Resources
This page is an evolving document and is meant to provide you with educational information on a wide variety of mental health and general medical information. If there is a resource that you have found helpful that is not listed here, please let us know. You can reach me us via the Contact page.
As there are so many different types of informational media, I have tried to organize them below according to the following key:
>Books are in bold italics
>Websites, podcasts and videos will be hyperlinked with their corresponding URL
>Research articles will be noted with the journal title, page numbers, authors, etc.
Click a heading title to see resources within.
Mental Health (General)
- Psycheducation.org http://www.psycheducation.org
- Robert Whitaker http://www.madinamerica.com
- Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
- Mad in America by Robert Whitaker
- Integrative Mental Health Care by James Lake, M.D.
- Mind Beautiful http://www.mindbeautiful.com
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
- World Health Organization Mental Disorders Page http://www.who.int/topics/mental_disorders/en/
- The Infinite Mind Web Store http://lcmedia.stores.yahoo.net/infinitemind.html
- Charlie Rose- Brain Series- Interview with Kay Redfield Jamison, Elyn Saks & others http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11113
Support Groups
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupportlanding
Suicide Prevention Resources
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention http://www.afsp.org/
- Suicide Hotlines http://suicidehotlines.com/oregon.html
Local Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment
- Cascadia Behavioral Health Care http://www.cascadiabhc.org/
- Central City Concern (CCC) – see Programs box at left for information on different clinical programs- http://www.centralcityconcern.org/changing-lives/
- Early Assessment and Support Team (EAST)http://www.eastcommunity.org/home/ec1/smartlist_61/about_east.html & Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA)http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/mentalhealth/services/easa/main.shtml#sitesEASA & EAST Identify and treat prodromal and first episode psychosis, offering a wide range of supportive treatment options for the individual and family.
- Quest Center for Integrative Health http://www.quest-center.org/
Psychology & Psychoanalysis
- Jung article BBC magazine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13645959
- Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts (PNJA) http://www.pnsja.com/our%20analysts.htm
- Highly Sensitive Person http://www.hsperson.com/
- American Mental Health Alliance (AMHA) http://or.americanmentalhealth.com/
Chronotherapy
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences- Circadian Rhythms Fact Sheet http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.htm
- Sleeping (or Not) by the Wrong Clock- New York Times Blog http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/sleeping-or-not-by-the-wrong-clock/#more-46681-
- Enter the Chronotherapists- New York Times blog http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/enter-the-chronotherapists/
- Center for Environmental Therapeutics www.cet.org
- Psycheducation.org www.psycheducation.org
- Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) – http://pmbcii.psy.cmu.edu/frank/index.html
- Research article: Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy: Managing the Chaos of Bipolar Disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2000;48:593–604. http://altcancerweb.com/bipolar/psychosocial/interpersonal-social-rhythm-therapy-bipolar-2000.pdf
Anxiety & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org/
- WebMd Overview on Anxiety disorders: http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-anxiety-disorders
- OCD Support Group & Resources: http://www.ohsu.edu/health/clinics-and-services/clinic.cfm?id=11395
- Enter the Chronotherapists- New York Times blog http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/enter-the-chronotherapists/
- Center for Environmental Therapeutics www.cet.org
- Psycheducation.org www.psycheducation.org
- Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) – http://pmbcii.psy.cmu.edu/frank/index.html
- Research article: Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy: Managing the Chaos of Bipolar Disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2000;48:593–604. http://altcancerweb.com/bipolar/psychosocial/interpersonal-social-rhythm-therapy-bipolar-2000.pdf
Attention Deficit Disorder & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Depression
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupportlanding
- Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy by Erick Turner, M.D. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa065779#t=articleTop(Research Article)
Bipolar & Cyclothymia
- Bipolar Spectrum Table http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2005/12/20/GR2005122000098.html
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupportlanding
- Psycheducation.org http://www.psycheducation.org
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Depression and Bipolar Disorder
But Were Afraid to Ask. Q & A with Dr. Fred Goodwin http://www.dbsanova.org/news/n00004.html - Charlie Rose – Kay Redfield Jamison interview http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4024
- Charlie Rose- Brain Series- Interview with Kay Redfield Jamison, Elyn Saks & others http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11113
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Winter Blues by Dr. Norman Rosenthal. Read more at http://normanrosenthal.com/winter-blues.html
- American Psychiatric Association http://www.healthyminds.org/Main-Topic/Seasonal-Affective-Disorder.aspx
Postpartum Depression
- American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp091.cfm
- Postpartum support international http://www.postpartum.net/
- Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders- MGH Center for Women’s and Reproductive Health http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/specialty-clinics/postpartum-psychiatric-disorders/
Schizophrenia
- Soteria House & Loren Mosher- Schizophrenia Treatment without Antipsychotic drugs http://www.moshersoteria.com/
- Schizophrenia Bulletin Journal http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/schbul/about.html
- Charlie Rose- Brain Series- Interview with Kay Redfield Jamison, Elyn Saks & others http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11113
- Early Assessment and Support Team (EAST)http://www.eastcommunity.org/home/ec1/smartlist_61/about_east.html
- Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA)http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/mentalhealth/services/easa/main.shtml#sites
- (EASA & EAST Identify and treat prodromal and first episode psychosis. They offer a wide range of supportive treatment options for the individual and family).
Somatization & Somatoform Disorder
- Somatoform disorders http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/pain/disorders/162.html
Borderline Personality Disorder
- The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870491-1,00.html
- Marsha Linehan& Dialectical Behavioral Therapy http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/06/28/marsha-linehan-what-is-dialectical-behavioral-therapy-dbt/
- Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics- http://depts.washington.edu/brtc/
General Health
- Healthwatch http://kboo.fm/healthwatch
- NPR Your Health http://www.npr.org/sections/health/
- Eating Between the Lines by Kimberly Lord Stewart & Eating Between the Lines site http://eatingbetweenthelines.net/?page_id=2
- Food Rules by Michael Pollan & see his site for other titles and information http://michaelpollan.com/books/
- Living Without Magazine http://www.livingwithout.com/(For food allergy information, strategies, recipes and resources)
- Dirty Dozen Guide to Choosing Produce with Less Pesticides http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/foodnews/pdf/2011EWGPesticideGuide.pdf
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch List website http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_recommendations.aspx
Homeopathy
- Discovering Homeopathy by Dana Ullman
- The Science of Homeopathy by George Vithoulkas
- The International Academy of Classical Homeopathy – George Vithoulkas http://www.vithoulkas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976
- National Center of Homeopathy- http://www.homeopathic.org/
- Nature and human personality : homoeopathic archetypes by Catherine R. Coulter
- Psyche & substance : Essays on homeopathy in the Light of Jungian Psychology by Edward C. Whitmont
- Prozac-free : Homeopathic Medicine for Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental and Emotional Problems by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman and Robert Ullman
- Video:Why Homeopathy Works and Makes Sense with Dana Ullman, MPH http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=FA11331E786870FF1B276F2DC1C375CA