Links and Resources
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
Addiction disorders (non-substance abuse)
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
www.sash.net
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Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org
National Institute on Aging—Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center (Offers clinical trial database)
www.alzheimers.org
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Anxiety/panic disorder
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
www.adaa.org
National Institute of Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders from NLM's MEDLINEplus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anxiety.html
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
www.chadd.org
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Autism/Asperger’s disorder
Autism Research Institute
www.autism.com/ari/contents.html
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Bipolar disorder
Balanced Mind Foundation
www.thebalancedmind.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
International Bipolar Foundation
www.internationalbipolarfoundation.org
International Society for Bipolar Disorders
www.isbd.org
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Child psychiatry
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org
Balanced Mind Foundation
www.thebalancedmind.org
New York University Child Study Center
www.aboutourkids.org
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Depression
Depression and Bipolar Disorder Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
STAR*D Web site (Information on the NIMH-sponsored Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression trial.)
www.edc.gsph.pitt.edu/stard
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Depression, postpartum
Postpartum Support International (Continuing education, workshops, research database)
www.postpartum.net
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Eating disorders/body image disorders
National Eating Disorders Association
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
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General information
American Association for Emergency Psychiatry
www.emergencypsychiatry.org
American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org
American Psychological Association
www.apa.org
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry
www.aacp.com
Association of Physician Assistants in Psychiatry
http://www.psychpa.org
College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists
http://cpnp.org
CredibleMeds (A service of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center)
www.azcert.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
www.nami.org
Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
www.psychiatrist.com
PsyWeb.com
www.psyweb.com
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Government agencies
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
www.samhsa.gov
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
International OCD Foundation
www.ocfoundation.org
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service
www.nmsis.org
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Make the Connection: PTSD
www.maketheconnection.net/conditions/ptsd
National Center for PTSD (Offers PILOTS [Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress] database of research articles)
www.ptsd.va.gov
PTSD Alliance
www.ptsdalliance.org
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Schizophrenia
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (awards NARSAD grants)
www.bbrfoundation.org
Schizophrenia.com
www.schizophrenia.com
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Sleep disorders
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
www.aasmnet.org
American Sleep Apnea Association
www.sleepapnea.org
National Sleep Foundation
www.sleepfoundation.org
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
www.rls.org
Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
www.sltbr.org
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Stuttering
National Stuttering Association
www.nsastutter.org
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Substance abuse
Alcoholics Anonymous
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
www.aaap.org
American Society of Addiction Medicine
www.asam.org
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov
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Suicide prevention
American Associaton of Suicidology
www.suicidology.org
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (Offers Suicide Data Bank, where psychiatrists post case reports of patients who end their lives while in their care)
www.afsp.org
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Technology/Internet
American Association of Technology in Psychiatry
www.techpsych.org
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Tourette syndrome
National Tourette Syndrome Association
www.tsa-usa.org
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