http://chd.westchestergov.com/
Westchester County's
Community Help Desk is a new way
for the community to interact with County Government. This prototype
demonstrates some of the ways in which the desk can use the Internet to
provide you with expert assistance and government services. The desk
currently contains help for people concerned about youth and seniors at
risk. It also features a listing of emergency numbers for quick
referral.
http://www.westchestergov.com/MentalHealth/
Westchester County's
Department of Community Mental Health's site
offers information about the department and its services as well as
services offered by other
agencies in Westchester and Putnam that deal with mental health issues.
http://www.mhawestchester.org
The Mental Health Association of Westchester County's (MHA) site
includes information about a wide range of topics related to mental
health including a link to the FIRST data base, information about
diagnoses and treatment, finding treatment providers, about advocacy,
rehabilitation, parenting and education as well as a searchable calendar
of events related to mental health.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National Institute of Mental
Health offers comprehensive
information on symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses.
Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases,
fact sheets, and other educational materials.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/
The Center for Mental Health
Services, Knowledge Exchange Network provides
information about mental health to the general public, policy makers, providers,
and the media. The website also provides resource information about
federal, state, and local organizations dedicated to treating and
preventing mental illness and listings of federal grants, conferences,
and other events.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md01.html
Internet Mental Health is
an award-winning site that provides a wealth of information on mental
and emotional disorders and their treatment. A large section on drugs
used to treat the disorders explains what the drugs are supposed to do
and their potential side effects. The 52 most common mental disorders
including description, diagnosis, treatment, and research findings on
them are provided. The site even includes an "online diagnosis" feature
that, as the site notes, is NOT a substitute for seeing a trained mental
health professional. However, the diagnosis feature does help clarify
the criteria used to classify mental health problems.
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