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- A great overview of Mental Health Medications by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
- Anxiety Overview: Five types of anxiety disorders- their symptoms, how they are diagnosed, and how they can be treated.
- Depression:
- The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, has many booklets, fact sheets, and brochures on Depression.
- Online Depression Screening Test: Designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate depressive symptoms that indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
- How Psychotherapy Helps People Recover from Depression: This question-and-answer fact sheet discusses depression with a focus on how psychotherapy can help a depressed person recover.
- To find a clinic in your area that offers free depression screening, call the National Depression Screening Line at 800-573-4433. To learn more about depression and other affective disorders:
- Suicide Prevention: Resources from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for you or someone you know who is in a crisis and in need of help.
- Depression Community Site: Blog posts, discussion boards, news, images, and videos designed to educate and provide peer support for people with depression.
- Heart And Blood Vessels Damaged By Depression, Anxiety Which Spur Poor Health Habits: Anyone will tell you that stress is bad for the heart. Many people also know about the toxic effects of anxiety and depression. But how exactly do these negative emotions cripple the cardiovascular system - and what can be done about it?
- Studies Try to Tease Apart the Links Between Depression and Heart Disease: People who are depressed are literally sick at heart: they have a significantly increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and no one knows exactly why. Now three new studies have tried to explain this, and they arrive at subtly different conclusions.
- Find mind-body medicine information on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine website.
- Heart And Blood Vessels Damaged By Depression, Anxiety Which Spur Poor Health Habits: Anyone will tell you that stress is bad for the heart. Many people also know about the toxic effects of anxiety and depression. But how exactly do these negative emotions cripple the cardiovascular system - and what can be done about it?
- How Your Brain Handles Stress: Chronic stress can lead to loss of memory, increased anxiety, and signs of depression. Stress can speed up aging and get you more prone to disease.
- Information on Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Describes GAD including signs & symptoms, treatment options, and ways to get help.
- MGH Center for Women's Mental Health: This website provides a range of current information including discussion of new research findings in women’s mental health and how such investigations inform day-to-day clinical practice.
- MGH Psychiatry Resources: A list of programs and resources offered by MGH Psychiatry.
- Mind-Body Community Site: Blog posts, discussion boards, news, images, and videos about the mind-body connection.
- Psychologist Locator: American Psychological Association (APA) search engine. A psychologist can help you cope with many of life's problems. Locate a practitioner in your local area using this new and growing online Psychologist Locator Service.
- Press Away Stress: Stressed out? Relief may be at your fingertips.
- Seven Simple Ways to Reduce Stress: Stress is a part of life. These tips can help bring some relief.
- Stress: Stress affects everybody. Learn how does stress works and how you can prevent and/or minimize effects of stress.
- Stress and Emotions Can Negatively Effect Heart Health: Prevention was a key message during National Heart Health month, and the American Psychological Association (APA) has released strategies to help Americans manage stress.
- Stress and Heart Disease: Learn whether stress can contribute to heart disease- the answer is unclear.
- Stress Management Community Site: Blog posts, discussion boards, news, images, and videos designed to educate and support stress management.
- Studies Try to Tease Apart the Links Between Depression and Heart Disease: People who are depressed are literally sick at heart: they have a significantly increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and no one knows exactly why. Now three new studies have tried to explain this, and they arrive at subtly different conclusions.
- The American Psychological Association (APA) has a Help Center, which is an online resource for brochures, tips and articles on the psychological issues that affect your physical and emotional well-being, as well as information about referrals
- The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (at MGH): On this website, find help if you're experiencing the negative effects of stress; learn how to elicit the relaxation response; review courses for health professionals; and sample a new line of relaxation CDs.
- The Center for Mind-Body Medicine: Working to create a more effective, comprehensive and compassionate model of healthcare and health education. The Center’s model combines the precision of modern science with the wisdom of the world’s healing traditions.
- Tips for Reducing Stress: Worrying can increase your risks of cancer, heart attack, and stroke. Learn ways to reduce stress. (Please note, video is available upper right of web page.)
- Top Ten Stress Busters: Learn about how stress works and how it does not have to be an inevitable part of your life.
- When Fear Overwhelms- Panic Disorder: An easy-to-read booklet on Panic Disorder that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
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