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Below is a list of websites and web-based resources (reviewed for content
quality) about schizophrenia, mental illness, and related topics for consumers
and family members. Many of the organizations we cite below have vast
websites of their own with loads of information - it can be helpful to
just spend a few hours browsing through them at your leisure. You'd be
surprised what you can find! Other links are to government or research
sites, directly to pages concerning special topics of interest, or to
online reference/reading material (sometimes in pdf format).
Table of Contents:
Organization Websites
Science, Research, Biology Sites
Special Topics of Interest for consumers and family
Online Bookshelf
Consumer, Family, and Professional Web Pages
We hope you find these resources helpful. If you know of a webpage or
site we should add, please email us at [email protected]
Organization Websites (mostly non-profit)
- Bazelon - national
legal advocate for people with mental disabilities. Probably one of
the most valuable resources out there if you or an ill family member
are dealing with the legal system.
- British Columbia Schizophrenia
Society
- Consortium for Citizens
with Disabilities - a coalition of approximately 100 national disability
organizations
- The FORCE Society for
Kids Mental Health - Families Organized for Recognition, Care, and
Equality
- HeretoHelp
- A Canadian website that includes a wealth of downloadable coping information,
and resource/tool kits for managing day-to-day issues associated with
mental illness and/or substance abuse.
- International Center
for Clubhouse Development - good transitional housing options for
people with mental illness in a rehabilitation phase. They offer a smaller,
safe atmosphere with support programs for work, school, and housing.
Site includes an international directory of clubhouse organizations.
- Mental Health
and High School - from the Canadian Mental Health Association. Different
sections provide information for students, parents, and teachers/administrators
trying to cope with mental illness at school.
- National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill (NAMI) - the place to start for peer-to-peer support,
family education, and advocacy
- National Clearinghouse
on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
- National
Electronic Library for Mental Health (schizophrenia disorders)
- National
Empowerment Website - information to empower the mental illness
consumer to achieve the most complete recovery possible
- National Family
Caregiver's Assocation
- North America
Society for Childhood Onset Schizophrenia
- Open the Doors
- international resources and information in many languages about promoting
understanding and fighting stigma of mental disorders
- Peer-to-Peer
Resource Center (USA) - Information about consumer peer-to-peer
recovery strategies, programs in the U.S., and online publications.
- SANE - Australian
Charity dedicated to helping people w/ mental illness
- Schizophrenia-Help.com
- created by Dr. Jack Rosberg of the Association of Psychotherapy for
Schizophrenia, International, provides an extensive listing of articles,
archived newsletters, case histories, books, and more
- SSO Aware -
a brainchild of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, meant to raise
awareness about schizophrenia among young people. Includes bios, quotes,
and creative submissions from users.
- STEP
(Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program) - Based at the
UNC hospitals, this program has a webpage full of straightforward, practical,
easy-to-digest information.
- Treatment Advocacy
Center - the place to go for state-by-state mental health laws,
medical/legal briefs, mental illness related news, assisted treatment
guidelines, and frequently updated advocacy articles.
- World
Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
- Youth
and Mental Illness: Early Intervention - a Canadian-based website
dedicated to the best early intervention guidelines and programs. Free
downloadable literature.
Science, Research, and Biology Sites:
Special Topics of Interest:
Online Bookshelf - Free reading material:
(note: many of the files below require Adobe Acrobat reader. Download
a free version of Adobe Acrobat here.)
Web Pages from Consumers, Family Members, and
Professionals:
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