Mental Health Resources

Associated Counseling & Wellness Centers of Midlothian, Bradley, and Kankakee, Illinois, offers links to other professional websites related to mental health. The websites listed here are meant to serve as resources for counselors, psychologists, and patients.

Professional Opportunities
Click here to learn more about Professional Opportunities that are available through Associated Counseling!

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) conducts and supports research nationwide on mental illness and mental health, including studies of the brain, behavior, and mental health services.

About Psychology
A comprehensive resource for students, teachers, and enthusiasts. Find psychology articles, study guides, and much more. Explore psychology definitions and theories. Learn more about the history of psychology from biographies of major thinkers and timelines. Topics covered include personality psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, and psychology careers.

Mental Health Net
The largest, most comprehensive guide to mental health online, featuring over 9,200 individual resources. Our friendly & fun site covers topics in self-help, psychology, psychiatry and social work.

National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINEplus
The National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINEplus information pages are designed to direct you to resources containing information that will help you research your health questions.

PsychCrawler
PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology.

Social Psychology Network
Thousands of searchable psychology links on a huge variety of topics. The largest social psychology database on the Internet. In these pages, you’ll find more than 5,000 links to psychology-related resources.

Mental Health Search
Find Online Psychology information from multiple sites with free MEDLINE.

WebMD Mental Health Center
In-depth resource on all aspects of Mental Health. Includes articles on various illnesses, their symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Mental Health Matters
Information and Resources for mental health consumers, students and professionals.

Psychology Online
Psychology online is a website with different psychological subjects like healthcare, IQ tests, personality tests, descriptions of disorders, visual illusions and a psychology quiz.

Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

 

Veterans Crisis Line

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Teens & Young Adults

Ok2TALK

http://ok2talk.org/

 

Elyssa’s Mission - Chicagoland Suicide Prevention

http://elyssasmission.org/

General Information

National Institute for Mental Health

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml

 

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

https://www.bbrfoundation.org/

 

MentalHealth.gov

https://www.mentalhealth.gov/

 

Illinois Department Of Human Services

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?

 

Mental Health America - “Taking Good Care Of Yourself”

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/taking-good-care-yourself

 

Medical News Today Mental Health Newsfeed

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/categories/mental_health

Autism & ADHD

Autism Speaks

https://www.autismspeaks.org/research

 

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance

http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_landing

 

The National Resource on ADHD

http://www.chadd.org/

 

ADD Resources

http://addresources.org/

 

HelpGuide - Teaching Students With ADHD

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/add-adhd/teaching-students-with-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder.htm

 

Child Development Institute - Teaching Children With Learning Disabilities

https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/learning_disabilities/teacher/#.WZxY9yiGOM8

 

LD Online - The Educator’s Guide to Learning Disabilities

http://www.ldonline.org/

Assault

Kankakee County Against Sexual Assault

http://www.kc-casa.org/

Anxiety/Depression/Bipolar

Anxiety & Depression Association Of America

https://adaa.org/

Veteran’s

TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors

https://www.taps.org/

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance Of America

https://sardaa.org/

Addiction/Substance Abuse

Recovery

http://www.recovery.org/forums/

 

Prevention

https://www.prevention.org/