Mental Health Issues

Anxiety Disorders:
Anxieties.com (resources and education about the range of anxiety disorders)
www.anxieties.com
Anxiety and Depression Association of America (community, education, and resources)
www.adaa.org
AnxietyBC (community, education, and resources
www.anxietybc.com
Beyond OCD (community, education, and resources for people suffering with OCD)
www.beyondocd.org
Freedom From Fear (resources and advocacy)
www.freedomfromfear.org
International OCD Foundation (resources, education, and community for people suffering with OCD)
www.iocdf.org
OCD and Families (help for individuals and families living with OCD)
www.ocdand families.org
TLC: Trichotillomania Learning Center (communities, resources, and education for people affected by trichotillomania)
www.trich.org

ADHD/ADD:
ADD Resources (resources and education)
www.addresources.org
Additude (a website and magazine dedicated to helping people with ADHD and ADD) www.additudemag.com
Adventures of an ADHD Superhero (blog)
www.staceyturis.com
Daniel Amen (one of the world’s leading authorities of ADHD)
www.amenclinics.com
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (resources, community, and education)
www.adda.org
Edward Hallowell (one of the world’s leading authorities of ADHD)
www.drhallowell.com
National Resource Center on AD/HD (resources, education, advocacy)
www.chadd.org

Eating Disorders and Body Image:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (general information about nutritional health)
www.eatright.org
The Fat Nutritionist (blog and education)
www.fatnutritionist.com
The Militant Baker (body positive blog)
www.themilitantbaker.com
My Body Gallery (picture gallery of a variety of women’s bodies)
www.mybodygallery.com
National Eating Disorder Association (resources, education, and helpline)
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (resources, education, and helpline)
www.nedic.ca
Geneen Roth (the psychological dynamics of food and body image)
www.geneenroth.com
The Shape of a Mother (a website to look honestly at the how pregnancy effects a woman’s body) www.theshapeofamother.com

Mood Disorders:
Anxiety and Depression Association of America (community, education, and resources)
www.adaa.org
The Bipolar Child (resources and support for parents of children with early-onset bipolar disorder)
www.bipolarchild.com
Depression Marathon (blog about chronic depression)
www.depressionmarathon.blogspot.com
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (community and advocacy)
www.dbsalliance.org
The Family Center for Bipolar (support and resources for families effected by bipolar disorder)
www.bpfamily.org
Freedom From Fear (resources and advocacy)
www.freedomfromfear.org
The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (resources, education, and advocacy)
www.isbd.org
MDSG (support groups for mood disorders, as well as education and other resources)
www.mdsg.org
Pendulum (support, education, and resources for people with bipolar and depressive disorders)
www.pendulum.org
Postpartum Support International (resources and support from people suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis)
www.postpartum.net

Personality Disorders:
After Narcissistic Abuse (resources for those who have experienced narcissistic abuse)
www.afternarcissisticabuse.wordpress.com
BPD Central (education, family resources, and support groups for borderline and narcissistic personality disorders)
www.bpdcentral.com
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center (resources and education)
www.bpdresourcecenter.org
Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers (resources and support)
www.daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com
The Narcissistic Life (resources for people living with a narcissist)
www.thenarcissisticlife.com
National Education Alliance Borderline Personality Disorder (education, resources, and advocacy)
www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com
Out of the Fog (information and support the loved ones of people with personality disorders)
www.outofthefog.net
To Write Love On Her Arms (a support system for people who self injure)
www.twloha.com

PTSD/Trauma/Abuse/Dissociation:
Websites:
Childhelp (organization for the prevention and treatment of child abuse, includes a 24 hour hotline) www.childhelp.org
Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg (services for children who have been abused)
www.cacsp.org
Children’s Trust of South Carolina (resources to prevent child abuse)
www.scchildren.org
Light’s House (a website for adult children of difficult and toxic parents)
www.lightshouse.org
Marie Fortune (Christian theologian that looks at domestic violence and sexual assault through the lens of Biblical scripture)
www.faithtrustinstitute.org
Gift from Within (international non-profit organization for survivors of trauma and victimization)
www.giftfromwithin.org
Give an Hour (community and resources for combat veterans)
www.giveanhour.org
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (resources and education)
www.isst-d.org
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (education and resources)
www.istss.org
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (national resources and education for domestic violence)
www.ncadv.org
The National Domestic Violence Hotline (24 hour hotline and resource center for victims of domestic violence)
www.thehotline.org
PTSD Alliance (education and resources for people with PTSD)
www.ptsdalliance.org
PTSD Information (gateway to post traumatic stress disorder information)
www.ptsdinfo.org
RAINN (rape, abuse & incest national network…resources, education, and hotline)
www.rainn.org
Safe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition (services for people impacted by domestic violence or sexual assault in Spartanburg, Union, and Cherokee counties in S.C.)
www.shrcc.org
Sidran (community, education, and resources of people suffering with traumatic stress and dissociation)
www.sidran.org
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (state organization providing support for people impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault)
www.sccadvasa.org
A Spouse’s Story (a blog written by the wife of a combat veteran with PTSD)
www.aspousesstoryptsd.com
TELL: Therapy Exploitation Link Line (resources for people who have been abused in psychotherapy)
www.therapyabuse.org
Bessel Van der Kolk (leading researcher on posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatment)
www.traumacenter.org
Wounded Warrior Project (a resource center for combat veterans)
www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Facebook Groups (all open groups providing support and education):
Healing From Trauma: Welcome to my World https://www.facebook.com/HealingFromTrauma.WelcomeToMyWorld?fref=ts
Sick of PTSD
https://www.facebook.com/workaroundit2013?fref=ts
Surviving Abuse
https://www.facebook.com/VICTIM.TO.SURVIVING.ABUSE?fref=ts
Warrior’s Landing
https://www.facebook.com/ptsd.home?fref=ts

Suicide and Self-Injury:
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (resources, education, and support for those struggling with suicidal thoughts and loved ones who have experienced loss due to suicide)
www.afsp.org
Know the Signs (resources and education for those trying to prevent suicide in their loved ones)
www.suicideispreventable.org
South Carolina Suicide Hotline
www.suicide.org/hotlines/south-carolina-suicide-hotlines.html
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (education and resources to help prevent suicide)
www.save.org
Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24 hour lifeline and resources)
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
To Write Love On Her Arms (a support system for people who self injure)
www.twloha.com
Trevor Project (crisis counseling for LGBTQ young people)
www.thetrevorproject.org
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (advocacy and prevention)
www.yellowribbon.org

Substance Abuse and Addiction:
Websites:
Ala-Anon (support group for people impacted by a loved one’s substance abuse)
www.al-anon.org
Alcoholics Anonymous (a support group for people struggling with alcohol abuse)
www.aa.org
Patrick Carnes (one of the world’s leading authorities on addictive behavior and 12 step programs)
http://www.iitap.com/about-us/dr-patrick-carnes
Center for Internet Addiction (resources for people with internet addiction)
www.netaddiction.com
Coalition Against Drug Abuse (resources and education)
www.drugabuse.com
Pia Mellody (love addiction and co-dependency)
www.piamellody.com
Narcotics Anonymous (a support group for people struggling with drug abuse)
www.na.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse (a government website that provides studies about the science of addiction)
www.drugabuse.gov
Recovery (a website with resources, education, and a hotline)
www.recovery.org
Richard Rohr (Christian theologian who examines mental health and substance abuse issues)
www.cac.org
Spartanburg Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (provides services for people being impacted by substance abuse)
www.sadac.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (division of the government offering resources and education)
www.samhsa.gov
Web of Addictions (education and resources)
www.well.com
Facebook (open groups offering support in staying clean):
Sober Is Sexy
https://www.facebook.com/Soberisexy?fref=ts
Happy, Clean, and Sober
https://www.facebook.com/soberrecoverys?fref=ts