Mental Health Resources on the Internet

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Internet Mental Health Encyclopedia
http://www.mentalhealth.com/
An encyclopedia of mental health information.

Directories

Mental Health Infosource
http://www.mhsource.com/
Offered by Psychiatric Times and includes disorders, resources, classifieds, continuing education, and professional directory. Includes full text articles on the disorders page.

Mental Health Net
http://mentalhelp.net/
The largest and most comprehensive guide to mental health, psychology, and psychiatry resources online. Indexes over 9,000 refereed resources. Includes Disorders & Treatments, Professional Resources, Online Continuing Education, an online Reading Room and a search engine as well as self-help, real-world resources.

Psych Central: Dr. John GROHOL's Mental Health Page
http://psychcentral.com/
According to the creator, this is "your personalized one-stop index for psychology, support, and mental health issues, resources, and people on the Internet". Organized into mailing lists, newsgroups, and web sites. Includes mental health chats.

Mental Health for Consumers
This is a selected list of sites. Please consult the directories for other sites for consumers.

APA HelpCenter
http://helping.apa.org/
The American Psychological Association page for advice on when and how to obtain psychological services and information on how psychology can help with life's problems. Includes how to cope with common problems at work, how the mind and body can work together to maintain health, and how to handle family relationship problems. Find a psychologist in your area by calling 1-800-964-2000.

Center for Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealth.org/default.asp
CMHS is a division of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  See their Mental Health Links.  Includes a services locator by state and links to mental health hotlines.

Growth House, Inc.
http://www.growthhouse.org/default.html#mission
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Includes information on hospice care, estate planning, funeral planning, pain management, and more.

Internet Resources for Loss and Grief
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/grief
This is a listing of general resources on loss and grief on the Internet and includes organizations, websites, selected categories, books on-line and a link for sites categorized by the type of loss.

National Institute for Mental Health (Information for the Public)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm
This section offers information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses and includes brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and more.

RxList: The Internet Drug Index
http://www.rxlist.com
Search for information about drugs by name.  Includes a disease index.

Self-help and Psychology Magazine
http://www.cybertowers.com/selfhelp/
This is an educational publication written by mental health professionals for the purpose of discussing psychology as it applies to everyday life. Includes full text of articles.

Self Help Resources on the Internet
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm
This site includes an alphabetized list of disorders with links plus links to psychology brochures and articles.

Suicide Helpline
http://psychcentral.com/helpme.htm
This site provides support for individuals considering suicide with text, by telephone, and by email and mailing lists for those thinking about suicide and suicide survivors.

What is Mental Illness?
http://www.psych.org/
You can find this explanation of mental illness on the home page for the American Psychiatric Association under the "Public Information" on the drop down menu along with information on how to choose a psychiatrist, fact sheets, psychiatric medications, pamphlets, mental illness health coverage issues and more.

Selected Organizations
(See the directories for more mental health organizations)

American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org/
The members of this medical specialty society specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders. This site includes information on how to choose a psychiatrist and contacts for locating a doctor in your area.

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
The Internet site for the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the world's largest association of psychologists. Call 1-800-964-2000 to locate a psychologist in your area.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org/
The website of the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe anxiety disorders.

Prepared by Wanda Meck, Public Services Librarian, Greenfield Community College, 3/3/03