Great web links on psychiatric health

Sun Aug 12 00:32:02 EDT 2007

One I'd like to add to Denise's excellent list below is:

<http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Making+sense/Making+sense+of+coming+off+psychiatric+drugs.htm>Making
sense of coming off psychiatric drugs

-angela
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Let's Get Healthy Together!

The internet is virtually a treasure trove of information on healthy
alternatives in mental health treatment. For anyone who has time to read,
following is a list of the best articles that I found on the web that have
assisted me in my own mental health recovery. It is good to bookmark these
articles and download them to read offline or print them out for a general
guide. Most of them focus on diet and nutrition. If you know of other
helpful articles, please post.

Although I am still in the process of withdrawing completely from the
psychiatric drugs after many years of experiencing terrible side effects,
I want to recommend to anyone in this process to please come off the psych
drugs very slowly and carefully and please find a supportive health care
professional, if possible. It is very easy to fall back into the trap of
mania and/or depression and this is nothing to take lightly. If you decide
to continue taking prescription medications, it is wise to find a psych
doctor who will help you maintain the lowest possible doses with the least
possible side effects. I am not a medical professional and this is not
medical advice, but I do speak from years of experience in the mental
health system, after experiencing Tardive Dyskinesia from the side effects
of the psych drugs -- You can get better with enough vitamins and whole
foods.

It is my wish that these articles will encourage readers to pursue health
as much as possible. Hopefully these articles will give you a good
overview of positive mental health recovery. It is possible to get off
meds and still feel good. Another good resource is a book by a
nutritionist called "Depression Free, Naturally" by Joan Mathews-Larson,
founder of <http://www.healthrecovery.com/>Health Recovery Center. This
book is a wonderful reference for many different mood disorders.

Best of luck in your recovery,
Denise

Health Articles on the web:

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?StoreNewsID=13306&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>8
Ways to Feed Your Brain

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=621&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>A
Better Way to Treat Alcoholism

<http://www.newstarget.com/019327.html>Achieve optimum mental health by
supplementing...

<http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=603150>Antidepressants May Not
Help Fight Bipolar Disorder

<http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,,2074239,00.html>Art for
Heart's Sake

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=584&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Balancing
Act˜The Poetry Cure

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=304&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Balancing
Act-Write Your Troubles Away

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=122&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169&RedirShopperID=>Blossom
into Health

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=296&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Brain
Food: The Natural Cure for Depression

<http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/altbipolar.htm>Causes and
Natural Treatments for Bipolar Disorder

<http://www.mind.org.uk/Shopping/Openmind/Extracts/Extract+from+Issue+123+Coming+off+medication.htm>Coming
off medication?

<http://www.ghchealth.com/50-conditions-that-mimic-adhd.html>Conditions
That Mimic ADHD

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=446&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Confessions
of a Fallen Vegetarian

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=901&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Do
Amino Acids Really Stack Up?

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=1532&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>Ending
Mood Disorders Without Drugs

<http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/stradford.htm>Finding the
Medical Causes of Severe Mental Symptoms

<http://www.stir-crazy.org/?p=21>Foods and Your Moods

<http://www.indianchild.com/Recipes/foods-that-burn-fat.htm>Foods That
Burn Fat

<http://www.stir-crazy.org/?p=178>Has Your Child Lost Touch with Nature?

<http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f02/web1/wcarroll.html>Health
Benefits of Fasting

<http://www.nutritional-healing.com.au/content/articles-content.php?heading=Laboratory%20testing%20for%20schizophrenia%20and%20bipolar%20disorder>Laboratory
Testing for Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

<http://www.theherbsplace.com/AHM/ahmlaughmedicine.html>Laughter is the
Best Medicine

<http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Making+sense/Making+sense+of+coming+off+psychiatric+drugs.htm>Making
sense of coming off psych drugs

<http://home.att.net/~LetFreedomRing/updates/MedProbs.html>Medical
Problems Related to Psychiatric Symptoms

<http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n11.shtml>Mental Health
Treatment That Works

<http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Mind+guide+to/Mindguidetofoodandmood.htm>Mind
Guide to Food and Mood

<http://bipolarblast.blogspot.com/2007/03/nutrition-for-beginners-i-will-make-few.html>Nutrition
for Beginners

<http://www.wellmindminnesota.org/nutrition.html>Nutrition is Key to
Mental Health

<http://www.ghchealth.com/nutritional-approaches-to-mental-health.html>Nutritional
Approaches to Mental Health

<http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-15.htm>Omega-3 for Depression and Bipolar
Disorder

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1924088,00.html>Omega-3, junk
food and link between violence and what we eat

<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/18/autism_misdiagnosis/>Psych
Meds Drove My Son Crazy

<http://www.thestreetspirit.org/August2005/interview.htm>Psychiatric
Drugs: An Assault on the Human Condition

<http://psychdata.blogspot.com/2007/05/psychiatry-residents-often-skip.html>Psychiatry
residents often skip informed consent

<http://www.thenhf.com/health_freedom_news_67.htm>Putting Nutrition First

<http://www.commercialalert.org/news/Archive/2006/01/rise-in-mental-illness-linked-to-unhealthy-diets-say-studies>Rise
in Mental Illness Linked to Unhealthy Diets

<http://www.accesspress.org/archive/2007/06/story_commentaries_on_virginia_tech.htm>Side
Effects of Forced Treatment

<http://www.deliciouslivingmag.com/healthnotes/healthnotes.cfm?org=nh&lang=EN&ContentID=1278003>Tardive
Dyskinesia: Natural Health Support

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/common/news/store_news.asp?task=store_news&SID_store_news=675&storeID=02AD61F001A74B5887D3BD11F6C28169>The
ADHD Diet

<http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/candida.htm>The Effects
of Candida on Mental Health

<http://psychdata.blogspot.com/2006/11/overlooked-relationship-between.html>The
Overlooked Relationship Between Infectious Disease and Mental Symptoms

<http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/aminobipolar.htm>The Role
of Amino Acids in Bipolar Disorder and Mental Health

<http://www.newstarget.com/006587.html>Treating Depression with Simple
Healing Foods

<http://www.blpublications.com/html/body_water.html>What You Need to Know
About Water

Special Series on World Talk Radio:

<http://www.anniearmenlive.com/psychiatric_drugs.htm>The Dangers of
Psychiatric Drugs

More Mental Health Resources:

Booklet: <http://www.psychmedaware.org/publications.html>What People Need
to Know About Psychiatric Drugs

<http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com/>Mental Health Recovery & WRAP - Mary
Ellen Copeland

<http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/>Safe Harbor - Alternative Mental
Health

<http://www.alternativemedicine.com/>Alternative Medicine magazine

Be sure to share this list with your friends!

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For more info: <http://peeradvocate.stir-crazy.org/>Peer Advocate

"Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a
little to find it." ~ Tori Amos

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