important resources

Helping You Stay Informed & Empowered

The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information, counseling resources, and educational resources to empower and inform you on your wellness journey.

 
 
 
 
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Addiction & Recovery

Books

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps 

The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior

Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems – Advice from those who have Succeeded 

Codependent No More: How To Stop Controlling Others And Start Caring For Yourself By Melody Beattie  

Rewired: A Bold New Approach To Addiction Recovery By Erica Spiegelman 

Links

Alcoholic’s Anonymous

Center for Online Addiction

SAMHSA’s Substance Abuse/Addiction

SAMHSA’s Treatment and Recovery

Web of Addictions

NJ Department of Human Services/Addiction Services

Counsel on Compulsive Gambling


Anti-Racism

Podcasts

1619 (New York Times)

About Race

Code Switch (NPR)

Books

Black Feminist Thought

Eloquent Rage

How to Be an Antiracist

For Parents

How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race (NPR)

Teaching Your Child About Black History Month (PBS)

Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race (a resource roundup)


Anxiety Disorders

Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder

National Center for PTSD

OCD (Mayo Clinic)

Calm Clinic


Associations & Institutes

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American Counseling Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

Association for Psychological Science

Canadian Mental Health Association

Center for Mental Health Resources

National Institute of Mental Health

Mental Health America

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH


Child Abuse & Domestic Violence

Childhelp USA®

Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse

SAMHSA's Parents and Families

The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website


Chronic Fatigue

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


Depression

Bipolar Disorder News - Pendulum.org

Depression and How Therapy Can Help

Depression Screening


Developmental Disorders

Asperger’s Disorder


Diagnosis

DSM-IV-TR: Diagnoses and Criteria


Dissociation & Traumatic Stress

Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute


Eating Disorders

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Something Fishy


Journals & Magazines

Journal of Mental Health and Aging

Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Language and Cognitive Processes


Maternal Mental Health Resources

Postpartum Support Hotline Support Helpline: 800.944.4PPD (4773)

Books

When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women
by Penny Simkin and Phyllis Klaus

Unspeakable Losses: Healing From Miscarriage, Abortion, And Other Pregnancy Loss
by Kim Kluger-Bell

What Am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression
by Karen Kleiman

Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: A Temporary Madness
by Teresa Twomey

Life Will Never Be The Same: The Real Mom’s Postpartum Survival Guide
by Ann L. Dunnewold PhD and Diane G. Sanford PhD

The Infertility Workbook: A Mind-Body Program to Enhance Fertility, Reduce Stress, and Maintain Emotional Balance (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) 
by Barbara Blitzer LCSW-C MEd

This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
by Karen R. Kleiman and Valerie Davis Raskin MD, 2nd Edition

Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis
by Julia Chinyere Oparah, Helen Arega, Dantia Hudson, Linda Jones, Talita Oseguera

The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum
by Linda Shanti

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts: A Healing Guide to the Secret Fears of New Mothers
by Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Parenthood, 2nd Edition
by Karen Kleiman, Amy Wenzel, Hilary Waller, Abby Adler Mandel

Links

Postpartum Support International Website

 Postpartum Support International NJ Chapter

PATTCH

 Unfold Your Wings 

Birth Trauma Association, UK

 Solace for Mothers

Post Partum Progress

 Star Legacy Foundation

 

Medications & Health Supplements

Drug Interactions, Drugs.com

Medical Dictionary

Medications, FDA

Medications, PDR

Mental Health Care General Links

CounsellingResource.com

Mental Help Net

PsychCentral.com

University of Michigan Health Library

Mental Health Association New Jersey

Mental Health Association of Monmouth County, NJ

NAMI NJ National Association of Mental Illness

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance DBSA


Personality Disorders

Mental Help Net Personality Disorders


Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Links

American Psychological Association

National Center for PTSD

EMDR Links: 

EMDRIA

EMDR Institute

Brainspotting 

Books

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D 

The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole  by Arielle Schwartz PhD (Author), Jim Knipe PhD

The Attachment Theory Workbook by Annie Chen

Suicide Awareness & Hotlines

SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Suicide: Read This First


Additional Mental Health Care & Counseling Resources

Keirsey (Myers-Briggs) Temperament Sorter


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