The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information. Please also check the additional links provided for physical health for a more comprehensive understanding of your over-all well-being. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

Addiction and Recovery Resources

• About Intergroup – West Central Intergroup (westcentralaa.org)
• Al-Anon, Alateen. What can you do when someone close to you drinks too much? Al-Anon Family Groups of Frederick and Washington Counties.  For information and help please call 240-285-9831. Maryland/DC Al-Anon, Alateen 
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Center for On-Line Addiction
• Web of Addictions
• Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families World Service Organization
• Al-Anon
• Alateen
• Families Anonymous
• Nar-Anon Family Groups
• National Association for Children of Addiction
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• FASD United – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
• On Our Own Recovery  Frederick MD Chapter

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH
• ADHD Screening
• ADDitude Magazine- Inside the ADHD Mind
• ADHD 2.0
• CHADD- ADHD Support

Anxiety Disorders

• Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder 

Associations & Institutes

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• American Counseling Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society
• Mental Health America
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• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Sleep Foundation
• National Women’s Health Resource Center
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

BIPOC

Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM): BEAM is a training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black communities. BEAM envisions a world where there are no barriers to Black Healing.

• Toolkits & Education: graphics on accountability, self-control, and emotional awareness; journal prompts; articles on Black mental health
• Videos: trainings and webinars, recorded and available for free
• The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation: changing the perception of mental illness in the African-American community by encouraging people to get the help they need; focuses on stigma/self-stigma reduction and building trust between Black people and the mental health field.
  • Resource Guide: directory of mental health providers and programs that serve the Black community; includes therapists, support groups, etc, but also digital content, faith-based programs, educational programs, etc
• Therapy for Black Girls: online space encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls; referral tool to find a therapist in your area
  • Therapist Directory: find trusted therapists that can help you navigate being a strong, Black woman; can search for in-office therapist by your location or virtual therapist.
• The Loveland Foundation: financial assistance to Black women & girls seeking therapy
• Therapy for Black Men:primarily a therapist directory for Black men seeking therapy; includes some resources and stories.
•  Ebony’s My Therapy Cards:self-exploration card deck created by a Black female psychologist for other women of color; created with the intention of helping other women of color grow and elevate in the areas of emotional and mental health.
• Innopsych:InnoPsych’s mission is to bring healing to communities of color by changing the face and feel of therapy. They strive to make therapists of color more visible in the community by creating a path to wellness-themed business ownership; to make it faster (and easier) for people of color to match with a therapist of color; and to create a major shift in how communities of color (or POCs) view therapy.
• Safe Black Space: Safe Black Space is the umbrella under which various services are offered to address people of African ancestry’s individual and community reactions to cultural and racial trauma.

Child Abuse 

• Childhelp USA®
• Questions and Answers about Memories of Childhood Abuse
• Change the Conversation: Dedicated to the prevention and healing of childhood sexual abuse

Depression

• Bipolar Disorder News – Pendulum.org
• Depression and How Therapy Can Help
• Depression Screening
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

Divorce Support and Recovery

• Divorce Care 

Domestic Violence

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline Website

Developmental Disorders

• Developmental Disabilities | CDC

Diagnosis

• DSM-V: Diagnoses and Criteria

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