Return to Homepage Resources Categories of Mental Illnesses What is a Mental Illness, anyway Facts and Figures on the mental Illnesses (numbers and percentages of Americans affected) Medications Explained (Abilify thru Zypreza) Consumer Reports does antipsychotic medication review Talk Therapy to supplement meds (CBT) Mental Illness Facts and Numbers Sheet Impact of mental illnesses on health and productivity in market economies (NIH website) SEARCH key words Advanced Search Online Screening Tests for Mental Illnesses [separate screening tests for Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress] . Note that this is only a simple test, and does not replace a true professional examination and diagnosis. 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I Don't Need Help!", by Xavier Amador (book review) Movie: "I am Not Sick! I Don't Need Help" author seminar. Spouses and Partners with a Mental Illness Psychiatric Advanced DIrective Video explanation Psychiatric Advanced DIrective Form fill-in (client agrees to treatment plan ahead of a crisis that would impare their thought process, in the event that a crisis would occur in the future) Psychiatric Advanced DIrective Resource Center Advanced Directives Florida statutes Mental Health Association of NE Florida American Psychiatric Association ReThink -- extensive website from United Kingdom's largest mental illness advocacy group Stigma: Label of Prejudice Anti-Stigma Resources Anti-Stigma: Everybody's Business Anti-Stigma Project Surgeon General's Report on the Stigma of Mental Illness. CME course for mental health providers. 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National Advocacy Center Other Mental Health Organizations, and many other resources What do consumers say they want and need during a psychiatric emergency Gainesville Opportunity Center (clubhouse model of recovery through jobs and working) UF Program in Schizophrenia & Related Conditions

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