Mental Health

Casper Minds, LLC . A local organization (based in Haymarket) focusing on social skills for kids on the autism spectrum. This includes parent support groups and advocacy. Check out their newsletters.

Bipolar Disorder--NIH Site Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation The Bipolar Child

Bipolar Network Newsletter Bipolar Guide for Patients and Families.

Borderline Personality Disorder--National Education Alliance for BPD. Support and information about people with BPD and their loved ones. BPD Central.

Bullying: Education.com Stop Bullying.gov StopBullyingNow.org Bullying Awareness and Prevention

Child Abuse--- Child Abuse at Helpguide.org. Child Sexual Abuse--Medline

Conduct Disorders Article on Conduct Disorder Links for Conduct Disorder

Critical Mental Health Resources for College Students

DBT Self-Help Lots of useful handouts based on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Depression: Understanding Depression The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance HelpGuide’s Emotional Intelligence Toolkit for Stress and Mood Anxiety and Depression Association of America The Mood Gym--A free, interactive cognitive-behavioral program for depression. Includes education, self-assessment, onscreen exercises, and homework assignments.

Depression in Older Adults. Parents Guide to Depression in Teenagers Major Depression: Everyday Health

DivorceSupport.com--A wide variety of financial, legal, and psychological information and resources. Also check out the site Transparenting. They offer a guidebook for $15 based on their program. The book describes the divorce process and how to help children cope with divorce.

Domestic Violence--National Coalition Against Domestic Violence National Domestic Violence Hotline

Eating Disorders (Anorexia and Bulimia) Anorexia National Eating Disorders Association F.E.A.S.T. Pritikin Wellness Resources Maudsley (for parents of kids with eating disorders)

Eating Disorder Clinic at Sheppard-Pratt in Baltimore, MD Eating Disorders Guide Student Eating Disorder Awareness Guide

Emotional Intelligence--how understanding emotions and how they affect thinking and behavior can help you make better choices and improve your relationships.

Encopresis (Soiling)

Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: Contains excellent articles on a wide variety of mental disorders and other issues in mental health. Contains information on treatment, medication, and alternative medicine options.

Enuresis (Bedwetting)--National Kidney Association site

Exercise–How to Start an Exercise Program and Stick To It

Kidsaid--A self-help site for kids coping with loss of a loved one.

Healthy Minds--A consumer-oriented website from the American Psychiatric Association to answer your questions about mental health issues and treatment.

HelpGuide.org--a good general site for various mental health conditions

Helping a Friend or Family Member with Depression or Bipolar Disorder

Infidelity--A resources for couples who have struggled with an unfaithful partner.

Love Advice/Relationship Help

Medications--If you do not have insurance coverage for medication and would like to apply for free medication, check out The Medicine Program or NeedyMeds.com.

Mental Health Matters.com--A comprehensive site listing many different disorders and helpful articles.

Mental Health Net - Disorders and Treatments Index

National Institute of Mental Health--Provides information on mental disorders as well as the latest research and clinical trials available. You can order or download free publications on various mental health topics.

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation OCD Recovery Center (contains many useful articles)

Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder--Diagnosis and Treatment

Panic Disorder Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder

Parent Help Center

Parenting Wisely. A program you can do online or via CD to learn better parenting techniques.

Premenstral Dysphoric Disorder--

Psych Central A general website with lots of mental health iinformation and articles.

PsychologyToday.com--More mental health links on various disorders. Includes a self-test to help you and your therapist diagnose your symptoms. You can also sign up for a depression newsletter.

Reactive Attachment Disorder. Help Guide Site Attachment Parenting.org

Resilience--A brochure from the American Psychological Association on factors that help people cope with difficult life events in healthy ways and ways that you can become more resilient in the face of difficulty and trauma.

Schizophrenia

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)--Information on depression that occurs primarily in the winter months. To order a light box, which can help with SAD, check out Northern Light Technologies.

Self-Esteem.com--Strategies for improving self-esteem. Online Guide to Improving Self-Esteem--Includes numerous links and sites for improving self-esteem.

Self-Injury or self-harm–Cornell University research center on self-harm contains excellent information

Sensory Processing Disorder

Sleep Disorders--Sleepnet.com, National Sleep Foundation, Sleep Problems in Children

Social Phobia--Information about social anxiety and social phobia. Social Anxiety Disorder (HelpGuide)

Somatization Disorder--Multiple physical complaints that suggest physical disorders without a disease or physical basis to account for them.

Stress Management Stress Management Tools

Suicide: National Suicide Prevention Line SAVE Suicide prevention--includes support information for family members American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Tourette's Syndrome Association Planet Tic--an interactive website which serves as a resource for teachers, parents, and students.

Virginia Cooperative Extension--PWC Chapter. Offers parenting classes on various topics.