Major Resources

• MedlinePlus: Mental Health
• healthfinder: health library: prevention & wellness: Mental Health
• CDC : Mental Health Work Group
• NIH: Mental Health

Massachusetts Resources

• Jonathan O. Cole Mental Health Consumer Resource Center Joint initiative of McLean Hospital and the Manic-Depressive & Depressive Association of Boston (MDDA-Boston).
• Manic-Depressive and Depressive Association of Boston
• Massachusetts Mental Health ServicesContact information for mental health agencies and advocacy organizations.
• McLean Hospital
• Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee Established to secure and protect the legal rights of persons involved in mental health and retardation programs in the Commonwealth.
• School Psychiatry This web site was created for parents, educators, clinicians and clinicians-in-training to identify and support the needs of children and adolescents with mental health conditions. When these needs are understood and properly supported, life at school, at home, and with peers can improve dramatically. From the MGH School Psychiatry and Mood and Anxiety Disorder Resource Center.
• Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities has many educational resources on this topic. Contact the Greater Boston Center for Healthy Communities through ARCH or search the Regional Centers for Healthy Communities Resource Library Central Catalog.
• PAL: Parent/Professional Advocacy League An organization providing support, education and advocacy to families coping with childhood mental illness.

General Resources

• AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• AACAP Facts for Families Set of seventy six factsheets on issues affecting children, teenagers, and their families from AACAP.
• American Psychological Association Information for professionals and consumers.
• American Psychiatric Association Information for professionals and consumers.
• American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Information for professionals and consumers.
• National Mental Health Information CenterGovernment sponsored web site providing links to information resources, government programs and reports.
• Mental Help Net Large resource of information for professionals and consumers. Includes news, book reviews, topics, conference and treatment facility listings.
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General Full text of the first Surgeon General report on mental health published in 1999.