WebSources

Web Resources

Indian Advocacy Project

An excellent site aiming to provide high quality support to people with mental illness through information and other projects on the lines of National Alliance of Mental Illness, USA. Visit NAMI INDIA

Indian Psychiatric Society

IPS is the official body of all Psychiatrists in India, engaged in promoting the improvement of mental health and mental health education. Click here.

Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, UK

Click here to visit the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which has an entire section devoted to basic information about several mental disorders.

Schizophrenia Research Foundation

Schizophrenia Research Foundation is a non governmental, non profit organization in Madras, now renamed Chennai, India, which since 1984 has committed itself to schizophrenia care and research. SCARF has established itself as a center of repute in rehabilitation and research. Visit SCARF

British Indian Psychiatric Association

BIPA is committed to promote education and research in psychiatry in the UK, for improvement of mental health services for people of Indian origin. It also acts as a forum for psychiatrists of Indian origin in the UK for promotion of social closeness and cohesion. Visit BIPA

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Remedy Find

RemedyFind is a free and unbiased site (not sponsored by any drug companies etc.) that lets individuals rate the effectiveness of the treatments they have used for specific health conditions. About 160 treatments are currently listed in the Schizophrenia section, 260 treatments in the GAD section, 250 treatments in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Section, 300 treatments in the Autism section, and more than a hundred treatments listed in the Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa sections and Depression section. These treatments vary a lot and include treatments of all kinds, like alternative therapy, medications, etc for all the mental health conditions mentioned above. Click here to go to Remedy Find.

The following are some links to informational websites grouped according to various disorders.

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