National Resource Center on ADHD ADD Resources
American Psychological Association Help Center
American Psychiatric Association Patient Resources
Anger Busters Anger Management Toolkit
PBS Special on The Medicated Child, focusing on Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Anxiety and Depression Association of America Calm Clinic
Anxieties.com GoZen.com–An animated interactive site for anxious kids!
Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
AUTISM: Autism Speaks Parenting Autism National Autism Center at May Institute ; CDC Autism Resource Page Parents of Autistic Children of Northern Virginia (also sponsors support groups)
Bipolar Disorder–NIH Site Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation The Bipolar Child
Borderline Personality Disorder–National Education Alliance for BPD. Support and information about people with BPD and their loved ones. BPD Central.
Bullying: Stop Bullying.gov
Child Abuse: Child Abuse-— Child Abuse at Helpguide.org. Child Sexual Abuse–Medline
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 Anxiety and Depression Association of America Parents Guide to Depression in Teenagers Major Depression: Everyday Health
Domestic Violence—National Coalition Against Domestic Violence National Domestic Violence Hotline
Eating Disorders: National Eating Disorders Association F.E.A.S.T. Pritikin Wellness Resources M
Emotional Intelligence–how understanding emotions and how they affect thinking and behavior can help you make better choices and improve your relationships.
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.
Exercise–How to Start an Exercise Program and Stick To It
HelpGuide.org–-a good general site for various mental health conditions
Mental Health Center of America–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.
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation OCD Recovery Center (contains many useful articles)
Panic Disorder Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
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.
Self-Injury or self-harm–Cornell University research center on self-harm contains excellent information
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: SAVE Suicide prevention–includes support information for family members American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Tourette’s Syndrome Association
Virginia Cooperative Extension–PWC Chapter. Offers parenting classes on various topics.