Here are websites and apps that feature updated information on mental health disorders, conditions, and legislation. Previous mental health faculty at Oak Point and the librarians have compiled the below list of useful links and information to aid your research:
Overview of fears and phobias in children and adolescents
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents Fact Sheet
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: Epidemiology and pathogenesis
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evaluation and diagnosis
Autism spectrum disorder: Terminology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis
Autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents: Overview of management
American Academy of Pediatrics: Autism Spectrum Disorder
National Institute of Health: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Assessment & Diagnosis in Adults
Assessment & Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients
Management of the Patient with Dementia
Diagnosis of Delirium & Confusional States
Unipolar Depression in Pediatric Patients
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
Anorexia nervosa in adults and adolescents: Medical complications and their management
Anorexia nervosa in adults: Clinical features, assessment, and diagnosis
Binge eating disorder in adults: Overview of treatment
Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder in adults: Medical complications and their management
Bulimia nervosa in adults: Clinical features, assessment, and diagnosis
Eating disorders: Overview of treatment
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Overview of Personality Disorders
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Pharmacotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
Psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Acute Stress Disorder and Acute Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological Interventions
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Suicide Risk
CDC: Traumatic Incident Stress
CDC: Helping Patients Cope with a Traumatic Event
Substance-Use & Co-occurring Disorders
Suicidal ideation and behavior in adults
Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents: Epidemiology and risk factors
Effect of antidepressants on suicide risk in adults
Anxiety Disorders: Suicide Risk
Residential Aged Care: Suicide Risk Assessment
Suicide (Suicide Risk): Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Persons
CDC's Suicide: Risk and Protective Factors
Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act
Standards on Restraint and Seclusion
Community Context of Mental Health
The National Counsel for Behavioral Health
On October 31, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Community Mental Health Act (also known as the Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963), which drastically altered the delivery of mental health services and inspired a new era of optimism in mental healthcare. This law led to the establishment of comprehensive community mental health centers throughout the country. It helped people with mental illnesses who were “warehoused” in hospitals and institutions move back into their communities.
Along with this law, the development of more effective psychotropic medications and new approaches to psychotherapy made community-based care for people with mental illnesses a feasible solution. A growing body of evidence at that time demonstrated that mental illnesses could be treated more effectively and in a more cost-effective manner in community settings than in traditional psychiatric hospitals.
As services offered to people with mental illnesses became more diverse and comprehensive, it also became clear that helping people function at optimal levels would require the addition of treatment services for addiction disorders. This coordinated brand of service was labeled as “behavioral healthcare” — and providing comprehensive mental health and addictions services is the goal of community-based behavioral health organizations today.
Community-based mental health and addictions care continues to be a more effective option than institutionalization — in terms of access to quality healthcare and cost to the taxpayer and private payer. However, the organizations delivering such care have evolved far beyond the original community mental health centers.
Community-based behavioral healthcare is delivered by a mix of government and county-operated organizations, as well as private nonprofit and for-profit organizations. These mental health and addiction services are funded by a patchwork of sources, including Medicaid; Medicare; county, state, and federal programs; private insurance; and self-pays.