CCNBC
Colorado Centers for Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Care
Listed below are a number of links to sites that may be helpful to you concerning mental health issues.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
Psych Central - this site contains many different psychiatric and psychological tests
Psychology Today - Quizzes - a website with a number of different mental health screens
ADHD/ADD
www.chadd.org - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactive Disorder
www.help4adhd.org - National Resource Center for ADD/ ADHD
www.help4adhd.org/en/treatment - treatment options for ADD/ ADHD
www.addwarehouse.com - another resource for ADD/ ADHD
www.drhallowell.com - The Hallowell Center
www.adders.org - homeopathic and alternative treatments for ADD
ANXIETY DISORDERS
www.adaa.org - Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.childhoodanxietynetwork.org - Childhood Anxiety Network
www.childanxiety.net - The Child Anxiety Network
www.ocfoundation.org - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
AUTISM
www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html - online test
www.autism-pdd.net - Autism-PDD Resources Network
www.autism-resources.com - Autism Resources
www.autism-society.org - Autism Society of America
www.behavior.org/autism - Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
www.autism.org - Center for the Study of Autism
www.nldline.com - NLDline (Nonverbal Learning Disorders - NLD)
http://www.aspergersyndrome.org - Online Asperger Information & Support (OASIS)
www.autismcolorado.org - State of Colorado Autism society
www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/SD-Autism.asp - Colorado Department of Education, autism information
BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER
www.bpkids.org - Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
www.dbsalliance.org - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
www.isbd.org - International Society for Bipolar Disorder
www.bpchildresearch.org - Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
https://www.obad.ca - Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society
www.bipolarchild.com - The Bipolar Child
www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html - A list of links related to bipolar disorder - maintained by Ivan Goldberg, M.D.
DEPRESSION
Analysis: Antidepressant benefits outweigh risk for kids - USA today
About our Kids - from the NYU Child Study Center
Depression - Children and Adolescents - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Mental Health
http://parentsmedguide.org - information as to why there has been concern on the use of antidepressants in children
http://www.rxlist.com - dependable source of information on various medications, psychiatric and other
www.afsp.org - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.freedomfromfear.org - Freedom From Fear
www.ndmda.org - National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
www.nmha.org - National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
www.adaa.org - Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.freedomfromfear.org - Freedom From Fear
www.nmha.org - National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
www.ocfoundation.org - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
PANIC DISORDER
www.adaa.org - Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.freedomfromfear.org - Freedom from Fear
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
www.kempe.org - Postpartum Depression Inventory Program - Directed by Brian Stafford, MD, MPH at the Kempe Center in Denver, CO
www.postpartum.net - Postpartum Support International
www.ppdsupportpage.com - Online PPD Support Group
www.sbpep.org/index.php - Postpartum Education for Parents
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
www.nca-online.org - National Children's Alliance
www.nctsnet.org - National Child Traumatic Studies Network - Amazing Resource for Children who have been Abused or Traumatized, including the evidence-based interventions mentioned below.
www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_rsch_biblio - National Child Traumatic Studies Network Bibliography
www.adaa.org - Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.factsforhealth.org - Madison Institute of Medicine, Inc. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder website
www.nmha.org - National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
www.sidran.org - Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute
www.rainn.org - Rape abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
Fact Sheet on Restless Legs Syndrome - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation - RLS Foundation
SLEEP DISORDERS
National Sleep Foundation - The mission of the NSF is to help the public recognize the signs of sleep problems so that they can be properly diagnosed and treated
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
www.drugabuse.gov - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
www.samhsa.gov - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
teens.drugabuse.gov - NIDA for Teens
www.substanceabusesupport.com/colorado - substance abuse treatment and rehab centers
Organizations/Advocacy Groups
www.zerotothree.org - Zero To Three Organization - the nation's leading expert organization on early childhood development and tremendous resource for families
www.childhealthcare.org - The Center for Promotion of Child Development - a group of developmental behavioral pediatricians who have developed a web-based assessment system for behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents
www.nimh.nih.gov - National Institute of Mental Illness
www.psych.org - American Psychiatric Association
www.aacap.org - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aap.org - American Academy of Pediatrics
www.namicolorado.org - Colorado Chapter of the National Association for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org - National Association for the Mentally Ill
www.mhacolorado.org -- The Mental Health Association of Colorado
www.peakparent.org -- PEAK Parent Center, Inc.
www.webmd.com - online medical information
www.mayoclinic.com - online medical information
www.emedicinehealth.com - online medical information
www.clevelandclinic.org - online medical information
www.healthline.com - online medical information
www.mentalhealth.about.com - online mental health information
www.kidshealth.org - online children's health information
www.schwablearning.org - help with learning disabilities and ADHD
