MENTAL HEALTH WEB RESOURCES
Kate Elder, Director of Library Services
Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan
Updated April 2010
FINDING HELP AND SUPPORT
State of Colorado
http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/dmh/PDFs/cfa_Supp
ortServices-Colorado5.03.pdf
List of organizations that provide support
services to individuals and families, both statewide and by counties.
Mental Health Association of Colorado
http://mhacolorado.org/
WE CAN! Consumer Empowerment group:
http://www.wecancolorado.org/
Empower Colorado
http://www.empowercolorado.com/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org
Colorado chapter at
http://www.namicolorado.org/
Mental Health America (formerly known as
the National Mental Health Association)
http://www.nmha.org/
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration's (SAMHSA)
National
Mental Health Information Center
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
Catholic Charities
http://www.catholiccharitiesdenver.org/
Individual, couple, family and child counseling
services are available; sliding fee scale
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
http://www.jewishfamilyservice.org/
Sliding fee scale, some insurance plans,
including Medicaid, accepted. Provides services
to persons with mental illnesses and family
members
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
http://www.sprc.org/
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental
Health, Colorado Chapter
http://www.coloradofederation.org/
Mental Help Net
http://mentalhelp.net/
Freedom from Fear
http://www.freedomfromfear.org/
RealMentalHealth.com
http://realmentalhealth.com/
Treatment Advocacy Center
http://psychlaws.org
The Center for Reintegration
http://reintegration.com/
Dual Recover Anonymous
http://www.draonline.org
National Schizophrenia Foundation
http://www.nsfoundation.org/
Schizophrenics Anonymous:
http://sanonymous.com
SPECIFIC DISORDERS
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
http://www.afsp.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
http://www.adaa.org
Borderline Personality Disorder Central
http://www.bpdcentral.com
CampusBlues.com
http://www.campusblues.com
Depression.com
http://www.depression.com
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
http://www.dbsalliance.org/
Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com
National Eating Disorders Association
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Schizophrenia Help Home Page
http://www.schizophrenia-help.com
LEGAL ISSUES
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org
Estate Planning
http://www.nationalplanalliance.org
Guardianship Alliance of Colorado
http://www.guardianshipallianceofcolorado.org
Treatment Advocacy Center
http://psychlaws.org
CHILDREN AND TEENS
DIRECTORIES/GENERAL REFERENCE
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/
Center for the Study of Autism
http://www.autism.org/
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
http://www.bpkids.org/
National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/
Social Psychology Resources Online
http://www.schoolpsychology.net/
Public figures and mental illness
http://www.eddyelmer.com/articles/pagestart.ht
ml?http://www.eddyelmer.com/articles/celebritie
s_mental_health.htm
“All the kids liked this.”
Kidshealth
http://www.kidshealth.org/
“Good for lower-level readers.” The teen section
was “easy to use and understand [and] the
information was accurate.”
Go Ask Alice!
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
“I like this website because you can ask
questions and get professional answers back.”
The Cool Spot
http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
“Not boring.” “Keeps you interested.”
MedlinePlus
http://medlineplus.gov
AllPsych Online
http://allpsych.com
BehaveNet
http://behavenet.com/capsules/
MedlinePlus
http://medlineplus.gov
Online Dictionary of Mental Health
http://human-nature.com/odmh/index.html
PsychCentral
http://psychcentral.