“Work, love, and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.”
—Orison Swett Marden
Associations & Institutes:
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
- American Association of Community Psychiatrists
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychiatric Association Alliance
- American Psychiatric Association Caucus on Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Care
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Psychological Society
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry
- Association for Academic Psychiatry
- Association of Family Psychiatrists
- Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
- Association of Medicine and Psychiatry
- Black Psychiatrists of America
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Indo American Psychiatric Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Mental Health Association
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- World Psychiatric Association
College Student and General Mental Health sites:
- Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- Active Minds on Campus
- American Medical Association American Psychoanalytic Association
- American Psychotherapy Association
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Behavenet
- Campushealthandsafety.org
- CAPHIS – Patient information on the Web
- Childhelp – Child Abuse
- Cleveland Clinic
- Eating disorder information at nimh.nih.gov
- Epocrates
- Health Finder
- Healthy Minds
- Helium.com
- National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
- Mayo Clinic
- Medlineplus.gov (the National Library of Medicine)
- Mental Health America
- National Center for PTSD – Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives (NRC-PAD)
- Office of the Surgeon General, United States Department of Health and Human Services
- ParentsMedGuide
- Pendulum – Bipolar disorder
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Psyche Central – General Mental Health Site
- S.A.F.E Alternative
- Sidran Institute – Dissociative disorders
- Society for Women’s Health Research
- Ulifeline
- United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA)
- University of Michigan Health Information
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration – FDA Drug information
- U.S. National Library of Medicine – Medical dictionary
- Virtual Pamphlets
- Women’s Health
- World Federation for Mental Health
Anxiety Disorders:
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Agoraphobia
- Anxiety: American Psychological Association
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
- Anxiety Disorders: National Institute of Mental Health
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Social Phobia
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): National Institute of Mental Health
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- Northern Virginia CHADD Support Groups
Auditory Processing Disorder:
Autism Spectrum Disorders:
- ASA Northern Virginia Chapter
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Spectrum Disorders: National Institute of Mental Health
- Cure Autism Now Foundation
Bullying
- You can download a fact sheet with more information from the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/Bullying_Factsheet-a.pdf
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- STRYVE
- Stop Bullying
- Surgeon General’s Report on Youth Violence
Childhood Disorders:
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Conduct Disorder
- Learning Disabilities
- Oppositional Defiance Disorder
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Separation Anxiety
- Tourette’s Syndrome
Cognitive Disorders:
Depression and Mood Disorders:
- Adjustment Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Clinical Depression
- Cyclothymia
- Dysthymia
- Seasonal affective disorder
Dissociative Disorders:
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)
- Dissociative Disorders: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Eating Disorders:
Impulse Control Disorders:
- Domestic Violence
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Kleptomania
- Pathological Gambling
- Pyromania
- Trichotillomania
Mental Health Law:
Mental Health Organizations:
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hope Line Network 1.800.784.2433 (Suicide hotline)
- International Society for Mental Health Online
- Mental Health Foundation
- National Mental Health Association
Personality Disorders:
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Narcissistic Personality Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Paranoid Personality Disorders
- Schizoid Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders:
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Delusional Disorder
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia.com
- Schizophrenia: National Institute for Mental Health
- Schizophreniform Disorder
- Shared Psychotic Disorder
Sleep Disorders:
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
- National Sleep Foundation
Substance Related Disorders:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- How to find an AA meeting
- How to find an NA meeting
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Substance Abuse – NIH
Trauma:
Women’s Mental Health:
