Resources
Overview
While I agree with most of the contents of the resources I suggest, I don't necessarily agree with everything in them.
Addiction
Online resources for patients
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Baltimore Intergroup Council of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- How to find an NA meeting
- Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text
- Free State Region of Narcotics Anonymous
Online resources for professionals
Please note that these are guidelines and not rule books.
- Treatment of Patients With Substance Use Disorders (by American Psychiatric Association)
- Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Substance Use Disorders, 2nd Edition (by American Psychiatric Association)
- Treating Substance Use Disorders: A Quick Reference Guide (by American Psychiatric Association)
- The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Alchohol Use Disorder
Suggested readings
- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book
This book is the "bible" of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
This is a good introduction to the big picture of what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about.
Anxiety
Online resources for patients
- Anxiety and depression
- Anxiety disorders (National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Getting help
- Panic disorder/Agoraphobia
- Phobias
- Social anxiety disorder
- Treating anxiety disorders
Online resources for professionals
Suggested readings
- The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook
Workbook with exercises. - Trauma and Recovery : From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Book on PTSD.
ADD/ADHD
Online resources for patients
Suggested readings
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Strategies for coping with ADD - Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents (Revised Edition) Similar to above, more emphasis on ADHD
Bipolar disorder
Online resources for patients
Online resources for professionals
- Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder
- Guideline Watch: Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, 2nd Edition
Suggested readings
- An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Excellent first-hand account of having bipolar disorder. - The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know
Lots of good basic information.
Borderline personality disorder
Crisis hotlines
- Hope Line Network
1.800.784.2433 (Suicide hotline) - Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline
1.800.422.0009 A 24/7 hotline for children and parents to call to talk to someone and find treatment information in your area.
Death and grief
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How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Good book on bereavement. -
How to Survive the Loss of a Love
Another good book on bereavement. -
On Children and Death: How Children and Their Parents Can and Do Cope With Death
Dealing with loss of children.
Dementia
Online resources for patients
- 10 Steps to Approach Memory Concerns: What to do when you notice changes in yourself
- 10 Steps to Approach Memory Concerns: What to do when you notice changes in others
Online resources for professionals
- Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
- Guideline watch (October 2014): Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias
Suggested reading
- The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life (3rd Edition)
Excellent book! Very practical.
Depression
Online resources for patients
Online resources for professionals
Suggested reading
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
My favorite introductory book on cognitive behavioral therapy. - Control Your Depression, Rev'd Ed
Good workbook. - Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
Another good workbook.
Dissociative disorders
Online resources for patients
Drug information
Epocrates has good online information about drugs and side effects without having to give any personal information. At the same location, you can also do a check for interactions between all drugs that you are taking, but this requires registration with your email address. I don't believe they send you junk email if you do this, but I'm not sure.
Eating disorders
Online resources for patients
Suggested resources
- Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia--A Practical, Lifesaving Guide
Good basic information.
Exercise
Suggested resources
- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Excellent introduction to the mental health benefits of exercise.
Health
About online medical information
Almost everyone uses the internet for medical information. Here are some general guidelines:
- Buying & Using Medicine Safely
- A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web (Medical Library Association)
- Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct
- 10 Things To Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web (NIH)
- How To Evaluate Health Information on the Internet: Questions and Answers
- Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
General health information
- Healthfinder.gov (U.S. government-sponsored clearinghouse for health information)
- Medline Plus (more U.S. government-sponsored health information. Also, links to the National Library of Medicine's database of health information)
Mental health advocacy
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
- Mental Health Association of Maryland
- On our own
OCD
Online resources for patients
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- Relief from OCD
Online resources for professionals
- Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Guideline Watch (March 2013): Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Suggested readings
Psychosis
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Online resources for patients
Suggested readings
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia
Online resources for patients
Online resources for professionals
Suggested readings
- Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition: A Family Manual
A good book by a leader in the field. A bit strident in tone in places.