Community Resources

Additional online informational websites* 

• Children and Adolescents
• Teens and College Students
• Women
• Men
• Military and Military Families
• Mental Health - General
• Medication
• Mindfulness
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Specific Phobias
• Suicide Prevention 
• Related Resources
• International Organizations 

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Children and Adolescents

• Child Mind Institute
• Families for Depression Awareness
• Families USA
• Georgetown Center for Children and Families
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• The Balanced Mind Foundation
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• Selective Mutism Group
• Selective Mutism Foundation 
• WorryWiseKids.org
• Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program — for military families in New England 

Teens and College Students

• Active Minds
• Alcohol Rehab Guide
• Minding Your Mind
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Promoting Student Mental Health 
• Student Mental Health: A Guide to Identifying Disorders and Promoting Wellness
• The Jed Foundation 
• Start Your Recovery

Women

Food and Drug Administration Office of Women's Health provides these links:

• Depression--Medicines to Help You. Use this information to help you talk to your doctor.
• Women in Clinical Trials: Why should women participate in clinical trials? Medical products can affect men and women differently. Sometimes women have different side effects. It is important that women participate to show if products are safe and work well in both men and women. En Español
• Pregnancy Registries: Many women need to take medicine while they are pregnant. Enrolling in a pregnancy exposure registry can help improve safety information for medicines used during pregnancy and can be used to update drug labeling. Learn more about how you can help.
• Free publications on a variety of health topics in English, Spanish, and other languages. 

Men

• Man Therapy
• HeadsUpGuys 

Military and Military Families

• Helping Children Cope During Deployment — Real Warriors Campaign, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE)
• BraveHeart: Welcome Back Veterans Southeast Initiative —  Emory University and the Atlanta Braves have teamed up to offer veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their family members a variety of expert support resources. Mission: Help people in the Southeastern United States get help for PTSD.

Mental Health - General

• Make It Ok
• Community Conversations About Mental Health
• Academy of Cognitive Therapy
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• BrainFacts.org
• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
• --Brain & Behavior Research Foundation - Anxiety Research
• --Brain & Behavior Research Foundation - Depression Research
• Research Match
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) 
• International Bipolar Foundation
• DualDiagnosis.org (depression and addiction)
• Freedom From Fear
• Helping Others Live Sober [Service to Others in Sobriety (SOS) Questionnaire]
• MentalHealth.gov
• Mental Health America
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) focuses on the issues and needs of more than 1,200 free and charitable clinics and the people they serve in the United States; offers an application for discount pharmacy card.
• National Institute of Mental Health 
• Care for Your Mind
• NoStigmas.org: A voice for mental health equality, or when all people have the same rights, treatment, and access to care regardless of mental illness or condition.
• Social Security Disability benefits: Learn how to apply if you have an anxiety disorder,  depression, or other mental disorders.
• Thero.org, a collective of mental health care providers and consumers of mental health services  
• Treatment Advocacy Center: Eliminating barriers to the treatment of mental illness
• World Federation for Mental Health 

Medication

• Drugalert.org is a comprehensive database with information and news alerts about potentially dangerous drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide.
• DrugNews.net provides the latest research, warnings, FDA recalls and legal news to those who use popular drugs or medical devices.
• DrugWatch.com provides up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, including details about associated side effects.
• Patient Safety Alerts offers real-time email notifications about drug recalls and safety alerts. 

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness for Healthy Living (University of Southern California School of Social Work)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• International OCD Foundation  
• The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Addiction Center
• Give an Hour — for veterans and their families
• National Center for PTSD
• Real Warriors (U.S. Department of Defense) — for veterans and their families 
• The Gift From Within 
• Sidran Institute

Specific Phobias

• International Paruresis Association — shy bladder syndrome

Suicide Prevention

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• 1-800-273-TALK (8255) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Sources of Strength  
• The Carson J. Spencer Foundation  
• Working Minds 

Related Resources

• Addiction Resource
• Employer Guide for Compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (A concise guide to the parity law, its final regulations, and how it is affected by the Affordable Care Act)
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Sleep Foundation
• National Women's Health Resource Center
• Talking to Children About Terrorism and War 
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Children and Grief 

International Organizations

• Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
• Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba
• Anxiety UK
• A Guide to UK-based Free Mental Health Helplines by Cassiobury Court.

Disclaimer Statement

ADAA has not investigated these sites nor does it have the facilities to evaluate their recommendations in regards to treating anxiety, depression or co-occurring disorders. This list is a compilation of websites who have requested that their links appear on ADAA's website. ADAA doesn’t recommend or endorse the competence or expertise of the information on any of these sites. The listing of a website is not an endorsement, but merely a source listing of informational sites that ADAA's website visitors might find helpful.