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Psychological Disorders - Links

There is so much high quality information available from high quality web-sites that this site will not add more.  The best information is available from what I call ‘formal’ sites that are sponsored by governments (United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and USA) and practitioner societies.  Their treatment recommendations are under constant rigorous testing and ongoing improvement.  There are NO commercial interests on these sites.  The information is made freely available to citizens and practitioners of any country.  All the links are examples of ‘formal’ sites.

• Australian Psychological Society http://www.psychology.org.au/community/topics/
• Australian government health sites http://www.psychology.org.au/community/links/government/
• United Kingdom http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29619
• USA http://www.apa.org/topics/
• Canada http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/miic-mmac/sum_e.html

Some of the selected disorders that we provide services for are listed below, along with worldwide links to informative pages.

Depression:

United Kingdom – fact sheets

• This site http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29619 leads to  
  http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG23publicinfoamended.pdf

Australia - Queensland Health

• http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/depression.pdf

Australia – (Beyond Blue) fact sheets

• Understanding Depression Fact Sheet
• Depression Checklist Card (DL size)
• Fact Sheetﾠ1 - How can you help someone with depression?
• Fact Sheetﾠ2 - Living with and caring for a person with depression
• Fact Sheetﾠ3 - What causes depression?
• Fact Sheetﾠ4 - Types of help available
• Fact Sheetﾠ5 - Why use both psychological treatments and medications?
• Fact Sheetﾠ6 - Reducing stress
• Fact Sheetﾠ7 - Sleeping well
• Fact Sheet 8 - Keeping active
• Fact Sheetﾠ9 - Reducing alcohol and other drugs
• Fact Sheetﾠ10 - Changing your thinking
• Fact Sheet 11 - Antidepressant medication
• Fact Sheetﾠ12 - Depression in men
• Fact Sheetﾠ13 - What do the common antidepressants treat?
• Fact Sheetﾠ14 - Other treatments for depression and anxiety
• Fact Sheetﾠ15 - Recovery
• Fact Sheet 16 - Bipolar disorder
• Fact Sheet 17 - Depression in Older People
• Fact Sheet 18 - Depression and Coronary Heart Disease
• Fact Sheet 19 - Depression and Diabetes
• Fact Sheet 20 - Depression after Stroke
• Fact Sheet 21 - Anxiety disorders
• Fact Sheet 22 - Postnatal depression
• Fact Sheet 23 - Chronic physical illness and depression
• Fact Sheet 24 - Help for depression under Medicare
• Fact Sheet for Parents and Carers: Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents
• Do you have to tell your employer you have depression?
• Fact Sheet for Young People: Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents
• Fact Sheet for GPs: Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents
• Helping someone with depression (How to assist someone with depression - DOs and DON'Ts)
• Depression checklist.  A checklist – Do you, or someone you know - have depression?
• Drought Information Card
• beyondblue Guide: How to organise a public forum on depression in your community
• When the Cowpat hits the Windmill: A Guide for staying mentally fit for health students
• National Youth Depression & Alcohol Review and Action Plan
• beyondblue Newsletter - May 2007

Other

• General: http://www.depressionperception.com/depression/depressive_conditions.asp
• Depression: http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/
• Major depression http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/major.htm
• Seasonal Affective Disorder http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/sad.htm
• Bipolar disorder
• http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/bpad.pdf
• http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/bipolar.htm
• Bipolar at the workplace http://www.jobaccess.gov.au/JOAC/Advice/Disability/Bipolar_Disorde.htm
• Postnatal depression help in Queensland. http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=7.693&tmp=FileDownload&fid=769
• Personality disorder http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/pd.pdf
• Psychosis http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/psychosis.pdf
• Schizophrenia http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/schizophrenia.pdf
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder http://ocd.stanford.edu/about/

Anxiety disorders

• http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh/inbmhs/factsheets/anxiety.pdf
• http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29646 leads to document http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG22publicinfoamended.pdf
• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiety-disorders/nimhanxiety.pdf
• http://www.anxietyaustralia.com.au/useful_resources.shtml
• http://www.what-really-works.net/

Phobias

• http://www.depressionperception.com/anxiety/anxiety_conditions/specific_phobia.asp

Relationships – couples/family/workplace (therapy and/or coaching):

• http://www.marriage-counseling.com/questions.html
• http://www.answers.com/topic/relationship-counseling?cat=technology
• http://www.psychologyinfo.com/treatment/couples_therapy.html
• http://www.psychologyinfo.com/treatment/family_therapy.html
• http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50860
• http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/couples-therapy

Stress

• http://www.psychologyinfo.com/treatment/stress.html
• http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/stress.htm for a list of sites
• of which http://www.teachhealth.com/ is one of the best

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD):

• http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29782 will lead to http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG026publicinfo.pdf
• http://www.depressionperception.com/anxiety/anxiety_conditions/PTSD.asp

Domestic violence

• http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=29736 will lead to http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG025publicinfo.pdf