Guides: Find Mental Health Resources: Depression, Mood & Personality Disorders

Websites

MentalHealth.gov
Provides an overview of mood disorders, including Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Self-harm.
National Institute of Mental Health: Depression
The National Institute of Mental Health provides information on many different mental health conditions, including Depression.
National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder
The National Institute of Mental Health provides information on many different mental health conditions, including Bipolar Disorder.
National Institute of Mental Health: Borderline Personality Disorder
The National Institute of Mental Health provides information on many different mental health conditions, including Borderline Personality Disorder.
Mental Health and Addiction 101 Series
Free, quick, easy-to-use online tutorials. A starting point for learning about substance use and mental health problems, Topics include: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Personality Disorders
Sane Australia: Facts & Guides - Depression
An extensive factsheet and guide for depression.
Here to Help: Info Sheet - What is Depression?
A very comprehensive podcast, information sheet and depression screening test from B.C. health organizations.
Back from the Bluez Workbook: Coping with Depression
Centre for Clinical Interventions. Nine modules to explore, offering information about depression and suggested strategies for managing your mood.
MoodGYM
Five modules, an interactive game, anxiety and depression assessments, downloadable relaxation audio, a workbook and feedback assessment.
Canadian Mental Health Association: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Information about depression and bipolar disorder and how they change the way people feel and make it hard for them to go about their daily routine.
Here to Help: Infosheet - Personality Disorders
Information about Personality Disorders – definitions, symptoms, causes, treatments and resources.
BPDWORLD
A U.K. website which offers information and resources related to Borderline Personality Disorder and other personality disorders.
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
Provides patient information and videos related to BPD.
Here to Help: Infosheet - Self-harm
An information sheet on Self-harm.
SIOS (Self-injury Outreach & Support)
Provides current information and helpful resources about self-injury to those who self-injure, those who have recovered, and those who want to help.

Videos

Kevin Breel tells the story of his depression and struggles with suicidal thoughts. This very popular TED Talk helps viewers understand how anyone can suffer from depression and learn to accept it and seek help.

Describes and demonstrates techniques for cultivating improved mood.

This World Health Organization video describes depression and explains that recognizing depression and seeking help is the first and most critical step towards recovery.

Explains the nature, causes and treatment for this disorder.

Offers an intimate portrait of living with bipolar disorder. Filmmaker Pierre Goupil reveals his uneasy relationship with his illness and his journey as an artist in a society that struggles to accept those on the fringe.

In this two-part series, actor, author, and comedian Stephen Fry uses his own experience battling bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, to give viewers an inside look at this complicated disease.

eBooks

Winter Blues Survival Guide by Norman E. Rosenthal, N.E. & Benton, C.M.
Publication Date: 2013
A comprehensive workbook which uses a range of tools – questionnaires, annual and monthly charts, and personal history questions — to help you work out how and when SAD affects your life. These tools will help you to gain awareness of the disorder’s mechanisms and how they affect you specifically, will assist you in making preparations to minimize the effects of SAD, and will equip you with the skills to prevent the worst symptoms.
Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns by Jacob, G., Seebauer, L.; van Genderen, H.
Publication Date: 2015
Blending a number of therapeutic approaches, schema therapy encourages people to understand and overcome their negative patterns of patterns of thinking and behavior.
The Antidepressant Skills Workbook by Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction(CARMHA) and BC Mental Health & Addiction Services (BCMHAS)
The Antidepressant Skills Workbook (ASW) gives an overview of depression, explains how it can be effectively managed according to the best available research, and gives a step-by-step guide to changing patterns that trigger depression
Living with Bipolar Disorder by Otto, M.W.
Publication Date: 2011
When Someone You Love Is Bipolar by Last, C.G.
Publication Date: 2009

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