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  •  American Psychiatric Association

    • Website: http://www.psych.org/ External link 

    • Description: This is the official website of the American Psychiatric Association, the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It's made up of more than 35,000 member psychiatrists.

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  • PsychCentral 

    • Website: http://psychcentral.com/resources/ External link 

    • Description: PsychCentral is an extensive annotated directory of mental health resources, including general information, as well as blogs, online communities, support groups, articles, quizzes, and books.

Organizations

  •  National Association of Mental Illness

    • Website: https://www.nami.org/ External link 

    • Description: The National Association of Mental Illness is the largest nationwide mental health advocacy grassroots organization with hundreds of state organizations, affiliates, and volunteers. It is a hub for support groups, free education, raising awareness, and building community.

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  •  Mental Health Resources, Inc.

    • Website: http://www.mhresources.org/ External link 

    • Description: This nonprofit provides community-based mental health services to adults, especially those suffering medical, social or substance-related comorbidities.

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  •  American Psychiatry Association 

    • Website: http://www.psychiatry.org/mental-health/ External link 

    • Description: The American Psychiatry Association is the largest professional membership organization of psychiatrists in the world. The APA website hosts "Let's Talk Facts" brochures on a range of illnesses, professional resources for psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and medical students. It publishes up-to-date news, research, government policies, and developments in psychiatry.

Government

  •  National Institutes of Health

    • Website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealth.html External link 

    • Description: This is the National Institutes of Health's collection of resources from the National Library of Medicine. It includes information about conditions, treatments, patients, families, and friends, latest research, drugs and supplements, terminology and definitions, videos, illustrations, and clinical trials.

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  •  World Health Organization

    • Website: http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/en/ External link 

    • Description: The World Health Organization's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse has a Project Atlas, which compiles resources and information about mental health and neurology policies, prevalence, statistics, medicines, professionals, information systems, and publications. Topics covered include mental health in emergencies, maternal and child mental health, neurology and public health, disorders management, and suicide prevention. Information can be searched by region, country, or worldwide.

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  •  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    • Website: http://www.mentalhealth.gov/ External link 

    • Description: This website, run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides government information about mental health taken from the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Medline Plus, FindYouthInfo.gov, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The information is for the general public, health care providers, policymakers, schools, and communities.

Diagnostic Resources

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder

    • ​Website: http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx External link

    • Description: The website of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) provides complementary information to its print edition about the classification, assessment, symptoms, and treatment of mental disorders.

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  •  Screening for Mental Health

    • Website: http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/ External link 

    • Description: Screening for Mental Health provides several national screening programs, including Youth Mental Health, Workplace Mental Health, College Student Mental Health, Military Mental Health, and Community Mental Health. Other screening days include National Alcohol Screening Day, National Depression Screening Day, and National Eating Disorders Screening Day.

Military/Veterans

  • Veterans Affairs

    • Website: http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ External link 

    • Description: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website hosts screening tools, a veterans crisis line, and a guide to mental health conditions that often plague veterans.

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  •  National Association on Mental Illness

    • Website: https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/Veterans-and-Active-Duty External link 

    • Description: The National Association on Mental Illness has a Veterans & Military Resource Center, which is home to online discussion groups, information about veteran mental illnesses and treatments. It includes information about advocacy for active-duty members, returning veterans, veteran families, veterans in recovery, veterans looking for work, mental health providers, college faculty members, and women veterans.

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  •  Military Pathways

    • Website: https://www.militarymentalhealth.org/ External link 

    • Descriptions: Military Pathways is a site created by Screening for Mental Health and the Department of Defense that allows military members and their families to take free, anonymous mental health or alcohol self-assessments. Completion of the assessment directs users to referral information for Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs services.

Youth, Teens, School and College Students

 

  • The Jed Foundation

    • Website: http://www.jedfoundation.org/ External link 

    • Description: The Jed Foundation is an organization committed to the mental and emotional health of college students and preventing suicide among this population. The foundation runs several free online self-assessment and resource programs for students and campuses. It offers training tools for campus professionals to improve their mental health services for students.

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  •  ULifeline

    • Website: http://www.ulifeline.org/ External link 

    • Description: A project of the Jed Foundation that provides a free, confidential online resource about emotional health to more than 1,500 colleges and universities.

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  •  LawLifeline

    • Website: http://www.lawlifeline.org/ External link 

    • Description: LawLifeline is a combined project of the Jed Foundation and Dave Nee Foundation. It is a free, anonymous, and confidential online resource for law school students to seek out information about depression, anxiety, suicide, stress, and self-harm.

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  •  School Mental Health Project

    • Website: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/ External link 

    • Description: The UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools created the School Mental Health Project, an online collection of tools, research, publications, and resources for school practitioners and professionals.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness

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  •  GLBT Near Me

    • Website: http://glbtnearme.org/ External link 

    • Description: The GLBT National Help Center runs this website, which contains more than 15,000 GLBT resources and offers tools for users to find local community centers, youth groups, and support resources.

 

  • The Trevor Project

    • Website: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ External link 

    • Description: The creators of the Oscar-winning short film "Trevor" founded The Trevor Project. The organization provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ youth between the ages of 13 and 24.

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Women

  • Office on Women's Health

    • Website: https://www.womenshealth.gov/mental-health/resources/ External link 

    • Description: The Office on Women's Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides access to research, publications, Surgeon General Reports, and general information for women's mental health issues. This includes problems related to pregnancy and conception, menstruation, menopause, women veterans, suicide prevention, and mental illnesses.

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Racially Diverse

Seniors

  • National Institutes of Health

    • Website: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health External link 

    • Description: The National Institutes of Health provides this online index of information, videos, and training tools about senior health, including mental health and wellness.

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Support

  •  Mental Health America

    • Website: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/ External link 

    • Description: Mental Health America is a community-based network with 240 nationwide affiliates that provide services such as counseling referrals, support, and finding housing for the homeless.

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  •  National Council for Behavioral Health

    • Website: http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/ External link 

    • Description: The National Council for Behavioral Health is a collective of more than 2,000 member mental health and substance abuse treatment organizations. The National Council is known for creating Mental Health First Aid, a public education initiative consisting of an eight-hour course that provides participants with a crash course in understanding mental illness risk factors, impacts, and treatments. It is aimed at increasing early detection and intervention.

Blogs

  •  Social Work License Map

    • Website: http://socialworklicensemap.com/inspired-advocates/

      Description: The Social Work License Map's resource of blogs includes a mental health category that sheds personal and professional insight and experience on various aspects of mental illnesses and mental health. These include eating disorders, trauma, autism, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Eating Disorders

  • National Eating Disorders Association

    • Website: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org External link 

    • Description: The National Eating Disorders Association is a nonprofit supporting people with eating disorders and their families. It provides an information and referral helpline, extensive information about eating disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, as well as handouts and toolkits for parents, coaches, and educators, and forums for discussion and stories of recovery. The website is also available in Spanish.

 

Substance Abuse

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    • Website: http://www.samhsa.gov/ External link 

    • Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency on behavioral health, runs several mental health campaigns and has information on health reform for providers, families, and individuals. SAMHSA also has a helpful online behavioral treatment services locator.

Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and Depression

  •  Anxiety and Depression Association of America

    • Website: http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/ask-and-learn/resources External link 

    • Description: The Anxiety and Depression Association of America raise public and professional awareness, promotes research advancement, and provides referrals for children and adults with anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorders, and related disorders. The website provides information about these conditions, their treatment, and resources for professionals.

 

  • Anxiety Disorder Resource Center

    • Website: http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxiety External link 

    • Description: The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry's Anxiety Disorder Resource Center contains a glossary of symptoms and mental illnesses, a child and adolescent psychiatrist finder, facts, and resources for families and youth suffering from anxiety and anxiety-related disorders.

 

  • Depression Like Me

    • Website: http://www.depressedlikeme.com/ External link 

    • Description: The website Depression Like Me is home to a "depression library" of articles about types of depression, depression symptoms, causes, treatment, support groups, and links to more resources.

 

  • Freedom from Fear 

    • Website: http://www.freedomfromfear.org/

    • Description: This is the website of the nonprofit advocacy organization Freedom from Fear. It contains a wealth of research-based information and treatment referrals for anxiety and depression.

       

Bipolar

  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

    • Website: http://www.dbsalliance.org/ External link 

    • Description: The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance is a national peer-led organization run by individuals with depression and bipolar disorder. It provides support groups, peer specialist training, wellness tools, research, podcasts, brochures, publications, and information for clinicians.

 

  • The Balanced Mind

    • Website: http://www.thebalancedmind.org/ External link 

    • Description: The Balanced Mind, a parent network run by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, provides support and guidance to parents raising children with mood disorders.

Autism/Asperger's

  •  Autism Speak

    • ​Website: http://www.autismspeaks.org/ External link 

    • Description: Autism Speaks is prominent autism research and advocacy organization. The website contains links to apps, tool kits, and a resource guide for families and individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

 

  • Autism NOW Center

    • Website: http://autismnow.org/ External link 

    • Description: The Autism NOW Center is a resource for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. The Center's resources include fact sheets, webinars, a newsletter, and a call center. It focuses on the topics of early detection, intervention, education, transition, aging, community inclusion, long-term care, and health care reform.

Schizophrenia

  •  Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

    • ​Website: http://bbrfoundation.org/ External link 

    • Description: The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards grants to scientists conducting research on causes and treatments of mental disorders in children and adults. This includes schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress, attention-deficit hyperactivity, and autism.

Hotlines

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  • National Domestic Violence Hotline

    • Website: http://www.thehotline.org/ External link 

    • Description: The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 counseling and support to victims of domestic violence and abuse at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

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