Specific Psychiatric Disorders
ADHD/ADD
http://add.miningco.com/
This is a comprehensive site on attention deficit disorder and related conditions. It is hosted by Bob Seay who describes himself as "a K-12 music teacher who also works with the Gifted and Talented Education program in his school district. He was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder at the age of 33." The site contains advertising and there is no disclosure about possible conflicts of interest.
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.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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.
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.
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).
Major Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/practitioners/patinfo.cfm
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 However, some of the material is out of date (check the publication date at the bottom of each topic).
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Patient and Family Guide
http://www.psychguides.com/pfg10.php
This is a companion site to the Treatment Guidelines site. It contains excellent information for patients, families and mental health professionals.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/
Sponsored by the National Center for PTSD, this site contains a variety of resources, including fact sheets, research and education on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Self-Injury
http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html
Click on "diagnoses" in the left hand menu.This site is useful and part of a self-help site on self-injury. It includes borderline personality disorder, but also addresses post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and others. There are many helpful links in this site, including ones to various treatments, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Treatment Guidelines
http://www.psychguides.com/
This site contains the "expert consensus" treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. These are very useful, but differ from the American Psychiatric Association's practice guidelines, which are more comprehensive (some of which are available on line at http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/treatg/pg/prac_guide.cfm. These "expert consensus" treatment guidelines have also been used in developing the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) guidelines, which are on this site under"Medications." For yet another important set of treatment guidelines, see the Schizophrenia Treatment guidelines (PORT) listed (under Schizophrenia) on the Specific Psychiatric Disorders page and also on the Medications page.