocacy organization for people with mental illness (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill).
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Patient and Family Guide
http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_obsessive-compulsive_disorder.html
This is a companion site to the Treatment Guidelines site. It contains excellent information for patients, families and mental health professionals.
Parenting Advice
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/parent.htm
This is a series of very brief bits of advice for parents on a variety of topics such as adoption, rebellion, crying, fathering, latchkey kids, etc. from the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry.
Psychiatric Medication Information
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p30.html
This is a good source for comprehensive information on a variety of medications used in psychiatry, in the U.S. and other countries. Not all commonly used medications are listed.
Psychoanalysis
http://www.apsa.org/pubinfo/about.htm
This site explains in a general way the purpose and practice of psychoanalysis.
Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs:
http://www.helpingpatients.org/
This site, sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry, lists eligibility requirements and instructions for indigent patient assistance programs for obtaining medications. It includes a search feature to look up a drug by name.
Quality of Information
http://www.dr-bob.org/quality.html
This is a good site for links to other sites that help user determine the quality of medical information. From the introduction: "You can find a lot of information on the Internet. In general, that's good, but it does also leave you with the task of separating the wheat from the chaff. Before you act on something you read -- even if you read it here :-) -- take a minute first to consider the quality of that information. You probably already do that automatically to some extent, but the links below may also help."
Raising Children to Resist Violence
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/apa-aap.html
Entitled "Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do," this is a helpful parent education pamphlet from the American Psychological Association.
Self-Injury
http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html
This site is useful self-help site on self-injury. It includes information about psychiatric disorders associated with self-injury, as well as information about various treatments, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Schizophrenia
http://schizophrenia.com/
A moderately useful site for finding information and links related to schizophrenia. Contains some unconventional topics and some of the items are outdated.
Schizophrenia - Patient and Family Guide
http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_schizophrenia_1999.html
This is a companion site to the Treatment Guidelines site. It contains excellent information for patients, families and mental health professionals. (Available in Spanish).
Schizophrenia Site
http://www.pslgroup.com/schizophr.htm
This site contains "the latest medical news and information for patients or friends/parents of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related disorders."
Schizophrenia Overview
http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sc02.html#Head_4
This is a high quality and comprehensive pamphlet Produced by the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (dated March 1997). The title is "Schizophrenia: Youth's Greatest Disabler."
Sibling Support Project
http://www.thearc.org/siblingsupport/
This is a very helpful site for siblings (children or adults) of a person with a disability. It offers information, advice and specific training for siblings who want to start a support group.
Social Security Disability Information:
http://www.ssa.gov/disability/
This site is sponsored by the Social Security Administration. The parent site (http://www.ssa.gov/) has additional useful information about work and other programs that are relevant to people with psychiatric disabilities.
Various Self-Help and Inspirational Pamphlets
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/bryan/educational.htm
This web-site is from our own Bryan Psychiatric Hospital and is authored by Dr. Kay McCrary and others. There are several excellent pamphlets on various mental illnesses, some in question and answer format.