Websites about mental illness

Mental Health/Psychiatric Disorders
Advocating for your child at school- services for special needs children
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/83.htm
Advocating for educational services appropriate for your child from
AboutOurKids.org
http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/parent_letter/2006/english_parent_letter_feb_06.pdf http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/parent_letter/2006/spanish_parent_letter_feb_06.pdf


NAMI Nations Voice on Mental Illness
En Espanol La Voz nacional de salud mental
http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=NAMI_en_espa%F1ol NAMI- North Carolina http://www.naminc.org/

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Facts for Families
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm English
http://www.aacap.org/publications/apntsfam/index.htm Spanish
Glossary
http://www.aacap.org/about/glossary/index.htm English
http://www.aacap.org/about/glossary/Spanish/index.htm Spanish

Psych Central-one of the top 10 mental health and psychology
websites, providing reliable and professionally-reviewed resources since 1995
http://psychcentral.com/

NC Psychological Association
http://www.ncpsychology.com/html/GeneralPublic.htm
Focus Adolescent Services
http://www.focusas.com/index.html
AD/HD, anger, behavior problems, bipolar, conduct disorder
Resources, schools and programs, seminars and conferences, books,
state-by-state directory

Autism
Autism Society of NC- information, resources, and services for
autism-spectrum disorders
http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/


Bipolar Disorder (Trastorno bipolar)
Familydoctor.org Overview of Bipolar Disorder http://familydoctor.org/625.xml
En Espanol http://familydoctor.org/e625.xml
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer
NIMH info on Bipolar Disorder
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/bipolar.cfm#readNow
BiPolar Child- Book, newsletter, resources http://www.bipolarchild.com/
Espanol http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/bipolardisorder.html
Educational Issues of Children with Bipolar disorder
http://jbrf.org/edu_forums/issues.html

Depression
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association
http://www.drada.org/ DRADA is a community organization; they serve
individuals affected by a depressive illness, family members, health
care professionals and the general public

Eating Disorders
http://www.anred.com/defswk.html  Definitions of Eating Disorders
Advice For Families http://www.anred.com/pnp.html
Healthy Eating for Teens http://www.bestteendiets.org/


Anxiety/Panic Disorder
Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org/
School Refusal/Avoidance
http://www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/FocusOn/children&Adolescents/sra.asp Overview and Resources from NYU Child Study Center
http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/disorders/anxiety.html


AD/HD
En Espanol CHADD
http://www.chadd.org/webpage.cfm?cat_id=13 National Resource Center on AD/HD
http://www.help4adhd.org/
Educational Issues
http://www.help4adhd.org/en/education Resources For Teachers- list of publications
http://www.help4adhd.org/en/education/teachers/resources 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundationhttp://www.ocfoundation.org/
OCF Bookstore http://www.ocfoundation.org/dld/dld0006a.pdf
OCF Webzine for Teens http://www.ocfoundation.org/1000/index.html
OCD in the Classroom Packet
http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocd.in.the.classroom.html When your child has OCD,  from Psych Central
http://psychcentral.com/library/ocd_child.htm