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Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
CATEGORIZED BY TOPIC
Anxiety Disorders and Phobias
The Anxiety and Panic Internet Resource has a wealth of information and help for people suffering from or interested in anxiety and panic disorders.
http://www.algy.com/anxiety/index.shtml
This site specializes in anxiety and stress disorders.
http://www.stressdoc.com
This page from the National Institute of Mental Health focuses on anxiety disorders.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxiety/index.htm
Mood Disorders
This is the National Institute of Mental Health site devoted to depression and bipolar disorder.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depressionmenu.cfm
This is the site of the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association. It has links to information about and treatment for mood disorders.
http://www.ndmda.org
This is the site of the National Foundation for Depressive Illness, Inc., another large depression site. Note that only the top-level domain name (org vs. com) in the URL distinguishes this site from depression.com (see above).
http://www.depression.org/
A free online publication about depression from the NIH website.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
Suicide
This National Institute of Mental Health site is devoted to facts, research, and statistics about suicide.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suicide.htm
The site of the National Foundation for Depressive Illness has information on suicide and links to other resources about suicide and depression.
http://www.depression.org
Read the Surgeon General's 1999 report on suicide in the United States, a growing public health problem.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calltoaction/calltoaction.htm
This page has information on hypochondriasis.
http://www.diseaseworld.com
Substance Related Disorders
This is the home page of the U.S. Government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is an excellent resource for information on current research about substance abuse, as well as a source for numerous reliable links to sites dealing with substance abuse.
http://www.samhsa.gov/
Go here to get statistics on substance abuse in America.
http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/clearinghouse/clearinghouses.html
The site of the Web of Addictions is a premier resource for online information about all types of addictions. You can access fact sheets and articles by type of addiction or substance and link to treatment-related sites.
http://www.well.com/user/woa/
This is the home page of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA), a branch of the National Institutes of Health. Link to publications, databases, and information about current addiction research.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
Read the latest reports of the annual survey about drug and alcohol use among America's young people.
http://monitoringthefuture.org/
Schizophrenia
Read an entire book devoted to families of people with schizophrenia, courtesy of the Canadian government.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sc01.html
This is the home page of schizophrenia.com, a nonprofit organization providing information, support, and education about schizophrenia.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
This site about schizophrenia is geared toward physicians.
http://www.pslgroup.com/SCHIZOPHR.HTM
Personality Disorders
The Mental Health Net's site is devoted to personality disorders.
http://personalitydisorders.mentalhelp.net/
This site has information and resources on borderline personality disorder.
http://www.bpdcentral.com/
Psychological Disorders of Childhood
The site of the American Academy of Pediatrics is a good starting place for information about childhood disorders.
http://www.aap.org
This site, maintained by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, has information on and links to child and adolescent developmental disorders.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov
Mental Illness and the Law
The American Academy of Psychiatry and Law maintains this site.
http://www.emory.edu/AAPL/
This is the site of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, specializing in legal issues and advocacy for the mentally ill.
http://www.nami-nyc-metro.org/
This is the site of the Treatment Advocacy Center, an organization concerned with getting treatment for the seriously mentally ill. E. Fuller Torrey, famous schizophrenia researcher, is one of the founders and board members.
http://www.psychlaws.org
This is the American Psychological Association's public advocacy site. Read about current APA activity in legislative and legal issues.
http://www.apa.org/ppo/
This is the American Psychological Association’s site dealing with psychology and the law.
http://www.psychlaw.org
Access Supreme Court decisions about mental health (search by topic) at this site maintained by Cornell University Law School.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/help/
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