Mental Health Related Websites
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Mental Health Websites
PLEASE NOTE: The Office of Suicide Prevention and the State of Nevada have no responsibility or control of the contents of the websites listed below. These links are provided only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not necessarily imply endorsement or participation in the activities of the listed sites.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Resource Center
The Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Resource Center is a resource center affiliated with New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College that works to provide broad-based support for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and their families. The center works with patients and their families to identify the best and most appropriate treatment options. The website offers a variety of resources, including information about disorders that often occur simultaneously with borderline personality disorder.
Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice
The Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice at Columbia University was created in 2001 to address the high prevalence of mental illness among inmates in juvenile facilities across the nation. The Center has sites around the country dedicated to assisting community members and administrators in juvenile detention facilities to develop appropriate mental health measures for inmates and disseminating evidence-based practices.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (formerly the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association)
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance is a non-profit patient-directed organization focusing on depression and bipolar disorder. Provides up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information. Supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments, and discover a cure. Works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably
Mental Health America
Mental Health America (MHA) formerly known as National
Mental Health Association (NMHA) is
the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects
of mental health and mental illness.
MHA Depression Screening website is part of MHA's Campaign
for America's Mental Health. The mission of this web site is to educate people
about clinical depression, offer a confidential way for people to get screened
for symptoms of the illness, and guide people toward appropriate professional
help if necessary.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health, Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the principal biomedical and behavioral research agency of the United States Government, NIMH's mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.