Contents:

General Mental Health Sites
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Eating Disorders
Developmental Disorders
Substance Abuse
Alzheimer's Disease
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Behavior OnLine - gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals.

Center for Mental Health Services - Knowledge Exchange Network - one-stop source of information and resources on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services for mental illness.

CounselorLink - providing practical but hard-to-find info on counseling and psychotherapy, mediation, and graduate education in clinical psychology.

Internet Mental Health - An encyclopedia describing mental illnesses, treatment, medications, and research.

Magic Stream - Extensive links on mental health including: self-help, addictions, recovery, trauma, family, etc. Literary e-zine of emotional growth and healing.

Mental Health InfoSource - mental illness and the advances being made in its treatment and prevention.

Panic Disorder
APA article on a frequently misdiagnosed disorder that affects about 1 in 75: Panic attacks.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from Internet Mental Health with a description of OCD.

Anxiety Disorder Association of America

Anxiety Panic Internet Resource - information on various types of anxiety based disorders, articles, treatment, support, and news.

Phobia List

Shyness - resources on shyness and social phobia.
 

Online Mood Disorder Diagnostic Program
Each disorder is diagnosed in accordance with the diagnostic criteria specified by the American Psychiatric Association. The diagnosis can be made by a therapist, a patient, or an informant.

Understanding post-partum depression

Depression Central
This page lists every type of depression, their causes, and treatments. A must see!

Adolescent Depression
Answers to questions about adolescent depression.

National Foundation For Depressive Illness, Inc.

Online Depression Screening Test (ODST) - to detect depressive symptoms that need medical/psychiatric/psychological attention. Also includes NIMH resources and information.

Wing of Madness: A Depression Guide - layman's guide to depression, including links to relevant Internet sources.

Bipolar Disorders
Diagnostic criteria, associated features, and differential diagnosis of mixed, manic, and depressed bipolar disorders.

Bipolar Planet - self-exploration of Bipolar Disorder, with a hope that a better understanding of ourselves will help us teach others to understand us.

Pendulum Resources - Information about manic-depression andamp; bipolar disorders. The site contains articles, writings, humor and links. One of the web's oldest sites on bipolar disorders.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhytms - SLTBR
 

Schizophrenia: Hidden Torment
Stories of the torture schizophrenics and their families face. Includes commentary on the current mental health care system's way of dealing with the problem, anti-psychotic drugs, and therapy for those afflicted with the most bizarre category of psychosis.

Schizophrenia [Dr. Fokko Nienhuis] - cognitive aspects of the disease, subjective experiences and related links. From the Dept. of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen.

Schizophrenia [mentalhealth.com]

Schizophrenia [schizophrenia.com] - A resource center for information and discussions on the brain disease Schizophrenia. Free monthly email newsletter. For those with Schizophrenia, and families, friends, researchers, etc.

Schizophrenia Australia Foundation - working to combat the effects of mental illness on a national level. Includes a guide to its resources.

Schizophrenia: A Handbook For Families

Schizophrenia: Youth's Greatest Disabler - produced by The British Columbia Friends Of Schizophrenia Society.

Index - Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Schizophrenia - A guide to schizophrenia-related information and resources likely to be of interest to medical professionals and/or patients.

Borderline Personality Disorder
Brought to you by Richard J. Corelli, M.D., of Stanford University. A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a repetitive pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and close personal relationships.

Anti-Social Personalities
There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others associated with this disorder. Here is a detailed accounting of the symptoms, features, and treatments of anti-social personality disorder.

Borderline Personality Disorder Central

Traits of BPD as Defined by the DSM
 

MPD and Dissociation Resources

Spectrum of Dissociative Disorders - an overview of diagnosis and treatment by Joan A. Turkus, M.D, medical director of The Center: Post-Traumatic andamp; Dissociative Disorders Program.

Eating Disorders - information on Anorexia and Bulimia, signs and symptoms, and what you can do.

Eating Disorders Shared Awareness- definitions, signs, symptoms, getting help, approaching a loved one, and more.

Developmental Disorders

ADD/ADHD Europe - links to ADD/ADHD sites and information on Attention Deficit Disorder throughout Europe.

ADHD Owner's Manual - diagnosis, treatment, intervention strategies and information on medication.

Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity and Associated Disorders - provides parents, educators and health professionals with knowledge to enable them to help children with ADD and related disorders.

Autism

This is the place where I tell you about my autism...

Written by an autistic person, this page tells what it's liket to be autistic and provides several helpful links

Asperger's Syndrome Resources - a collection of resources pertaining to Asperger's Syndrome and related disorders.

Autism Depot, The

PDD Support - For parents of children with PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) and Autism.

Index - Autism Related Resources on the Internet

Information about Tourette's Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome - a neurological disorder, characterized by tics.
 

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) - information about alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs(ATID).

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Alcohol Concern - national agency on alcohol misuse. Working to reduce the costs of alcohol misuse and develop the range and quality of helping services for problem drinkers and their families.

Brown University - Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies - promotes the identification, prevention and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, publications, education and training.

Dr. Janet G. Woititz A.C.O.A (Adult Children of Alcoholics) Alcoholism and Life Resource Page

Johnson, Karen - concerns the dopamine D2 receptor gene as a candidate gene for alcoholism. Site is thesis submitted in partial requirement for B.S. (Honours).

Addiction Treatment Forum

Adolescent Alcohol Research Center- PAARC at UPMC is funded by NIAAA to investigate the effects of alcohol on the development of adolescents.

Adult and Correctional Education - promotes communication andamp; cross-training between adult and correctional educators and substance-abuse counselors.

Brown University - Center for Alcohol andamp; Addiction Studies - promotes the identification, prevention and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, publications, education and training.

Dual Diagnosis - for co-occuring mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism MIDAA, it includes: articles; events; program directories; training andamp; program development resources; live chat; bulletin board; credentialed listserv; and more.

Elks Drug Awareness Program - online resource center featuring educational publications for youths and adults, as well as other information about the program.

Join Together - national resource center for communities fighting substance abuse.

Alzheimer Page - from the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Alzheimer's Disease Review

StressPress - Car Accident Stress Recovery - Drivers, passengers and families are guided through the invisible natural reactions to all auto, traffic, transportation accidents. Online help with stress, trauma and psychological reactions.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder [mentalhealth.com]

Trauma Info by David Baldwin - information resources concerning Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for clinicians and researchers in the field.