Explore resources from respected organizations and institutions that offer more comprehensive information on mental illness.
- National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that the institute harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans.
- World Health Organization (WHO): Mental Health
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system, and is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters. WHO is appealing to countries to increase their support for mental health services.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness, and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become a prominent national voice on mental illness. NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
- Mental Health America
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives. With more than 320 affiliates nationwide, MHA represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation—every day and in times of crisis.
- Jed Foundation
The Jed Foundation was founded in 2000 by Phil and Donna Satow after they sadly lost their 20-year-old son, Jed, to suicide. The Jed Foundation is a New York-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a mission to reduce the suicide rate among college and university students across the United States.
- American Psychiatric Association
HealthyMinds.org is an online resource provided by the American Psychiatric Association. The Web site contains fact sheets, online brochures and special sections devoted to many different aspects of psychiatry and mental health.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is a patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably. DBSA was founded in 1985.
- NARSAD
Previously known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, NARSAD is dedicated to raising funds for scientific research into the causes, cures, treatments, and prevention of severe psychiatric brain and behavior disorders, such as schizophrenia and depression.
- MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus
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