Disorders

A resource for parents, teachers and healthcare professionals who work with children who have anxiety disorders. Maintains a list of suggested readings and a treatment provider database.

Promotes healthy lifestyles as an alternative to dieting and the destructive cultural emphasis on appearance. Descriptions of various disorders; FAQ; guide for those close to sufferers; list of seminars and programs in Canada.

Two physicians from the SIDS Network present descriptions of this disorder.

Small collection of annotated links to news articles and other resources.

Conducts research studies on bipolar disorder, major depression, and mood disorders specific to women. Includes research, descriptions, resources and specific issues related to these illnesses.

Material and links to relevant sites organized by groups of disorders. Self-help section, ask a therapist, depression test, compatibility quiz, bulletin board, newsletter, bookstore and a therapists' directory.

Neeraj Dhote provides an insight into common mental ailments and conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder, hypomania, depression, insomnia, and grief.

In-depth information including symptoms, treatment and support.

Alternative views on schizophrenia and psychiatry.

A nonprofit organization committed to reducing the youth suicide rate and improving the mental health support provided to students by universities within the United States.

Suicide prevention through shared life experiences.

An organization that develops, implements, and funds suicide prevention projects in the United States and worldwide.

Although the warning signs of suicide can be subtle, they are there. By recognizing these signs, knowing how to start a conversation and where to turn for help, you have the power to make a difference – the power to save a life.

An agency site serving Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and focusing on suicide prevention and awareness, mental wellness and community training.

A collection of resources in suicide prevention in Australia and New Zealand.

Research and clinical facility that offers treatment programs designed to deal with anxiety disorders.

Diagnostic criteria, information, resources, chat room, support groups and mailing list for people suffering from Social Anxiety.

Yahoo! Group for teenagers with anxiety disorders. Real life experiences and coping tips.

Free chatroom and message board for sufferers.

Introductory description of the terms, causes, and treatment.

Symptoms and causes of attachment disorder.

With clinical offices in Warminster, Pennsylvania, offers therapy services, support and information on the subject of reactive attachment disorder.

An Evergreen, Colorado center for the treatment of attachment disorder. Find a description of the disorder, including a symptom checklist, and articles on the subject. Purchase informational videos and books, or download an application packet.

Cedar Crest, New Mexico. Residential community specializing in the clinical treatment of children and families of children who are suffering from attachment disorders.

Littleton, Colorado. Nonprofit treatment center for children with attachment disorder. Find basic information on the disorder, a description of clinical services available, including a training institute. Purchase books and tapes.

Helping parents help their children succeed. Offers learning disability resources for parents and teachers; first-person success stories; questions answered by a panel of experts; and a newsletter.

Information and links about self injury, multiplicity, mid-continuum, depression, eating disorders and gay and Christian issues, from a UK perspective.

Essay by Bob King. A brief article on what it means to come out as a multiple and how to support and accept a friend who is multiple.

Promotes an increase in the knowledge of trauma, dissociation and all disorders related to chronic traumatization.

Designed for mental health professionals, this organization is devoted to research, training, treatment of trauma, and dissociative disorders.

Celebrates and honours the power and heroism of MPD, DID. Deals with Bipolar Disorder and addictions recovery too.

"Life as a multiple;" essays, biographies, history, artwork, and poetry.

Links to organizations, treatment centers, message boards, newsgroups, personal stories, general information, and articles about anorexia.

Information from an eating disorder specialist about eating disorders in males. Article discusses the female to male comparisons of characteristics, socioeconomic/environmental factors, and age of onset.

Links to national and international articles and resources for anorexia, binge eating, and bulimia.

National non-profit eating disorders organization. Information, referrals, support, prevention, conferences, and newsletters.

Looking Glass is a Vancouver based charitable foundation that offers support for people suffering with eating disorders with a focus on young women.

A recovered ED sufferer shares her story, music, and pictures from an eating disorder.

Provides a hub for research, treatment, and discussion of problem gambling by the gaming industry and professionals who are concerned with the problem of gambling addiction.

Provides information on helping oneself and others, in addition to motivations and who does it.

Aimed at young audience, teaches basics, including childhood disorder.

Features the definition of the illness, symptoms, causes and treatment.

Online magazine with a blog and forum.

Information about depression compiled by the Australian National University's Centre for Mental Health Research includes ratings for what works and what does not in treatment options, explains the meaning of "scientific evidence" and provides a forum.

Information on symptoms, causes and types of depressive illness. Treatment strategies include both conventional and alternative medicine.

(US) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping.

Warns parents with children who suffer from depression to keep their children away from the police.

The DBSA Pasadena Chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance is a peer-facilitated support group which focuses on self-help offered in a safe and accepting, peer-to-peer, confidential environment.

A national non-profit organization working to improve the lives of affected people through education, advocacy and support.

Delivers services to people with autism and their families throughout North Carolina, trains professionals and parents about autism and autistics, and publishes research findings from their efforts.