Online Resources
Topics are listed in alphabetical order.
Note: This list is ever-growing and in order to make it as comprehensive as possible, we strongly encourage you to contact us if you find a helpful resource not included on this page.
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General Mental Health | Advocacy | Anxiety | ADHD | Bipolar Disorder | Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder | Campus Mental Health | Dermatillomania | Depression | Dissociative Disorders | Eating Disorders
How to Help | LGBTQ | Minority Populations | Neurological Disorders | OCD | Physical or Sexual Assault/Abuse | PTSD | Schizophrenia
Self Harm/Injury | Substance Abuse/Addiction | Suicide Prevention | Tourette Syndrome | Trichotillomania | Veterans/Military
General Mental Health Resources
American Psychological Association (APA)
The leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.
Provides online support, treatment locators, and details on related spectrum disorders, mental health drugs and therapies.
International mental health research organization funding brain science to improve lives.
NIH's web site for patients that brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues.
UK organization that provides support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
British Columbian website designed to help youth and young adults check out how they’re feeling; offers education and self-care tools.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Mission is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research.
A non-profit organization dedicated to benefiting all affected by brain illness and injury through fostering fundamental changes that will radically accelerate the development and implementation of improved diagnostics, treatments and cures.
Features articles, blogs, videos, quizzes and interactive workshops designed to help people understand the emotional dynamics that operate within us and the limitations that restrict us in our daily lives.
A center for the collection and dissemination of information on the impact of stress on our health; provides stress reduction and mindfulness training.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
Advocacy
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Council for Behavioral Health
Advocates for policies that ensure people who have mental health and substance use problems can access comprehensive healthcare services.
National Disabilities Rights Network
Works to improve the lives of people with disabilities by guarding against abuse; advocating for basic rights; and ensuring accountability in health care, education, employment, housing, transportation, and within the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
An Alaska non-profit undertaking a coordinated, strategic, legal effort seeking to end the abuses against people diagnosed with mental illness.
To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA)
Anxiety
Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Understanding and Overcoming Your Panic and Anxiety Cycle: Seven Steps to Recovery
Useful Information On Phobias And Panic
Want to Overcome Your Panic Attacks? Here's How to Now
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD Resource Group of Northern Virginia
Adult ADD / ADHD: Recognizing the Symptoms and Managing the Effects
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
National Resource Center on ADHD
Bipolar Disorder
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
International Bipolar Foundation
The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
The BDD Alliance
BDD Help
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation
Center for Clinical Interventions
Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Body Image Clinic
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified
BPD Central
BPD Today
DBT Diary Card and Skills Coach
DBT Self-Help App
Healing from BPD
National Education Alliance Borderline Personality Disorder
Out of the Fog
Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder (TARA)
Campus Mental Health
American College Health Association
APA's College Mental Health Page
Campus Mental Health: Know your rights
Campus MHAP: A guide to campus mental health action planning (PDF)
Screening for Mental Health, Inc: College Response
Dermatillomania
Trichotillomania Learning Center
Depression
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Depression CBT Self-Help Guide (Android)
Provides help to users who want to begin to overcome common symptoms of depression.
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
National Network of Depression Centers
University of Michigan Depression Center
WebMD Depression Health Center
Dissociative Disorders
Positive Outcomes for Dissociative Survivors
Traumatic Stress Education and Advocacy
Eating Disorders
How to Help
Understanding and Helping the Suicidal Person
What a Difference a Friend Makes
LGBTQ
CampusPride
The Center: Home for GLBT in Metro DC
DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS)
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender National Help Center
GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
KhushDC
National Consortium of Directors of LBGT Resources in Higher Education
Northern Virginia Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
The Trevor Project
Triangle Club
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)
Stop the Hate!
Mental Health Screens
Mental Health America Mental Health Screens
Offers screens for depression, anxiety, bipoalr disorder, PTSD, alcohol and substance use, and psychosis.
A quick and simple way to take an anonymous mental health screening.
Minority Populations
African American Family Services
Asian Women's Self-Help Association
First Nations Behavioral Health Association
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Latino Behavioral Health Association
National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide
Relief Resources (Jewish Community)
Translations of International Student Adjustment Concerns
Neurological Disorders
American Headache Society Committee for Headache Education
American Society of Neurorehabiliation
Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV)
International Association for the Study of Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury (NRCTBI)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Awareness Foundation for OCD
Beyond the Doubt
Beyond OCD
International OCD Foundation
Stanford School of Medicine: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Physical or Sexual Assault/Abuse
Becoming Whole Again – Healing From Sexual Assault
Date and Acquaintance Rape: an Overview
Fairfax County Office for Women, Domestic and Sexual Violence Services
Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
The National Center for Victims of Crime
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Traumatic Stress Education and Advocacy
Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Web-based program that provides instant access to cognitive-behavioral interventions for symptoms related to schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA)
The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI)
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (WFSAD)
Self-Harm/Injury
Grassroots Suicide Prevention (UK)
LifeSIGNS (UK)
Recover Your Life
S.A.F.E. Alternatives
Self Injury Foundation
Self-Injury Outreach and Support
Substance Abuse/Addiction
Addictions and Recovery Center
American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
American Society of Addiction Medicine
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Substance Abuse & Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Suicide Prevention
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Heartbeat - Survivors After Suicide
International Association for Suicide Prevention
Means Matter - Harvard School of Public Health
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The Josh Anderson Foundation (local)
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
Tourette Syndrome
The Facts About Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association
Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
Tourettes Action
The TS+ Blog
Trichotillomania
HelpMe2Stop
PullFree App
StopPulling
The Trich Opportunity
Trichotillomania Learning Center
Trichotillomania Support Online
Trich World
Veterans/Military
Defense Suicide Prevention Office
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Mental Health Center
Veterans and Military Resource Center (NAMI)