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Antidepressants and weight gain: What causes it? by the Mayo Clinic New
Antidepressants: Can they stop working? by the Mayo Clinic New
Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) promotes the prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, depression, and stress-related disorders through education, practice, and research.
Anxiety Disorders transforms the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure. It fosters innovative thinking and ensures that a full array of novel scientific perspectives are used to further discovery in the evolving science of brain, behavior, and experience. From the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bipolar Disorder and Sleep Problems
The History of Mental Health Services in Modern England: Practitioner Memories and the Direction of Future Research [United Kingdom] "…there is a striking divergence between the ‘single-issue mythologies’ 2 developed in these works and the sheer diversity of approaches to understanding and managing mental distress and disorder that characterises the British mental health services…" New
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health is a national family-run organization linking more than 120 chapters and state organizations focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and their families. It was conceived in Arlington, Virginia in February, 1989 by a group of 18 people determined to make a difference in the way the system works. The National Federation works to develop and implement policies, legislation, funding mechanisms, and service systems that utilize the strengths of families. Its emphasis on advocacy offers families a voice in the formation of national policy, services and supports for children with mental health needs and their families.
Handbook on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities: "Understanding The UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities" (7Mb .pdf) by Marianne Schulze, Handicap International, July 2010
MindFreedom International (MFI) is a nonprofit organization that unites sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities. New
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) MDRI, a sponsor group of MFI, works for human rights of people all over the world who are have a “mental disability” diagnosis. Updated
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) Updated
Mental Health Association of Maryland (MHAM)
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (also available in plain text and PDF) [United Kingdom] Updated
Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation, World Health Organization (WHO)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Provides access to SAMHSA publications, grants information, data files, and statistics. Updated
Mental Health Works [Canada]
Mind – National Association for Mental Health [United Kingdom]
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)The NIH National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. Updated
Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care Adopted by General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991 [Switzerland]
SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists) is an international association of individuals and organizations with special interests in the exchange and dissemination of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) information. New
Schizophrenia
- Brushes with Life Arts Program is a creative arts program for people in treatment at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health; members of Club Nova, a local clubhouse for persons with mental illness; and other select community programs in the Chapel Hill area. It is a program of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Psychiatry, Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health. Updated
- Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) Community Clinics at the University of North Carolina Department of Psychiatry. STEP is are outpatient clinics help individuals and families dealing with serious mental illness to make strides toward health and recovery. Updated
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD) information from the Mayo Clinic Updated
- Seasonal Affective Disorder from Mental Health America. SAD, the "winter blues", is a subtype of depression or bipolar disorder that occurs and ends around the same time every year.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder: Winter Depression Updated
- Shedding Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder a cure for the wintertime blues.
- "Talk Therapy More Effective Long Term Treatment For SAD Than Light Therapy, Study Finds" article in ScienceDaily 1 November 2005
SymTrend Electronic diaries, graphic tools, and care management tools for health care and special education (added Dec 2008)
"The Role of International Human Rights in National Mental Health Legislation", co-authored by Clarence J. Sundram and Eric Rosenthal (291 Kb .pdf), Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization (WHO), 2004
"The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness". As described by the author, Jack El-Hai, it is "…[the] biography of Walter Freeman, the infamous neurologist and promoter of frontal lobotomy who operated on Rosemary Kennedy in 1941." – 30 January 2005
Vesta, Inc. is a private, nonprofit, comprehensive behavioral health care organization with seven locations throughout Maryland. Vesta offers comprehensive, flexible, and ongoing services for adults, children and adolescents with a wide range of psychological difficulties, including serious and persistent mental illness. Updated

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASN)
American Sleep Apnea Association
Circadian Lighting Association (CLA) an international association of manufacturers of lighting products for treating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and other circadian concerns.
Bright Light Therapy devices to help regulate circadian rhythms and treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Seasonal affective disorder treatment: Choosing a light therapy box Light therapy boxes can offer an effective treatment for seasonal affective disorder. Features such as light intensity, safety, cost and style are important considerations. From the Mayo Clinic New
- Bluwave™ Apollo Bluewave Therapy provides higher effective response than most full spectrum lights. It delivers only the most effective wavelengths of blue light spectrum which is the most effective color or wavelength; thus providing better result than most spectrum light and at only ten percent of the intensity of a regular 10,000 lux lamp. Hence, light therapy is not just convenient but also easier on the eyes with fewer side effects.
- Full Spectrum Solutions desk and floor lamps
- Sunbox manufacture and distribute the SunBox, SunSation desktop light, Feel Bright Light Visor, and other bright light therapy devices [Maryland]
- Your Complete Guide to Blue Light Therapy New
Center for Sleep & Wake Disorders is a full service sleep center caring for patients with all disorders of sleep and wakefulness. Helene A. Emsellem, MD is the Medical Director.
Circadian Sleep Disorders Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization promoting awareness, accommodation, support, and research around the issues of Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders (CRSDs).
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
Healthguide Sleep Apnea: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment Updated
KidsHealth: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Updated
Narcolepsy Network, Inc.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Diseases and Conditions Index (DCI)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Sleep Foundation: Sleep Disorders The National Sleep Foundation is dedicated to improving health and wellness through sleep education and advocacy.
Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder Non-24 is a serious, chronic circadian rhythm disorder (CRSD) very common in people who are totally blind, and it can arise at any age.
- What is Non-24? Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (Non-24) is a serious, chronic disorder that disrupts a person’s circadian rhythms. Non-24 affects up to 70% of people who are totally blind, whether you were born blind or became so later in life. New
- Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Wikipedia defines it as a "complaint of insomnia or excessive sleepiness related to abnormal synchronization between the 24-hour light–dark cycle and the endogenous circadian rhythms of sleep and wake propensity".
- About HETLIOZ® (tasimelteon) The first and only FDA-approved treatment for Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (Non-24). Updated
- Tasimelteon (trade name Hetlioz) is a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2014 for the treatment of non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder (also called non-24, N24, and N24HSWD). In June 2014, the European Medicines Agency accepted an EU filing application for tasimelteon and in July 2015, the drug was approved in Europe for the treatment of non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythm disorder in totally blind adults, but not in the rarer case of non-24 in sighted people. by Wikipedia New
Sleep Apnea from MedlinePlus National Institutes of Health
Sleep Apnea from the Lung Association [Canada]
Sleep Disorders and Problems New
Sleep Disorders Guide has descriptions, symptoms, causes, and treatments of various sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia, snoring, restless legs, and narcolepsy.
Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
Sleep Research Society (SRS)
What Is Insomnia? by the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Updated
What Is Narcolepsy? by the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
What Is Restless Legs Syndrome? by the Cleveland Clinic
World Sleep Society Updated

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