Resources
Welcome to the Resources. Every effort is made to provide relevant and quality informational resource links. However, Dr. Melissa Welby cannot be held responsible for the content of any of the links provided and does not necessarily endorse or condone the information presented.
Suicide Awareness & Hotlines
- Blog: A Psychiatrist’s Take on Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Prevention
- Blog: Suicide Prevention Plan: 5 Ways to Manage Frequent Thoughts of Suicide
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Dial 988
- SAMHSA's Suicide Prevention
- Now Matters Now: offers tools for coping with suicidal thoughts
- Suicide Hotline and support/education
- Suicide helplines around the world- listed by country
- Voices of Education
- Suicide Prevention Training: QPR Institute
- The Trevor Project (suicide prevention for sexual and gender minority youth): www.trevorproject.org
ADD/ADHD
- All blogs related to ADHD and Executive Functioning
- Blog: 14 Benefits of ADHD, Top 10 Books for ADHD
- CHADD: The National Resource on ADHD
- ADD/ADHD Education and Resources: Additude
- Coach.me: Habit tracker
- Understood.org: For learning and attention issues
Depression, Anxiety, and OCD
- Blogs related to depression
- Blogs related to anxiety
- Blog: 5 Ways to Stop a Panic Attack
- Blog: Do What You are Afraid Of! Stop Letting Anxiety Control You
- Blog: Anxiety: The Best Websites, Books, and Apps to Treat It
- Fear of Vomiting: Emetophobia Online provides information and support for those suffering from this fear.
- Fear of Flying: Online support, counseling, and resources created by a pilot who is also a social worker. Don't miss out on another vacation!
- MoodGym: Online Self-help for depression and anxiety
- Mood Track Diary: Track and graph your moods
- nOCD: App for treatment of OCD
- Happify: Overcoming stress and negative thoughts
- turnaroundanxiety.com: An award-winning audio program that will teach your child what anxiety is, how it works, and how to overcome it. Treat their anxiety from the comfort of home
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Mindfulness, Relaxation, and Sleep
- Blogs related to sleep
- Blog: CBT for insomnia
- Blog: Can't sleep? Back to basics
- Blog: The truth about alcohol and sleep
- Blog: Caffeine before bedtime?
- Blog: Sleep and Aging: What happens to our sleep and how to make it better
- Who wouldn't want to 'relax like a boss'? Great mindfulness resource.
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
- Transcendental Meditation
- Headspace: Meditation made simple
- Calm: Meditate, sleep, relax
- Breathe2relax: Stress management tools i-phone app, android app
- CBT-I coach: CBT for insomnia i-phone app
- Insight timer: Meditation i-phone app, android app
- Simply Being Too: Guided meditation for relaxation i-phone app, android app
- Sleepio: Online CBT for sleep
- Buddhify2: Meditation app
- Smiling Mind: Mindfulness app
- Stress-Free Now: Cleveland Clinic 6-week online course
- Unplugged Meditation
- 10% Happier: 7-day introduction to meditation
LGBTQ+
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health: http://wpath.org
- International Foundation for Gender Education: http://ifge.org
- Trans Youth Family Allies: http://imatyfa.org
- Supporting my LGBTQ+ loved one https://pflag.org/
- Gender spectrum education, training, and support: https://www.genderspectrum.org
- The Trevor Project (suicide prevention for sexual and gender minority youth): www.trevorproject.org
- Gay, lesbian and straight education network: www.glsen.org
- Impacts of strong parental support for trans youth
- The Purple Rainbow Foundation: http://www.transkidspurplerainbow.org
- Supporting and caring for transgender children: http://www.hrc.org/resources/supporting-caring-for-transgender-children
- Forge-forward: support for trans+ survivors of violence and their loved ones
- Teaching tolerance: Diversity, equity, and justice
- Documentary: A Self-Made Man This documentary takes a candid look at what it means to be transgender, told through an intimate portrait of trans youth advocate Tony Ferraiolo.
PTSD
- PTSD Coach
- RAINN: Anti-sexual violence organization
- Start by believing: Help after a sexual attack
- Safe Horizon: Moving Victims of Violence from Crises to Confidence
- 21 Self-Care Tips Sexual Assault Survivors Might Need Right Now
- Military Sexual Trauma
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- American Family Physician: Sexual Assault of Women
- Forge-forward: Support for trans+ survivors of violence and their loved ones
- WomensHealth.gov: Sexual assault, Domestic Violence. Education and resources regarding safety in relationships
- The Guardian: How to respond if someone tells you they've been raped or sexually assaulted
- Self.com: How we healed
Addiction & Recovery
- Blog: Naloxone: The antidote for opiate overdose
- Blog about alcohol addiction: Alcohol Use Disorder: Do you have it? and Will you have alcohol withdrawal?
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- SAMHSA's Substance Abuse/Addiction and Buprenorphine Information
- Addiction Education
- Free National Helpline for Addiction and Mental Health
Bipolar
- Blog: Keys to Coping with Bipolar Disorder
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Includes online support groups and peer inspiration.
- Bipolar Caregivers: a website for caregivers of people with bipolar disorder
- International Bipolar Foundation: Promotes care and support resources for individuals and caregivers
Aging and Dementia
- Power for Parkinsons: Support and Education
- Alzheimers Association
- All about medical alerts: information you need to know to choose the right system
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding and Parenting Resource: Kelly Mom
- Breastfeeding Information
- Medication in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Mother2Baby: evidence-based information on the benefit or risk of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding
- Postpartum Support International
Mental Health Resources
- Blog: 8 Questions You Need To Ask To Get The Best Psychiatrist
- Blog: 16 Questions to Answer If You Are Seeing a Psychiatrist for the First Time
- Blog: Have Medical Questions to Ask Your Doctor? 4 Tips to Get Them Answered
- Blog: Why You Need to Ask Your Doctor Questions!
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association
- National Alliance of Mentally Ill
