Resources
ADHD
CHADD Children and Adults with ADHD website that helps people understand ADHD and find local support groups.
ADDitude Online magazine for families and adults living with ADHD and related conditions and the professionals who work with them.
Child Mind Institute Independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
How To ADHD – Youtube Channel
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIH The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders
ANXIETY
Anxiety BC Promotes awareness of anxiety disorders and support access to evidence-based resources and treatment
Anxiety Disorders Association of America International nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depressive, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders through education, practice, and research
Resources for Parents of Anxious Children
9 Things Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try
Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder (American Psychological Association) Our mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.
National Center for PTSD (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs) The National Center for PTSD is dedicated to research and education on trauma and PTSD.
COUPLES, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY
Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. We provide help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles.
The Gottman Institute is dedicated to combining wisdom from research and practice to support and strengthen marriages, families, and relationships.
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples is a structured approach to couples therapy formulated in the 1980’s and has developed alongside the science on adult attachment and bonding to expand our understanding about what is happening in couple relationships and to guide therapists.
DEPRESSION
Depression Comprehensive information about depression from WebMD
Depression Screening Tool WebMD has constructed a great site that helps you gather preliminary information about whether you are struggling with clinical depression. It even has a printable report that you can bring to a counseling session for yourself and your counselor to review
Depression and How Therapy Can Help (American Psychological Association) The mission of the APA mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website offers support to shift power back to people affected by relationship abuse. We envision a world where all relationships are positive, healthy, and free from violence.
GRIEF
The Dougy Center to provide support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death can share their experiences
MEDICATIONS
Prescriber’s Digital Reference PDR (Medications, PDR) offers innovative health knowledge products and services that support prescribing decisions and patient adherence to improve health.
Multivitamins are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Multivitamins are used to provide vitamins that are not taken in through the diet. Multivitamins are also used to treat vitamin deficiencies (lack of vitamins) caused by illness, pregnancy, poor nutrition, digestive disorders, and many other conditions.
MENTAL HEALTH
Georgia Parent Support Network Support, education, and advocacy for children and their families with mental illness, emotional disturbances, and behavioral differences.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Easy-to-understand information about mental illnesses, mental health care, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Outstanding resource for families who are coping with mental illness.
National Institute of Mental Health contains articles pertaining to common psychological disorders, their diagnostic features, and research and treatment considerations of those disorders.
Psych Central is continuously updated with new content relevant to mental health. It has a vast number of brief articles on current developments in psychological science, psychological disorders, and treatment information.
Psychology Today is a website that contains excellent articles for those interesting in learning more about psychological issues.
Let’s Talk Facts (American Psychiatric Association) Learn about common mental disorders, including symptoms, risk factors and treatment options. Find answers to your questions written by leading psychiatrists, stories from people living with mental illness and links to additional resources.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 Diagnosis and Criteria) is the product by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. The DSM-5 is the authoritative volume that defines and classifies mental disorders in order to improve diagnoses, treatment, and research.
PARENTING
iMom was designed for mothers of all ages who want to build lasting, meaningful relationships with their children, and help them grow up to be wise, healthy and purpose-minded
Smart Social provides digital citizenship social media safety assemblies for High Schools, Middle Schools, school districts, teachers and parents of teens.
Prepare-your-kids-for-the-world Ebook
Concerned about Overmedicating Your Child? Consider Play Therapy
PORNOGRAPHY
Fight The New Drug raises awareness on the harmful effects of pornography using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Your Brain on Porn Is Porn Remaking Your Brain? Learn the top 5 ways porn rewires your brain and what you can do about it.
True Intimacy Project focuses on proactive protection of wholeness and retroactive restoration of the broken.
Fortify is designed to equip individuals struggling with compulsive pornography use – young and old – with tools, education and community to assist them in reaching lasting freedom.
Covenant Eyes supports the power of Internet Accountability so you can break free from the destructive life of pornography.
SEXUAL ABUSE/TRAFFICKING
Kings Treasure Box is a VERY comprehensive resource list of websites, links, books, documentaries, and phone numbers to help you learn more and find help.
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Out of Darkness is the anti-trafficking ministry of Atlanta Dream Center, Inc. Its mission is to rescue and restore all victims of commercial sexual exploitation, that the glory of God may be known.
The A21 Campaign is a nonprofit organization fueled by radical hope that human beings everywhere will be rescued from bondage and completely restored by working to free sexual slaves and to disrupt the demand.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ADDICTION
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12 step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain or addiction of any kind. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find community and freedom from the issues that are controlling our life. Find Local CR Groups here.
DrugRehab.com Web resource providing free researched, fact-based resources, information about the risks of various substances, the latest approaches to treatment and real stories of recovery on DrugRehab.com
SUICIDE PREVENTION
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
Samaritans USA Samaritans centers provide volunteer-staffed hotlines and professional and volunteer-run public education programs, “suicide survivor” support groups and many other crisis response, outreach and advocacy activities.
If you think are thinking about suicide…read this first
TRAUMA
National Child Traumatic Stress Network Established by Congress in 2000, NCTSN is a collaboration of frontline providers, researchers, and families combining knowledge of child development, expertise in the full range of child traumatic experiences, and dedication to evidence-based practices.
Beacon House contains very useful resources on developmental trauma, the neuro-sequential model of therapy and the repair of the effects of trauma and attachment disruption.
Trauma and the Brain: An Introduction for Professionals Working with Teens
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