Depression

Note: To find out more about how these sites were chosen, please read How We Select Our Resources. Also, many sites listed on our General Mental Health issues page are extremely large, and contain information on many different issues. Please be sure to check out those sites as well.

The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy–Therapist Locator.net

http://www.therapistlocator.net/

Website for he American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), a professional organization for marriage and family therapists. Includes consumer information about therapists, and therapy in general, as well as condition-specific "consumer updates". For more information on AAMFT, please see the description in the General Mental Health Issues section.

Consumer Updates include:

Depression

Postpartum Depression

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

http://www.dbsalliance.org/index.html

This site provides compurehensive information on mood disorders. There's an excellent section on Depression and Other Illnesses, and a message board for depression. For more information on the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, please see the description in the Bipolar issues section.

Some helpful articles include:

About Mood Disorders

Frequently Asked Questions

Suicide Prevention

The Health Gazette

http://tfn.net/healthgazette/depress.html

Dr. Karl Hempel's site, The Health Gazette is a varied health-related site with a page devoted to depression. Symptoms, neurophysiolgy, diagnosis and treatment are covered in a straightforward manner, and also contain plenty of citations for those interested in research.

National Foundation for Depressive Illness

http://www.depression.org/index.html

The National Foundation for Depressive Illness (NAFDI) has an interesting newsletter achive with informative articles, including:

Tips for Dealing with Mood Disorders

Casting Shade: SAD

I'm Not Depressed, But Someone I Care About Is!

National Institute of Mental Health

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides booklets, factsheet, and summaries to the public on a variety of mental health issues, including depression. For more information on NIMH, please see the description in the General Mental Health Issues section.

NYU School of Medicine–Psychiatry

http://www.med.nyu.edu/index.html

New York University School of Medicine's Psychiatry department provides an Online Depression Screening Test, as well as other psychiatric screening tests.

Wing of Madness

http://www.wingofmadness.com/

Wing of Madness is a non-profit organization "dedicated to desseminating information about depression to consumers." Site sections include a weblog, articles, and a newsletter.

Articles include:

What Does Depression Feel Like?

Children and Depression

My Experience with Depression