This page provides links and resources you might find helpful. They are grouped into three categories shown below.
  • General links to mental health information
  • Links to relevant organizations
  • Useful books on mental health issues
General Links
You may find valuable information at the following links:

Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders Relationships LGBTQ Mental Health Parenting and Children Mental Health Links Advocating for mental health coverage with your Insurance
  1. "Know Your Rights: Parity for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits," an updated trifold pamphlet explaining mental health parity, detailing what it means to the consumer, and listing the protections the parity law provides.

  2. "Understanding Parity: A Guide to Resources for Families and Caregivers," which provides an overview of parity geared toward parents, family members or caregivers with information and tools to help them obtain behavioral health services for children or family members in their care.
Mental Health Organizations
Here are some additional places to find information about issues of concern to you. You can follow the links to the websites of these organizations, of which I am a professional member.

Helpful organizations:
Books
The following books have been useful for some people thinking about the issues that you are reading about here. Helpful resources are very individual so they may or may not be useful for you. Click on the title of any book listed below to purchase a new or used copy at Amazon.

ANXIETY
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER


TRICHOTILLOMANIA AND OTHER BAD HABITS


BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER


MINDFULNESS


PREGNANCY, PARENTING AND PARENTHOOD


PERFECTIONISM


RELATIONSHIPS


SEXUALITY


LGBTQIA