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Mental health improvement

1. APA Help Center
2. Attitude Factor: Key to Health, Happiness and Longevity
3. Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders
4. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Self-Help Resources
5. Depression Alliance
6. Internet Mental Health
7. Laureate
8. Mental Health InfoSource
9. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
10. Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Help is at Hand' Leaflet Series
11. Self Help and Psychology Magazine Article Library

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APA Help Center

Set of documents offering facts, information, and advice on how psychological services can help people cope with problems such as stress, depression, family strife, or chronic illness. Mental health issues are considered in the workplace, within the family, and in relation to the mind / body connection.
     Author: American Psychological Association
     Subjects: depression, mental health improvement, stress
     DeweyClass: 362.2
     Resource type: documents

Attitude Factor: Key to Health, Happiness and Longevity

Two tests intended to help improve health prospects by changing attitudes, with associated medical and background information.
     Author: Blakeslee, Thomas
     Subjects: applied psychology, mental health improvement, stress
     DeweyClass: 152.4
     Resource type: interactive guide

Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders

A World Health Organisation Collaborating Center for Mental Health. Includes details and ordering information for the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, a computerised diagnostic instrument administered by an interviewer or completed by a patient, and returns appropriate diagnostic resources. Also includes free hypertext resources for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, details of handbooks, treatment, research and education resources.
     Author: CRUfAD - Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders
     Subjects: anxiety disorders, mental health improvement, psychiatry research
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: documents

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Self-Help Resources

Offers Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) self-help information, resources and tools. Provides guides on using CBT techniques to aid in the treatment of conditions such as anger, anxiety and depression. Also contains resoures for therapists.
     Author: Vivyan, Carol
     Subjects: mental health improvement, psychotherapy
     DeweyClass: 616.89142
     Resource type: documents, images

Depression Alliance

UK charity offering information about the symptoms of, and treatments for, depression. Details of Depression Alliance campaigns and local groups are also given.
     Author: Depression Alliance
     Subjects: depression, mental health improvement, mental illness
     DeweyClass: 362.25
     Resource type: directory

Internet Mental Health

An encyclopaedia of mental health information, with resources on specific disorders, treatments, and research. Offers online diagnosis programs identifying symptoms associated with anxiety disorders, childhood disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia, and substance related disorders, intended as an aid to expert psychiatric assessment.
     Author: Long, Phillip W.
     Subjects: mental health improvement, mental health services, mental illness
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: documents

Laureate

A non-profit mental health clinic and hospital in Oklahoma, founded in 1988 by the William K. Warren Foundation. Offers information about eating disorders, NEDO (National Eating Disorders Organisation), and a report on how better to understand youth suicide.
     Author: Laureate
     Subjects: death, eating disorders, mental health improvement
     DeweyClass: 362.21
     Resource type: documents

Mental Health InfoSource

Collection of resources providing information on disorders such as substance abuse, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, schizophrenia and sexual dysfunction. Includes information on drug development and manufacturers, and offers an opportunity to pose questions to medical experts on mental health issues.
     Author: Mental Health InfoSource
     Subjects: anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, mental health improvement, mental illness, schizophrenia
     DeweyClass: 362.2
     Resource type: documents

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

A grass roots, self-help, support and advocacy organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illness and their loved ones. Concerned with individuals and families suffering severe, disabling brain disorders such as schizophrenia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder (manic-depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and severe disorders in children.
     Author: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
     Subjects: anxiety disorders, child psychiatry, depression, health charities, mental health improvement, mental illness, schizophrenia
     DeweyClass: 362.2
     Resource type: institution

Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Help is at Hand' Leaflet Series

Topics covered include alcohol and depression, anorexia and bulimia, anxiety and phobias, bereavement, depression, schizophrenia and sleep problems.
     Author: Royal College of Psychiatrists
     Subjects: alcohol, anxiety disorders, bereavement, depression, eating disorders, mental health improvement, psychotherapy, schizophrenia, sleep
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: document collection

Self Help and Psychology Magazine Article Library

Collection of articles on numerous topics relevant to mental health and wellbeing, with an emphasis on self help.
     Author: Pioneer Development Resources
     Subjects: ageing, alcohol, applied psychology, depression, mental health improvement
     DeweyClass: 616.8
     Resource type: articles