Psychological Disorders
What kinds of disorders do people suffer from? No small matter,
given that about one in three of us will suffer from a psychological disorder
in our lifetime. This is one of the busiest topic areas on
the Web.
Last Updated September 14, 2003
General Sites
The American Psychiatric Association provides an overview of Mental
Illness in this pamphlet from the Let's Talk Facts series.
Mental Help Net — MHN offers summarized
versions of official diagnostic criteria, catagorized byadult, child, and
personality disorders. A growing list of self-help questionnaires
can be used to help determine if further professional mental health assistance
is needed.
Public Information:
The Insanity Defense — What it is and is not.
Call Me Crazy
— An interesting article about the political aspects of the development
of the classification of mental disorder.
Dr. Bob's
mental health links
Dual
Diagnosis Website
HealthAtoZ.com
— Allows you to search over 50,000 professionally reviewed health
& medical Internet resources. The Mental
Health page provides links to nearly 175 professional- and consumer-oriented
sites. The number of links on the Disorders
and Conditions page is approaching 100., and there are links to nearly
two dozen pages of specific catagories. A
MegaPsych GottaSee site.
Internet
Addiction Disorder (I.A.D.)
Internet
Mental Health
Internet
Mental Health Resources
Online
Psychological Services - Mental Health Info Link
Mental
Health Today - Mental Health Today provides information on Borderline
Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Gender Identity
Disorder and Suicide Intervention. Resources, communities, tests, free
medication, articles and much more. A MegaPsych
GottaSee site.
Mental Health Info
Link
Mental Health InfoSource
Psych Central: Grohol's Mental
Health Page
Mental Disorders
Symptoms List by John Grohol
Psychiatry
On-line
Psychiatray
On-line Glossary
Self-Help
& Psychology Magazine
Anthony A. Walsh's Abnormal
Psychology Links at Salve Regina University
Specific Disorders Sites
Anxiety Disorders
The American Psychiatric Association offers information about several
of the Anxiety and Avoidance disorders in the Let's Talk Facts series,
including Anxiety
Disorders, Panic
Disorder, Phobias,
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder. (OCD is available only in PDF format. You will
need the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader to read or print it.) Each pamphlet describes
the disorder, the major symptoms, what we know about the causes, and the
treatment of the disorder.
Center for Anxiety and Stress
Treatment
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Panic
Attacks
Panic attack
- Frightening condition is not just 'nerves' or stress — From
the Mayo Clinic's Health O@sis.
Traumatic Stress
Home Page
Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit
Disorder Archive
Attention Deficient
Disorder Home Page
CHADD--Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Autism
Autism FAQ
Autism Resources
Childhood Disorders
The American Psychiatric Association offers information about Childhood
Disorders in the Let's Talk Facts series, describing the disorders,
the major symptoms, what we know about the causes, and the treatment of
the disorders.
The Child Psychologist
— Rene Thomas Folse has created a site that focuses on Specific Disorders
and Other Reasons for Concern about the behavior of children, and Treatment,
Resources and Remediation of some of these disorders and concerns.
You will also find links to information about several specific diagnostic
tests used with children. A MegaPsych
GottaSee site.
Dementia
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer Web
Mayo
Clinic Alzheimer's Resource Center — Take a quiz about Alzheimer's
Disorder, read articles, and visit linked sites.
Dissociative Disorders
International Society for the
Study of Dissociation
Maytal Ltd.
Sidran
Foundation-Dissociative Disorders
Trauma and Dissociation
Eating Disorders
The American Psychiatric Association offers information about Eating
Disorders in the Let's Talk Facts series, describing the disorders,
the major symptoms, what we know about the causes, and the treatment of
the disorders.
Enuresis
National Enuresis Society
Bed-wetting - enuresis - primary
nocturnal enuresis
Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation:
ARC home page
Down Syndrome WWW page
Mood (Affective) Disorders
The American Psychiatric Association offers information about Depression
and Manic-Depressive/Bipolar
Disorder in the Let's Talk Facts series, describing the disorders,
the major symptoms, what we know about the causes, and the treatment of
the disorders.
Bipolar Disorder
- by Beverley Wayman, one of my Internet Research students.
Bipolar Disorder
BPD Central
Depression
- by Shirl McElyea, one of my Internet Research students.
Depression
Central
Depression
FAQ
Good
Mood: The New Psychology of Overcoming Depression
Pendulum Resources:
Bipolar Affective Disorder
Trauma
Information Pages - David Baldwin's PTSD site.
Personality Disorders
Borderline
Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality
Disorder Today — Formerly named "The Borderline Sanctuary",
this site includes information on Borderline Personality Disorder.
Resources, communities, tests, free medication, articles and much more.
The
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia
— This is the electronic version of one of a series of Let's Talk Facts
pamphlets published by the American Psychiatric Association. Describes
schizophrenia, the major symptoms, what we know about the causes, and the
treatment of schizophrenia. You can backtrack from this page and see other
pamphlets in the series.
Sexual Disorders
Pedophilia
Sexual disorders
Sleep Disorders
Circadian Learning
Center
Speech Disorders
Hyperlexia Home Page
Substance Use Disorders
The American Psychiatric Association offers information about Substance
Abuse in the Let's Talk Facts series. The distinction
between use and abuse of substances is described. Substances covered
include alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opiates, hallucinogens, inhalants,
sedative hypnotics, and nicotine.
Drugs
and Individual Behavior Page
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