mental health resources

★What is this community for?
This community was made to provide resources to mentally ill nonas. I know different approaches help different people, but at least for myself I found reading about mental illness and becoming informed was helpful.

This is not and alternative to professional care, however, we realise that professional care often comes with its own difficulties, and can be hard to access. Either way, having other resources can be helpful as a stopgate measure or in conjunction.

What we can provide here is limited, but when in crisis it's often difficult to do research or find websites or books on your own.

★Why did you choose these books/websites/documentaries?
I explain the reasoning behind selection for the resource lists on that post. As for the e-books and documentaries, it mostly came down to availability. They aren't necessarily the best books or the best documentaries, but they're what I could find publicly available.

★Making these available is not endorsement
Again, I went for what was publicly available. I tried to screen for anything that looked too outdated/biased/stigmatizing, but I haven't read or watched everything linked here, so please be warned.

★Something you linked is really outdated/biased/stigmatizing/ist/phobic
Please leave a comment in the relevant post and we will try to get to it as soon as possible. I would definitely appreciate any warnings about bad content. All comments are screened, and will not be unscreened.

★I'd like to recommend something
Again, please leave a comment in the relevant post.

★Where can I find crisis telephone lines in my area?
The original anon resource post created by fluffy has a large amount of crisis phone numbers, along with some more websites.

★Please be warned some content may be triggering





if you are in crisis, please call your local emergency services or a helpline or try a crisis chat

Beating the Black Dog - depression, suicide, self-injury, bipolar disorder, psychosis, medication, lifestyle, borderline personality disorder, australia
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Living with Schizophrenia - schizophrenia, medication, personal experience
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Living with Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder) - bipolar disorder, medication, personal experience
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Tourettes - I Swear I Can Sing - tourettes, personal experience, poc, britain
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Stephen Fry - The Secret Life of the Manic-Depressive - manic depression, bipolar disorder, hospitalization, treatment
youtube part 1 part 2

Animated Minds - shorts, documentaries, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, OCD, psychosis, self-injury
website

Up the Line to Goodna (radio) - institutionalization, australia, radio, personal experience
website

The Lobotomist - PBS, treatment, psychiatry, history, lobotomy, institutionalization
documentarystorm

White Coat, Black Art - Mental Health (radio) - warning: stigma, mental health professionals, treatment, psychiatry
tunein

Mental - A History of the Madhouse - BBC, history, psychiatry, institutionalization
youtube


Afraid of People - Social Anxiety Disorder
youtube

Depression - Out of the Shadows PBS, depression, medication, treatment, personal experience
PBS

Personal Reflections on Manic-Depressive Illness - Kay R. Jamison bipolar disorder, an unquiet mind
youtube

A Brilliant Madness - John Forbes Nash - history, mathematics, hospitalization, schizophrenia, psychosis, biography
youtube

Angels and Demons personal experiences, psychosis, depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, australia
website

OCD: The War Inside
nfb personal experiences, OCD, anxiety

http://www.mediafire.com/?b6ck965ildudz

ADHD - Medication Rules
Adult Psychotherapy Bundle (includes worksheets and treatment plans)
A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide (physical illness guide)
Beyond Blue Sheets (collection of mental health information sheets)
Dreaming - An Introduction to the Science of Sleep
Eating Disorders
Fat Shame - Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture
Handbook of Eating Disorders
Is It You, Me, Or Adult ADHD
Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Ship Captain's Medical Guide (basic first-aid, medical help)
The Dialectical Therapy Workbook

http://www.mediafire.com/?5k4nzdx2q3dny

Clinician's Guide to PTSD
Counselling for PTSD
Effective Treatments for PTSD
PTSD for Dummies
Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD
PTSD Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment
PTSD - Issues and Controversies
PTSD - Science and Practice
PTSD
A Clinician's Guide to PTSD - A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach
The PTSD Sourcebook

http://www.mediafire.com/?6nfuw2qg62sb7

Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies
Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment of BPD
Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders in Modern Life
Sometimes I Act Crazy - Living with BPD
Treatment of BPD - A Guide To Evidence-Based Practice
Understanding and Treating BPD - A Guide for Professionals
Understanding Your BPD - A Workbook

Crisis Chats
Please be warned that many chats are online for scheduled times

★http://youthinbc.com/ (crisis chat, they will talk to you even if you aren't from bc, 24/7)
★http://www.crisischat.org/
★http://www.lifeline.org.au/Find-Help/Online-Services/crisis-chat (australia)
★https://www.imalive.org/index.php
★http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ (ask to be transferred to the non-veteran's chat)

Workbooks/Worksheets

★https://www.onlinetherapyuser.ca/client-resources (this great website links to a lot of online resources, including some do-it-yourself programs for anxiety and depression)
★http://dbt-skills.tumblr.com/
★Mind Over Mood (not full book, but has a significant preview)
★http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome (online course in CBT skills)
★https://www.moodtracker.com/ (free mood/medication tracking)
★CBT worksheets
★therapy worksheets blog (tagged by subject)
★psychology tools (free material for therapists, also useful for consumers)
★therapy that works (free worksheets divided by illness/category)
★overcoming disordered eating part one and part two

Information

→General
★http://www.nami.org/ (information on mental illnesses)
★http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=Helpline (free information helpline)
★http://heretohelp.bc.ca/publications/factsheets (factsheets about mental illness and mental health)
★http://psychcentral.com/resources/
★http://www.palace.net/~llama/selfinjury/ (information about self-injury)
★http://mindyourmind.ca/index.php (includes information on suicide, different illnesses, coping tools, and personal stories)
★http://www.rethink.org/ (general information, specific mental illnesses, and information about UK law and benefits)
★rethink factsheets (specific illnesses and legal/living advice)
★https://www.onlinetherapyuser.ca/client-resources (this great website links to a lot of online resources, including some do-it-yourself programs for anxiety and depression)

→Depression
★http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx? (australia)
★https://www.onlinetherapyuser.ca/client-resources (this great website links to a lot of online resources, including some do-it-yourself programs for anxiety and depression)

→Bipolar Disorder
★http://www.livingmanicdepressive.com/ (information about bipolar disorder)
★http://www.bipolar.com.au/

→Borderline Personality
★http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/

→Medication
★http://www.askapatient.com/ (patient reviews of medication)
★http://crazymeds.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage#.TwuoCW87VsA (information about psychiatric medication)
★http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/mental-health-medications/index.shtml (medication guide)


→Psychosis/Schizophrenia
★http://earlypsychosis.medicine.dal.ca/index.php/about-early-psychosis/ (information about early psychosis, and schizophrenia)
★http://www.psychosissucks.ca/epi/ (information about early psychosis, and schizophrenia)
★http://www.schizophrenia.com/index.php


Support

★http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ (please try reading this if you're considering suicide)
★rethink's "dealing with suicidal thoughts" factsheet
★http://www.recoveryourlife.com/ (depression, si, suicide peer support)
★http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_OSGnocomponent scheduled online support group chats for mood disorders
★http://psychcentral.com/resources/ (includes message boards)
★http://www.patientslikeme.com/
★http://mindyourmind.ca/help/i-need-immediate-help (crisis resources for canada, the us, and worldwide)
★http://www.mentalhealth-world.org.uk/forums/ (uk-based message board)