Other Helpful Links Related To Mental Illness 
Anxiety

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America - Organization whose mission is to promote the prevention, treatment and cure of anxiety disorders and to improve the lives of all people who suffer from them.

Depression

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - The nation’s leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder.
• Depression Symptons & Treatment Information - Information about the types of bipolar and depression with links to many other related resources.
• Families for Depression Awareness - A nonprofit organization providing educational information, community outreach training, and advocacy to help families and friends recognize and cope with bipolar and major depression.
• McMan's Depression & Bipolar Weekly - Free, informative, and lively digest of research, treatment, public policy, and the media, by John McManamy. Dedicated to helping you intelligently manage your depression or bipolar disorder(manic depression).
• NARSAD (National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) - The largest non-government, publicly funded organization that distributes funds for brain disorder research.

Bipolar

• The Bipolar Child - Web site of authors Demitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos, author of best-selling book, The Bipolar Child. Offers excellent newsletter with archived articles of interest to families.
• Bipolar Disorder Center - Watch full-length videos right from your computer.
• Bipolar Hope -  BP Magazine's purpose is to convey the personal stories of challenge and success that each person who lives with bipolar disorder faces.
• The Bipolar Significant Other (BPSO) - An informal organization whose members exchange support and information about bipolar disorder by e-mail and discuss issues related to the impact of the illness on families and intimate relationships.
• Bipolar World - Provides a safe, interactive, self-help environment for individuals with Bipolar Disorder to meet, share and support each other.
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - The nation’s leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder.
• Patti Duke Bipolar Blog - To help folks looking for information, support and resources in the area of mental health and mental wellness. Patty Duke is currently working on several projects to continue to have her story of bipolar disorder help people in need, with this blog and her Website http://www.pattyduke.net/ among those projects.

Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia - Web community providing in-depth information, support and education related to schizophrenia.
• NARSAD (National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression)  - The largest non-government, publicly funded organization that distributes funds for brain disorder research.

Children & Teens

• Connect for Kids - A program of the Benton Foundation. Searchable state-by-state listing of advocacy and other helpful programs for kids in your state.
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health - An advocacy organization for families of children and youth with mental health needs. The Federation provides an opportunity for family members to work with professionals and other interested citizens to improve services for their children with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders.
• PACER Center - Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights resource for parents who wish to improve their advocacy skills, or who require information and assistance in accessing services for their children with Emotional Behavioral Disorders.
• Teen Screen Program - Columbia University's TeenScreen Program is a national mental health and suicide risk screening program for youth. The goal of the National TeenScreen Program is to make voluntary mental health check-ups available for all American teens. 
• National Child Abuse Defense & Resource Center - Advocacy organization for parents falsely accused of child abuse, including Munchausen’s by Proxy Syndrome.
• Self-Injury - S.A.F.E. Alternatives (Self Abuse Finally Ends) - A 30-day treatment program for self-injurers such as adolescents who cut or burn or otherwise harm themselves. Web site provides information about this increasingly common behavior and suggests coping strategies and book, Bodily Harm.
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Doctor Directory - This site is designed to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families. Information is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders.

Borderline Personality Disorder

• BPD Central - BPD Central is a list of resources for people who care about someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD). We are one of the oldest and largest sites about BPD on the web. 

Legal Issues

• Bad experience with a hospital or clinic? - Report a Complaint. The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that sets the standards by which health care quality is measured in America and around the world, and does on-site reviews of more than 16,000 health care organizations (see list on their site).
• Taking Care of Our Loved Ones After We Are Gone - Taking Care of Our Loved Ones After We Are Gone Families need to have a comprehensive financial and legal plan.

Health & Science

• DSM-IV - Numerical listing of codes & diagnoses in the DSM-IV.
• DNA From the Beginning - An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity. Beautifully illustrated, clearly written, and searchable, by Cold Spring Harbor Web.
• Infinite Mind - The Infinite Mind is a national, weekly public radio series which covers the art and science of the human mind and the biology of human behavior.
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) - A database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements.
• Medical Dictionary - Online medical dictionary containing easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms. This online medical dictionary provides quick access to hard-to-spell and often misspelled medical definitions through an extensive alphabetical listing.
• The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Working to improve mental health through biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior.

Medications & Health Insurance

• Free Medications for Low-Income Families - Some pharmaceutical companies offer medication assistance programs to low-income individuals and families. These programs typically require a doctor’s consent and proof of financial status. They may also require that you have either no health insurance, or no prescription drug benefit through your health insurance.
• Insure Kids Now - A national campaign to link the nation's 10 million uninsured children--from birth to age 18--to free and low-cost health insurance. Many families simply don't know their children are eligible.
• Medicaid Programs - Information on Medicare & Medicaid.