Contents:
Health and Medical Information, General
Mental Health and Mental Illness, General
Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, PTSD, OCD, and Depression
Psychology of Well-Being, Positive Psychololgy
Professional
Organizations
Recommended Books
Health and Medical Information, General:
Medscape, An excellent weekly e-journal covering the latest news and journal articles in medicine and mental health. Good resources link. http://www.medscape.com
National
Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, Scientific
reports on health information. http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Mental Health and Mental Illness, General:
American Psychological Association site for information on emotional well-being and mental health. http://www.helping.apa.org
National Mental Health Information Center of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
National Institute of Mental Health, http://www.nimh.nih.gov
Mental Help Net, http://www.mentalhelp.net
Psych Central, Dr. John Growl’s Mental Health Page, http://www.psychcentral.com
Internet Mental Health -- includes a thorough mental health index, as well as other tools and resources. http://www.mentalhealth.com
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), http://www.nami.org A grassroots organization of families helping people with serious mental illness and their families.
NAMI California, http://www.namicalifornia.org
Local S.F. Bay Area NAMI chapters. http://www.namisf.org, http://www.namimarin.org,
Other
Bay Area chapters can be found under namicalifornia.org, affiliates page.
Anxiety,
Panic, Phobias, PTSD, OCD, Depression:
Anxiety
Disorders Association of America, http://www.adaa.org
The Anxiety Community, http://www.anxietyhelp.org
Anxiety and depression information site, http://www.anxiety-and-depression-solutions.com
Information and resources on anxiety disorders and depression. http://www.anxiety-panic.com
National Institute of Mental Health’s site for information on depression and its treatments. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/
American Institute of Stress, Information on the role of stress in health and illness, http://www.stress.org
Biofeedback:
Association
for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, http://www.aapb.org
Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA), http://www.bcia.org. This is the site of the national certifying body for biofeedback and contains the requirements for certification and also the directory of BCIA certified therapists.
Biofeedback Society of California, http://www.biofeedbackcalifornia.org
Alternative
Medicine:
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. http://nccam.nih.gov
Senior
Issues:
National
Institutes of Health: Institute on Aging http://nihseniorhealth.gov
National Council on Aging, http://ncoa.org
Institute on Aging, San Francisco, CA, offers services and support groups for older adults and their children. http://www.ioaging.org
Dr. Andrew Weil’s site on healthy aging. Good for any age http://www.drweilonhealthyaging.com
A test of your “real” biological age vs. your age in years, based on the latest research findings. Specific tips for improving your health. http://www.realage.com
Gay
and Lesian Resources:
An online and print directory of resources (businesses, therapists,
organizations) for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
Positive Psychology and Authentic Happiness. Among other things, this site has a test for identifying your key strengths. http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu
Pelvic Floor Muscle Disorders:
Urinary Incontinence information from the National Institutes of Health, http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/
Fecal Incontinence information from the National Institutes of Health http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/
Excellent information on what the pelvic floor muscles are, their role, and disorders of excessive tension in these muscles. http://www.aboutincontinence.org/
International Pelvic Pain Society. http://www.pelvicpain.org
Pelvic
Pain. Mayo Clinic information http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-pelvic-pain/DS00571/DSECTION=3
Weddings
and Family Conflicts:
Discussion of the emotional issues surrounding a wedding, for
both the family and the bride and groom. Visitors to Dr. Valerie Kay’s
web page who are dealing with these challenges will be especially interested. http://www.consciousweddings.com
Professional Organizations:
American Psychological Association, http://www.apa.org
California Psychological Association, http://www.calpsychlink.org
American Psychiatric Association, http://www.psych.org
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: http://www.aamft.org
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, http://www.aabp.org
Biofeedback
Society of California, http://www.biofeedbackcalifornia.org
Recommended
Books:
Dr. Shelley Diamond has assembled an excellent list of books on a variety
of topics, such as relationships, illness, anxiety, aging, stress and resilence,
sex and gender, etc.
http://www.drshelleydiamond.com/resources.html#books
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