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• - Information for parents about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)when considering treatment with Ritalin. Includes information on alternative treatments.
  
• - Singingheart is a non-profit, all volunteer, organization dedicated to mental health and recovery services and education in the San Diego area.
  
• - Information on setting up a support group and links to other support organizations.
  
• - Offers techniques to regain mental health - without charge - at weekly meetings around the world. Especially effective for panic attacks.
  
• - A on-line community dedicated to assessing the more radical side of mental health politics, alternative perspectives, self-help, activism and potential political alliances.
  
• - A leading clinic for medication free treatment of mental illness.
  
• - Schizophrenia, depression, bipolar and schizoaffective disorder, NBD, alcoholism, and drug addiction are discussed in terms of cause, treatment, prevention, recovery, and online self-help therapy.
  
• - The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a not-for-profit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses.
  
• - Nationwide network of congressionally mandated, legally based disability rights agencies.
  
• - Support for a drug free recovery approach to schizophrenia in Australia.
  
• - Educational resource for parents concerned about diagnosis of Learning Disorder (LD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
  
• - Provides help and hope for those in crisis, working to eliminate stigma of mental illness that may prevent people in crisis from seeking help.
  
• - Discussion site with chat and message boards for families and for consumers diagnosed with schizophrenia.
  
• - Practical information and techniques for recovery from mental illness.
  
• - A unique non-profit organization which introduces single men and women recovering from mental illness to one another.
  
• - A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights.
  
• - Concerned parent provides information on some of the harmful side-effects from many psychiatric medications as well as support groups and contact information.
  
• - Advocating for mental health patients and professionals via educating the general public about good mental health care and by standing up to fight managed care's abusive practices.
  
• - Parents of children who are diagnosed with AS provide information and resources.
  
• - Gamian is a not-for-profit international organization and is a nonpolitical and nonsectarian network of organizations and individuals concerned about mental health.
  
• - The only Jewish charity concerned exclusively with serious mental illness, and with the devastating impact it has on the lives of sufferers, their families and all who care for them.
  
• - Prayer and support group for mental health and for people dealing with mental illness.
  
• - Online resource for patients, families and professionals in mental health. Articles, resources, chats, bulletin boards and support regarding a variety of mental health disorders.
  
• - Contains stories, experiences, art and poetry submitted by those affected by mental health issues or diagnosed with mental illness.
  
• - Organization dedicated to assisting those with schizophrenia and related disorders in their efforts to return to a meaningful life that includes family and friends, independent living and competitive employment.
  
• - Articles on recovery from the label of mental illness, self-help and rehabilitation information, and news.
  
• - For people who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions, containing a number of resources and articles.
  
• - A resource site for parents, suggesting alternatives to the biomedical mental health industry.