Mental Health Patient Education and Resources
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
http://www.addresources.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
http://www.dbsalliance.org
Massachusetts Community and Mental Health Resources
http://www.namimass.org
Online mental health educational resources and networks:
(Contemporary, mostly accurate resources, but Dr. McGonagle cannot personally validate all information on these sites)
The National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
United States Department of Health and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov
Nutrition
Government site providing food and nutrition information/resources from across the federal government.
www.nutrition.gov
Exercise
Government site providing exercise information/resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institues of Health.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exerciseandphysicalfitness.html
Obesity
Overeaters Anonymous
(12-step based support groups for those who overeat or who have an eating disorder)
www.overeatersanonymous.org
Personality Disorders
Out of the Fog website
Very good information about personality disorders and support for those with a family member or loved one who suffers from a personality disorder
http://outofthefog.net/
Psychiatric Medications and Pregnancy
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health
http://www.womensmentalhealth.org/
Spirituality in Medicine
Duke Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health
https://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish)
http://www.gwumc.edu/gwish/
Substance Abuse/Impulse Control
Al-Anon
(Large, international organization offering support groups for FAMILIES and FRIENDS of problem drinkers)
https://al-anon.org/
Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.aa.org
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
(Current list of Gamblers Anonymous and Gam-Anon meetings)
www.masscompulsivegambling.org
Narcotics Anonymous
www.na.org
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
http://www.slaafws.org/
Smart Recovery
(Smart Recovery is an alternative to AA. It is an international, nonprofit organization with more focus on reason based techniques and no assumption of belief in a higher power.)
http://www.smartrecovery.org/
Suicide
American Association of Suicidology
http://www.suicidology.org
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
http://www.afsp.org
Wellness/Mind-Body Medicine
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
https://bensonhenryinstitute.org/
Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Mindfulness and Compassion
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
http://www.cmbm.org
Dean Ornish’s Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI)
https://www.ornish.com/undo-it/
Greater Good Science Center
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
IFS Institute
The Pursuit of Happiness
https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org
UMASS Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness
https://www.ummhealth.org/center-mindfulness