Resources

The following list of resources will take you to Web sites not affiliated with West Oaks Hospital. West Oaks is not responsible for content on these sites.

• Community Resources
• Parenting and Adolescent Resources
• Mental Health Resources
• Medications
• Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Eating Disorders
• Substance Abuse Recovery Resources

Community Resources

This list of Houston-area recovery and support groups provides web links and phone numbers where available to us. Please send corrections, updated information or additions to jstgermain@psysolutions.com

• www.nami.org - NAMI National Web site.
• texas.nami.org - NAMI TEXAS – Advocacy page holds all of NAMI Texas’ position papers, NAMI Texas Legislative Newsletter and other useful items.
• namimetrohouston.org - NAMI Metropolitan Houston.
• www.namiwesthouston.org - NAMI West Houston – information on meetings, support groups, education classes and current events.
• www.dbsahouston.org - DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) of Houston is a self-help non-profit organization serving individuals with clinical depression or bipolar disorder (manic depression) as well as their families and friends. Phone: (713) 528-1546.
• www.adda-sr.org - ADDA – Southern Region (Attention Deficit Disorders Association Southern Region). For meeting and support group information, call (281) 897-0982.
• www.familyaware.org - A nonprofit organization helping families, especially family members and friends of those with depression, recognize and cope with depressive disorders. The organization provides education, outreach, and advocacy to support families. On our Web site, you can:
• read and e-mail Family and Expert Profiles;
• learn about depression, medical help, support groups and books;
• learn how to help someone seek or manage treatment;
• learn to cope with family caregiver emotions.
• www.schizophreniadigest.com - Schizophrenia Digest.
• www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com - National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD).
• www.phrma.org - Free Meds For The Financially Challenged - Directory of Patient Assistance Programs that PhRMA member companies offer to ensure their medicines are made available to those who can't afford to purchase them. A number of companies have pledged that no patients in need of their medicines will go without them. For additional copies of this directory, please call (800) 762-4636.
• www.mentalhealth.com - A good Web site containing a great deal of information about all the various disorders, how to treat them, how to get help, complete contact information, etc.
• www.txhealthpool.org - Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool. Can't find health insurance? Have preexisting conditions? The Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool can help. (888) 398-3927; TDD (800) 735-2989; texasriskpool@bcbstx.com.
• Ben Taub Hospital & The NeuroPsychiatric Center - The Texas Medical Center, 1502 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030. Questions? Call (713) 970-7070 day or night.

Parenting and Adolescent Resources

• Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Parenthood.com - Parenthood.com offers a directory of links to parenting resources.
• ParentingAdolescents.com - Here parents have access to extended responses to questions about parenting teens and preteens. Teens and preteens can also get information to help them understand parents!
• Family Issues Info Service - provides links and resources. Check out the fact sheets prepared by The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• The Labor of Love.com - Pregnancy and parenting resource site with discussion boards.

Mental Health Resources

• American Psychiatric Association
• Bipolar Disorders Information Center
• Medline Plus (National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health)
• Mental Help
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
• National Resource Center for ADHD
• Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc.
• U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
• WebMDHealth
• World Federation for Mental Health

Medications

• Internet Mental Health
• The Internet Drug Index

Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Bipolar Disorders Information Center
• Bipolar Disorder Organization
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
• Freedom From Fear
• Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc.
• Trichotillomania Learning Center

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• National Resource Center for ADHD

Eating Disorders

• Academy of Eating Disorders
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Gurze Books

Substance Abuse Recovery Resources