Finding Answers
The following websites offer a wealth of information about serious mental illness, its treatment and how family members can help and be helped.
Open the Doors
World Psychiatric Association global program combating the stigma of schizophrenia. The site includes information for people with schizophrenia and their families and friends on:
- What causes schizophrenia?
- Myths about schizophrenia
- Stepping stones to recovery
- Rehabilitation and social reintegration
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Colorado Recovery
Intensive community-based treatment program for people with serious mental illness. This site has an extensive library of information about:
National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is a strong source of support, education, and advocacy for people with serious mental illness, their family members and friends. Their website offers detailed information about many psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, major depression and autism spectrum disorders.
National Institutes on Mental Health
NIMH is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH website offers:
- Information on a wide range of disorders from anxiety to schizophrenia
- Resources for suicide prevention
- Modules on neuroscience and psychiatry
- Multimedia resources on brain functioning for high school students
- Ways to find help for people with mental illnesses
Open the Doors is a World Psychiatric Asociation global program combating the stigma of schizophrenia.
Colorado Recovery is an intensive community-based treatment program for people with serious mental illness.
NAMI is a strong source of support, education, and advocacy for people with serious mental illness, their family members and friends.
