Information for Patients

Patient Information Links

Although ASCP does not endorse any of the sites listed, we hope that these links will serve as a useful starting point for your information search.

Information on Mental Health and Illness

• American Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Patient information on children and adolescents
• Healthy Minds: Patient information from the American Psychiatric Association
• MEDEM: Patient information from some of America's leading medical societies

Information on Medications

• Medication links for patients from Northern County Psychiatric Associates
• National Library of Medicine Medline for Patients (an agency of the Federal Government)
• Drugs.Com
• Drug Interactions: What You Should Know (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Health A to Z (Medical Network, Inc)

Advocacy Organizations

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperacttivity Disorder (CHAAD): Information on ADD/ADHD
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA): Patient and family assistance
• International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred): Information on depression
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Patient and family assistance
• Mental Health America (formerly the National Mental Health Association): Patient assistance and information

ASCP takes no responsibility for the content of other web sites.