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Useful Websites
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Psychosis diagnosis and treatment
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Rethink
British mental health program which includes early psychosis |
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Bipolar Disorder
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Schizophrenia
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Dr. Fred Frese
First person description/advice: Dr. Fred Frese is a well-known psychologist who lives with schizophrenia and speaks openly about how he copes. |
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Pat Deegan
Pat Deegan is another person with schizophrenia who has written lots of self-help materials and has a lot to teach. |
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Medicines
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Healthy Oregon
Links to pharmaceutical assistance, plus legislative updates on related issues |
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Self help for individual and families
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Mary Ellen Copeland
Mary Ellen Copeland’s site has a number of excellent articles on recovery. Her booklet, “Wellness Recovery Action Plan” is recommended. She also great resources for fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses. |
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Manual by Alice Medalia
Identifying and coping with cognitive symptoms (a manual written for New York state by neuropsychologist Alice Medalia) |
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Adolescents
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Pacer Center
National resources
Lots of good resource info for families. |
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Oregon laws and resources
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Financial
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DisabilityInfo
Guide to all disability-related programs offered by federal government. |
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Social Security Administration
Information about Social Security, Medicare, and disability benefits, call the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213. |
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Insurance advocacy for consumers
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Oregon Insurance Division
The Consumer Advocacy Unit of the Department of Consumer and Business Services at the Oregon Insurance Division offers great information and advocacy for people who are having difficulty with health insurance companies. They have a number of useful publications, and offer personal assistance and advice. You can reach them at 888-877-4894, or at 503-947-7984. |
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Advocacy in the health care system
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New Dream
Social justice
Making a difference
Re-thinking values |
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Tolerance
Social justice
Making a difference
Reducing bias |
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Illnesses Causing Psychosis
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Sleep deprivation
Psychosis should remit after the person sleeps
More info on sleep disorders. |
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Drug use
Psychosis usually goes away within 72 hours, although our experience with methamphetamine is that it may take longer |
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Demyelinating diseases
Demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Schilder’s disease, especially if they involve the temporal lobes. |
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Health information
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Nutrition
Federal government nutrition resources |
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Recovery/treatment
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Mental Health
Federal Knowledge Exchange Network (through Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
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Psychiatric Wellness
Mary Moller, psychiatric nurse, has many excellent resources on her website, including several handbooks and videos which are well worth owning |
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University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago Mental Health Services Research Program.
Provides a variety of free materials for download. See in particular “This is Your Life! Creating Your Self-Directed Life Plan”, an easy-to-use workbook that helps people with psychiatric disabilities think about, choose, plan for, and act on a life goal, with supports of their own choosing. The workbook has as its foundation both person-centered planning and the "stages of change" model. It guides people in mental health recovery to see that life change is a process, with natural twists and turns along the way. |
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School and work
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Active Minds
A peer support organization for college students with mental illness |
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York University
York University supported education web site has some interesting information. |
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National laws and legal rights
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Research
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All Topics Menu
Synopses, interviews & references on top scientific research related to schizophrenia |
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Additional professional resources
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Local services
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Oregon Link
Marion/Polk Counties
Salem area
Local resource directory |
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