Mental Health

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.

Information, projects at the Centers for Disease Control and other agencies, state activities, resources, and information for children.

Conducts research, and disseminates the results of research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood.

An article by Ian Pitchford arguing that violent people usually have different psychological profiles from others and hence this should be taken account of.

Covers a wide range of topics including co-morbidity, substance abuse, etiology, psychodynamics, and treatment.

Dedicated to reaching out and supporting the online community of those with AvPD/APD and some of its overlapping components, such as Social Phobia, and PTSD through discussion, encouragement and resources.

Find information related to the book, 'Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers', written by Dr. Karyl McBride. Includes surveys and media kit.

Covers American diagnostic criteria, causes and similarities with Schizoid PD.

Features Ken Simmons' profile and excerpts from his book which details his journey from debilitating mental illness and despair to health (on medication) and new life in Christ.

Keep up to date with Richard's progress in getting better from paranoid schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Also, keep informed regarding his writing for children.

Compares the schizoid personality style with the schizoid personality disorder.

Description of common symptoms, and the use of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for the condition.

DSM IV criteria.

Multilingual voluntary support service in Hong Kong.

Group for those who have lost a partner.

Non-religious charity that provides support and suicide hotline. Westport, Massachusetts.

Blog offering support to those left behind when their loved ones take their own lives. Featuring guest posts, articles sorted by topic, the authors in the news and a contact form.

Offers non-credit training in disaster preparedness and techniques for professionals, instructor manuals and books on typical reactions to traumatic events, defusing and debriefing, and self-care.

Offers courses in multiple formats including text, audio CD and DVD video, certificates to download, professional text books and workbooks, and schedules of live training events.

Offers both online and in person instructional environments, addiction certification coursework packages, testing preparation, and courses for annual renewal of certification.

Working with medical and social organizations as well as individuals to deliver behaviour management services. Services available throughout Canada.

Consultation services for at-risk troubled teens and their families providing treatment center guidance, resource evaluation, specialized school, camp placement, personal coaching and family support.

Camp for children who are experiencing behavioral, emotional or learning difficulties provided by Englishton Park United Presbyterian Ministries, Inc. Lexington, Indiana.

Online encyclopedia article about therapy based on primitive outdoor sojourns.

Founded in 1893, offers residential services and therapeutic foster care for abandoned, abused, and neglected children. Located in Austin, Texas.

Residential facility for children and teens with mental retardation. On-site, group homes and community living services for kids with retardation and developmental disabilities.

Non-profit human services agency in Mount Holly, New Jersey, providing special education, residential treatment and emergency shelter for emotionally troubled, disadvantaged youth. Established in 1864.

Therapeutic college preparatory boarding school with a recreational and outdoor sports program. Oakley, Utah.