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Page Links:
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Eating Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Self-Injury
University of Michigan Mental Health Groups
Mental Health Groups on Other College Campuses
National Organizations
Other Reources


Bipolar Disorder

Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison

Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

http://www.dbsalliance.org/

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Depression

Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America : A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel

The National Institute of Mental Health Depression Page
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm

Depression.com
www.depression.com

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Eating Disorders

The Eating Disorders Sourcebook by Carolyn Costin

Bulimia: A Guide for Family and Friends by R. Tattner-Sherman & R. A. Thompson

Surviving and Eating Disorder: Perspectives for Families and Friends by M. Siegel, J. Brisman, & M. Weinshel

ANRED (Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders)
www.anred.com

The Eating Disorder Information Centre (of Canada )
www.nedic.ca

Something Fishy Website for Eating Disorders
www.something-fishy.org

Eating Disorders Coalition
www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org

EDEN (Eating Disorders Education Network)
www.edenclub.org

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

National Center for PTSD
http://www.ncptsd.org/

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Self-Injury

The Scarred Soul: Understanding and Ending Self-Inflicted Violence by Tracy Alderman

Bodies Under Siege: Self-Mutilation in Culture and Psychiatry by A.R. Favazzza

Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation by Steven Levenkron

The Christian Lysamena Project on Self-Injury
www.self-injury.org

The Secret Shame Site (despite its name, a useful and compassionate site)
http://crystal.palace.net/~llama/selfinjury/injury.html

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University of Michigan Mental Health Groups

Mentality
http://www.umich.edu/~mentalit/

SPEAK (Students Promoting Education, Awareness and Knowledge of Eating Disorders)
http://www.umich.edu/~speak/

Student Health Advocates and Resource Exchange
share@umich.edu

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Mental Health Groups on Other College Campuses

Mind Matters: The Undergraduate Mental Health Organization at Yale
http://www.yale.edu/mindmatters/

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National Organizations

American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
http://www.nami.org/

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

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Other Resources:

Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders; Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children by Anna C. Salter

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