Resources

The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information. Please also check the additional links provided for physical health  for a more comprehensive understanding of your over-all well-being. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

Associations & Institutes

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Counseling Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• Canadian Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Canadian Mental Health Association (Calgary)
• Canadian Psychological Association
• College of Alberta Psychologists
• Mental Health America:  
• http://www.mentalhealth.gov/
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Sleep Foundation
• National Women’s Health Resource Center
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Suicide Awareness and Hotlines

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Kids Help Phone
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
• Suicide: Read This First

Depression

• Bipolar Disorder News – Pendulum.org
• Depression and How Therapy Can Help
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• Freedom From Fear

Anxiety Disorders

• Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Beyond OCD
• International OCD Foundation

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Give an Hour— for veterans and their families
• National Center for PTSD Real Warriors (U.S. Department of Defense)— for veterans and their families
• The Gift From Within
• Sidran Institute

Addiction and Recovery

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
• Center for On-Line Addiction
• Web of Addictions

Eating Disorders

• American Dietetic Association
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre

Personality Disorders

• Personality Disorders – Focus Adolescent Counselor Services

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH

Child Abuse and Domestic Violence

• Childhelp USA®
• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website

Developmental Disorders

• Asperger’s Disorder
• NeuroWeb
• Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Diagnosis

• DSM-IV-TR: Diagnoses and Criteria

Medication

• DrugWatch.comprovides up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, including details about associated side effects.
• Drugalert.org is a comprehensive database with information and news alerts about potentially dangerous drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.

The following resources are general resources to support over-all well-being and physical health. The resources are intended to complement, not replace, professional medical advice.

Medications and Health Supplements

• Medical Dictionary
• Medications, PDR
• Medline, Comparison
• Multivitamins
• http://peoplespharmacy.com/

Women’s Health

• http://healthywomen.org/
• http://womenheart.org/
• http://womenshealth.gov/

General Health

• http://webmd.com/
• nlm.nih.gov
• http://yourdiseaserisk.com/
• http://mayoclinic.com/
• http://dukeintegrativemedicine.org/

Conditions

• http://cancer.org/
• http://cancer.gov/
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Local Social Agencies

• Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary
• Hope Mission (Calgary)
• YouthLink Calgary
• Bell “Let’s Talk”