Dr. Fred Frese
First person description/advice: Dr. Fred Frese is a well-known psychologist who lives with schizophrenia and speaks openly about how he copes.

Pat Deegan
Pat Deegan is another person with schizophrenia who has written a lot of self-help materials and has a lot to teach.

Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America
A grassroots self-help movement.

Elyn Saks
A speech by the USC law professor and author of "The Center Cannot Hold," a memoir about her experiences with schizophrenia.

Medicines

Federal Drug Administration
Consumer information.

Prescription List
Consumer information.

Physician's Desk Reference
Consumer information.

Listings of Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs by Medicine
Financial assistance for medicines.

Self Help for Individuals and Families

NAMI-National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

NAMI-New Mexico

Mary Ellen Copeland
Mary Ellen Copeland’s site has a number of excellent articles on recovery. Her booklet, "Wellness Recovery Action Plan" is recommended. She also has great resources for fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses.

Veterans Administration
Excellent family curriculum developed by Veterans Administration.

National Empowerment Center
Great resources for people in recovery.

National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse

National Mental Health Association

Mental Health Foundation, United Kingdom

New York City Voices
A great self help web site.

Manual by Alice Medalia
Identifying and coping with cognitive symptoms (a manual written for New York state by neuropsychologist Alice Medalia).

BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
This site offers a range of useful downloadable toolkits and articles.

Alaska consumer website

Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

National dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
National resources.

Pacer Center
Pacer Center.

Youth

Face the Issue.com: You Are Not Alone
Blogs and videos about mental health issues for adolescents.

What A Difference A Friend Makes
Information on how to support a friend with a mental illness.

Medline Plus: Teen Mental Health
Comprehensive site with information on symptoms, treatment options, and research regarding teen mental health.

Go Ask Alice!
A health Q&A Internet resource. Provides readers with reliable, accurate, accessible, culturally competent information and a range of thoughtful perspectives so that they can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being.

Teen Health

Musicians for Mental Health – Mpower

The ANSWER (Adolescents Never Suicide When Everyone Responds) Network

Financial

DisabilityInfo
Guide to all disability-related programs offered by federal government.

Social Security Administration
Information about Social Security, Medicare, and disability benefits. Call the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
For information about Medicaid, contact your local social service or welfare office. You can also get information about Medicare and Medicaid.

Advocacy in the Health Care System

Health System Change
Center for Studying Health System Change.

Resource Center for Independent Living

Healthcare Advocacy Group, Inc.

National Advocates for High Quality Affordable Healthcare

Illnesses Causing Psychosis

Sleep deprivation
Psychosis should remit after the person sleeps. More info on sleep disorders.

Drug use
Psychosis usually goes away within 72 hours, although our experience with methamphetamine is that it may take longer

Temporal lobe epilepsy

Mood disorders – Clinical depression

Mood disorders – Bipolar disorder

Schizophrenia

Trauma: Massachusetts Mental Health Institute Trauma Center

Health Information

Federal Health and Human Services
Software for compiling family health history

Nutrition
Federal government nutrition resources

CDC Office of Minority Health

Recovery/Treatment

Mental Health
Federal Knowledge Exchange Network (through Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Psychiatric Wellness
Mary Moller, psychiatric nurse, has many excellent resources on her website, including several handbooks and videos which are well worth owning.

University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago Mental Health Services Research Program.

Resiliency Center

Successful Schizophrenia

The Mental Illness Education Project
Excellent source of videos and books.

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Numerous summaries of research and state initiatives.

Improving Chronic Care
Chronic illness management.

Facing Us
An online recovery clubhouse.

Open Minds Quarterly
A psychosocial literary magazine that publishes the writing of consumer/survivors of mental illness.

School and Work

Active Minds
A peer support organization for college students with mental illness

Department of Justice - Americans with Disabilities Act Toolkit
ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments

Boston University
School and vocational support

Boston University
Site for schools and employers.

Scholarships

Lilly Reintegration Scholarships
Scholarships for people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or related disorders.

National Laws and Legal Rights

Bazelon Center

Report of President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

Research

Mental Health Infosource
National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)

All Topics Menu
Synopses, interviews & references on top scientific research related to schizophrenia

New Mexico Information and Services

NM Resources from SAMHSA

NM Behavioral Health Collaborative

NM Suicide Prevention Coalition

NM Alliance for School-Based Healthcare

The Mind Research Network

The University of New Mexico Center for Community and Rural Behavioral Health

UNM Health Sciences Center

UNM Mind Matters

UNM Children's Psychiatric Center

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General Psychiatric Resources

Psychosis Diagnosis and Treatment

Bipolar Disorder