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Healthfinder
Web site: www.healthfinder.gov
Sponsored by the National Health Information Center of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, this web site allows you to search for articles and web resources on a range of mental health topics. Use the search bar at the top.
Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives
Phone: (888) 35-PSYCH
Web site: www.healthyminds.org
Sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association, this web site allows you to search for information on a range of mental health topics.
Medline Plus
Web site: www.medlineplus.gov
This web site is a service provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Click on “Drug Information” for information about medications. Click on “Health Topics” for information about mental health topics. This web site includes a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, directory, and other resources.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Phone: (703) 524-7600
Web site: www.nami.org
NAMI is a self-help, support, and advocacy organization for mental health consumers and their families and friends. The organization provides information, support and resources on bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and other major mental health conditions.
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (866) 615-6464
Web site: www.nimh.nih.gov
The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. Click on “Health Information” for information about anxiety, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health conditions.
National Mental Health Association
Phone: (703) 684-7722
Web site: www.nmha.org
The National Mental Health Association is an education, advocacy, research and service organization that promotes mental health and wellness. Click on “Mental Health Information” for fact sheets on anxiety, children’s mental health, depression and bipolar disorder, eating disorders, substance abuse, schizophrenia, suicide, mental health in older adults, and other mental health topics.
National Mental Health Information Center
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: (800) 789-2647
Web site: www.mentalhealth.org
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the National Mental Health Information Center is a gateway to information about mental health topics, services, news, publications and resources. Use the search bar or click on “Mental Health Topics” for information about children and families, disaster and trauma, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, prevention, rural mental health, women and violence, stigma, suicide, protection/advocacy, and other mental health topics.
Office of the Surgeon General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Web site: www.surgeongeneral.gov
The 1999 Surgeon General Report on Mental Health reports on the prevalence, characteristics, and challenges of mental health problems in children, adults, and older adults. Click on “Reports and Publications,” then “Public Health Reports of the Surgeon General” and select “All Reports.” Scroll down to the year 1999 and click on
“Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.”
Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
Phone: (781) 239-0071
Web site: www.mentalhealthscreening.org
This organization provides information about in-person and online screening for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, alcohol problems, and offers community-based suicide prevention programs.
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