“CLICKABLE General Medical Information”
Searchable, online index to hundreds of medical journals. Many articles are available in full, others as abstracts only.
Free interface for searching the MEDLINE medical database, which can help you find out about studies, medications, and more.
“Medications”
There are a number of books available that list side effects, cautions, and more regarding medications. The biggest and best is the Physicians Desk Reference (PDR), but its price is well out of the average parent’s league. You may be able to find a used but recent copy at a good price.
If your child is allergic to food dyes, or to corn, wheat, and other materials used as fillers in pills, you should consult directly with the manufacturer of any medications he takes.
The British National Formulary (BNF). British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1998. The standard reference for prescribing and dispensing drugs in the UK, updated twice yearly.
Preston, John D., John H. O’Neal, and Mary C. Talaga. Consumer’s Guide to Psychiatric Drugs. Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 1998.
Silverman, Harold M., editor. The Pill Book, 8th ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. A basic paperback guide to the most commonly used medications in the US.
Sullivan, Donald. The American Pharmaceutical Association’s Guide to Prescription Drugs. New York: Signet, 1998.
Wilens, Timothy E., MD. Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications for Kids. New York: Guilford Press, 1998.
Canadian Drug Product Database
The DPD contains product specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada. The database is managed by the Therapeutic Products Programme and includes human, veterinary and disinfectant products.
Dr. Bob’s Psychopharmacology Tips
Excellent information on psychiatric drugs, including things like the MAOI dietary restrictions and common SSRI interactions.
Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
Official US information on new drugs and generic versions of old drugs, FDA warnings and recalls, etc.
This medical info site includes a link to a Web-accessible version of the PDR.
Pharmaceutical Information Network
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Technical Information Center
There is a nominal fee for use of the RPS database, but one might be able to have it waived.
“Alternative Medicine Resources”
Balch, James F., MD, and Phyllis A. Balch, CNC. Prescription for Nutritional Healing. Garden City Park, New York: Avery Publishing, 1997.
Baumel, Syd. Dealing with Depression Naturally. New Canaan, Connecticut: Keats Publishing, 1995.
Elkins, Rita. Depression and Natural Medicine. Pleasant Grove, Utah: Woodland Publishing, 1995.
Murray, Michael T., ND. Natural Alternatives to Prozac. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1996.
Norden, Michael J., MD. Beyond Prozac. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
Stoll, Andrew L., MD. Omega-3 Fatty Acid User Guide. 1998. Available from: Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478.
“Supplement Suppliers”
The Vitamin Connection 72 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 
(802) 846-2026 or (800) 760-3020 FREE
Fax: (802) 846-2027
Martek Biosciences 6480 Dobbin Road Columbia, MD 21045 Phone: (410) 740-0081 or (800) 662-6339 FREE Fax: (410) 740-2985 Email:glampf@martekbio.com
Sagami Chemical Research Center Nishi-Ohnuma 4-4-1, Sagamihara Kanagawa 229-0012, Japan Phone: (011) 81-427-42-4791 Fax: (011) 81-427-49-763 Contact: Dr. Kazunaga Yazawa
Source for omega-3 fish oils.
PO Box 1799 Hammond, LA 70404-1799 Phone: (504) 345-6234 Fax: (504) 345-5744 Email: kshort@i-55.com Contact: Kelsey Short
Source for omega-3 fish oils.
“Medical Facilities”
Sometimes a child’s symptoms are so challenging that your local psychiatrist may want to seek the help of experts. These facilities are among the world’s best-known centers for treating bipolar disorders.
“United States”
KidsPeace: The National Hospital for Kids in Crisis 5300 KidsPeace Drive Orefield, PA 18069-9101 Phone: (800) 334-4KID Email: admissions@kidspeace.org
Mood Disorders Clinic Children’s Hospital 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (617) 355-6000
National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) Biological Psychiatry Branch Building 10, Room 3N212
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 Phone: (301) 496-6827 or (800) 4ll-l222 (Recruitment and Referral) Email: prcc@cc.nih.gov
Stanford Bipolar Disorders Clinic 401 Quarry Road Stanford, CA 94305-5723
Phone: (650) 498-4689 Fax: (65) 723-2507 Email: bipolar.clinic@forsythe.stanford.edu
The Stanley Clinical Research Center Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland Department of Psychiatry 11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106 Phone: (216) 844-3880 Fax: (216) 844-1703
The Stanley Center for the Innovative Treatment of Bipolar Disorders 3811 O’Hara Street, Suite 279 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: (412) 624-2476 or (800) 424-7657 FREE Fax: (412) 624-0493
Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network 5430 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone: (800) 518-7326 FREE Fax: (301) 571-0768 Email:info@bipolarnetwork.org
This is a multi-center research effort, including the Stanley Foundation Center at Johns Hopkins University, NIMH, and several other institutions.
University of Texas Southwestern Bipolar and Research Program 8267 Elmbrook Drive, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75247 Phone: (214) 689-3765 Fax: (214) 689-3751 Email: mwestl@mednet.swmed.edu Contact: Mary Ann Westlake
“Canada”
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
This is a consortium of university medical schools and other research organizations concentrating on depression, bipolar disorders, and anxiety disorders. Their web site can link you with a CANMAT center near you, and also provides information about diagnosis and treatment options.
University of British Columbia Mood Disorders Clinic Department of Psychiatry Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, UBC Site 2211 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1 Canada Phone: (604) 822-9745 Fax: (604) 822-7922
“Public Mental Health Agencies”
“United States”
Alabama
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
RSA Union 100 N. Union Street Montgomery, AL 36130-1410 Phone: (334) 242-3417 Fax: (334) 242-0684
Alaska
Division of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities 350 Main Street, Room 217
PO Box 110620 Juneau, AK 99811-0620 Phone: (907) 465-3370 or (800) 465-4828 FREE Fax: (907) 465-2668 TDD: (907) 465-2225Email: Director@health.state.ak.us
Arizona
Department of Health Services Behavioral Health 2122 E. Highland Phoenix, AZ 85016 Phone: (602) 381-8999 Fax: (602) 553-9140 Email:adelatr@hs.state.az.us
Arkansas
Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health 4313 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: (501) 686-9164 TTD: (501) 686-9176 Fax: (501) 686-9182
Colorado
Mental Health Services 3824 W. Princeton Circle Denver, CO 80236 Phone: (303) 866-7400 Fax: (303) 866-7428
District of Columbia
DC Commission on Mental Health Services Child Youth Services Administration 2700 Martin Luther King Avenue SE St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, L Bldg. Washington, DC 20032 Phone: (202) 373-7225
Florida
Children’s Medical Services (CMS)
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 1311 Winewood Boulevard Building 5, Room 215 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone: (904) 488-4257
Georgia
Department of Human Resources 2 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 22-205
Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 657-2260 Email: xwiggins@dmh.dhr.state.ga.us
Hawaii
Department of Human Services 1000 Bishop Street, No. 615 Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 548-4769
Idaho
Department of Health and Welfare 450 W. State Street Boise, ID 83720-0036 Phone: (208) 334-5500
Illinois
Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
402 Stratten Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: (217) 782-7395
Indiana
Division of Mental Health Family and Social Services Administration 402 W. Washington W353 Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 232-7841 TDD: (317) 232-7844 Fax: (317) 233-3472
Iowa
Hoover Building, 5th Floor Des Moines, IN 50310 Phone: (515) 278-2502
Kansas
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Programs 506 N. State Office Building Topeka, KS 66612 Phone: (913) 296-1808
Kentucky
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services 100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4th Flr.
Frankfort, KY 40621 Phone: (502) 564-7610
Louisiana
Department of Health and Human Resources
PO Box 4049 655 N. 5th Street Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Phone: (504) 342-2548
Maine
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
State House Station 40 Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 287-4200 or (888) 568-1112 FREE
(Crisis number) TTY: 207-287-2000 Fax: 207-287-4268
Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 W. Preston Street O’Connor Building, 4th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-6860 TDD: (800) 735-2258 FREE
Massachusetts
25 Staniford Street Boston, MA 02214
Phone: (617) 727-5600 Fax: (617) 727-4350
Minnesota
Children’s Mental Health
c/o Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: (651) 297-5242
Minnesota Children with Special Health Needs
717 Delaware Street SE PO Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9441
Phone: (612) 676-5150 or (800) 728-5420 FREE
Fax: (612) 676-5442
Email: mcshn@kids.health.state.mn.us
Mississippi
Department of Mental Health
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
239 N. Lamar Street Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-1288
Fax: (601) 359-6295
Missouri
Children’s Mental Health
c/o Department of Mental Health
1706 East Elm Street
PO Box 687 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3070 or (800) 364-9687 FREE
Email: dmhmail@mail.state.mo.us
Montana
Department of Public Health and Social Services
PO Box 4210 111 Sanders, Room 202 Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444-2995
Nebraska
Nebraska Health and Human Services Office
of
Community Mental Health
PO Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509
Email:” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>www.hhs.state.ne.us”>hhsinfo@www.hhs.state.ne.us
Nevada
Department of Human Resources
State Capitol Complex
505 E. King Street Carson City, NV 98710
Phone: (702) 687-4440
New Hampshire
Division of Mental Health
c/o
Department of Health and Human Services
State Office Park South 105 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-5065
New Jersey
“Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs”
New Jersey Department of Health
and
Senior Services
PO Box 364 Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 984-0755
New Mexico
Human Services Department
1190 S. St. Francis Drive
P.O. Box 2348 Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone: (505) 827-7750 or
(800) 432-6217 FREE TDD:
(800) 609-4TDD Email: marty.eckert@state.nm.us
New York
New York State Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue Albany, NY 12229
Phone: (518) 474-6540 Fax: (518) 473-3456
North Carolina
Division of Mental Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Albemarle Building
325 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 733-7011 Fax: 919-733-9455
North Dakota
Department of Human Services
State Capitol Building 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Dept 325
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-2310
or
(800) 472-2622 FREE TTY: (800) 366-6888
Fax: (701) 328-2359 Email: sosteh@state.nd.us
Ohio
State Office Tower 30 E. Broad Street,
8th Floor Columbus, OH 43266-0414
Phone: (614) 466-1483
Email: helpdesk@mhmail.mh.state.oh.us
Oklahoma
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
1200 NE 13th Street
PO Box 53277 Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3277
Phone: (405) 522-3908 or
(800) 522-9054 FREE (Hotline)
Oregon
Office of Mental Health Services
Department of Human Resources 2575 Bittern Street NE
Salem, OR 97309-0740
Phone: (503) 975-9700 Fax: (503) 373-7327
Pennsylvania
Special Kids Network Department of Health PO Box 90 Harrisburg, PA 17108
Phone: (800) 986-4550 FREE
Rhode Island
Department of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals
Aime J. Forand Building
600 New London Avenue Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 464-3291
South Carolina
Department of Mental Health
2414 Bull Street, Room 304
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803) 898-8581 Email: scdmh@yahoo.com
South Dakota
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Department of Human Services Hillsview
Plaza, E. Hwy 34 c/o 500 East Capitol Pierre,
SD 57501-5070
Phone: (605) 733-3438
Email:infodd@dhs.state.sd.us
Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
3rd Floor, Cordell Hull Building 425
Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 532-6500
Texas
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
909 West 45th Street
PO Box 12668 Austin, TX 78711
Phone: (512) 454-3761
Utah
State Division of Mental Health
Department of Human Services
120 N. 200 W., Room 415 Salt Lake City, UT 84145
Phone: (801) 538-4270
Vermont
Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services
103 S. Main Street Weeks Building
Waterbury, VT 05671-1601
Phone: (802) 241-2609
Virginia
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services
PO Box 1797 Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: (804) 786-3921 or (800) 451-5544 FREE TDD:
(804) 371-8977 Fax (804) 371-6638
Washington
Mental Health Division
Health and Rehabilitative Services Administration
PO Box 1788, OB-42C Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: (800) 446-0259 FREE
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Capitol Complex Bldg. 3 Room 206
Charleston, WV 25305 Phone: (304) 348-0627
Wisconsin
Bureau of Community Mental Health
Department of Health and Family Services
1 W. Wilson Street, Room 433 PO Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 261-6746 Fax: (608) 261-6748
Canada
British Columbia
British Columbia Ministry of Health
Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Phone: (250) 952-1742 or (800) 465-4911 FREE
Manitoba
Manitoba Health
Legislative Building Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8
Phone: (204) 786-7111 or (877) 218-0102 FREE
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Health and Community Services
PO Box 5100 Fredericton, NB E3B 5G8
Phone: (506) 453-2536 Fax: (506) 444-4697
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland Department of Health and Community Services
Division of Family and Rehabilitative Services
Confederation Building,
West Block PO Box 8700 St. John’s, NF A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-5153 Fax: (709) 729-0583
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Department of Health
PO Box 488
Halifax:, NS B3J 2R8
Phone: (902) 424-5886 or (800) 565-3611 FREE
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island Health and Social Services
Second Floor, Jones Building 11 Kent Street PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Phone: (902) 368-4900 Fax: (902) 368-4969
Quebec
Quebec Ministére de la Santé et Services Sociaux
1075 Chemin Sainte-Foy, R.C. Québec, QC G1S 2M1
Phone: (418) 643-3380 or (800) 707-3380 FREE
Fax: (418) 644-4574
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health
T.C. Douglas Building
3475 Albert Street Regina, SK S4S 6X6
Phone: (306) 787-3475
Fax: (306) 787-3761
“United Kingdom”
People in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
will generally need to be referred to a specialist
at a clinic or hospital by their general practitioner.
The National Health Service Confederation
This site lists all local NHS authorities and boards,
as well as specific sites for healthcare (including mental health services).
Ireland
Dr. Steevens Hospital Dublin 8
Phone: 1800 520 520
Midland Health Board, Arden Road
Tullamore, County Offaly (0506) 21868
Kells, County Meath (046) 40341
North Western Health Board
Manorhamilton, County Leitrim
Phone: (072) 55123 Fax: (072) 20431
Wilton Road County Cork
Phone: (021) 545011 Fax: (021) 545748
Western Health Board
Merlin Park Regional Hospital Galway
Phone: (091) 757631
Fax: (091) 770203
Australia
Australian Capitol Territory
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
Child Health and Development Service
Weingarth Street at Blackwood Terrace Holder, ACT 2611
Phone: (02) 6205-1277
New South Wales
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
1 Oxford Street Darlinghurst, NSW
Phone: (02) 9263-3555 or (800) 048-998
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Health Services
PO Box 40596
Casuarina, NT 0811
Phone: (08) 8999-2400 Fax: (08) 8999-2700
Queensland
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
340 Adelaide Brisbane, Queensland
Phone: (07) 3360-2555
South Australia
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
55 Currie Street Adelaide, SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8237-6111 Fax: (08) 8237-8000
Tasmania
Commonwealth Department of Health and Community Services
Child and Family Services
4 Farley Street Glenorchy, Tasmania
Phone: (03) 6233-2921
Victoria
“Department of Health and Family Services”
Disability Programs Casselden Place
2 Lonsdale Street GPO Box 9848
Melbourne, Victoria 3001 (03) 9285-8888
Western Australia
Department of Health and Family Services
Central Park, 12th Floor 152 St. George Terrace Perth, WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9346-5111 or (800) 198-008
Fax: (08) 9346-5222
New Zealand
New Zealand Ministry of Health
133 Molesworth Street PO Box 5013 Wellington, NZ
Phone: (04) 496-2000 Fax: (04) 496-2340
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