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This
is a brief collection of the more useful resources for
people interested in self-help groups that we have found
on the internet. Many have links to Self-Help Network
of Kansas and most have excellent, comprehensive lists
of self-help resources.
Our
Partners:
• Kansas Health Foundation
• Kansas Health Institute
• Wichita State University
• Social Rehabilitation
Services
Other
Valuable Resources:
• Independent
Living Resource Center
• American
Psychological Association
• Society of Community Research and Action
• American
Public Health Association
• Kansas
Public Health Association
• Sedgwick
County Suicide Prevention Task Force
• Kansas Professional Grant-Writers'
Association is a valuable resource about funding sources
and tips for increasing the success of grant applications.
• A
Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Self-Help Mutual
Aid Groups is a very valuable article by Elaina M.
Kyrouz, Ph.D. and Keith Humphreys, Ph.D. Veterans Affairs
Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine,
Palo Alto, California.
• The Psych Web home page is a huge reference of psychology
related materials. Full-length on-line books, links to journals,
practice tests and about anything else you would want to
find concerning psychology, it will be on or be able to
be found from this page
• Psychology Self-Help Resources on the Internet which
contains links to non-commercial sites providing information
and help about specific disorders related to psychology.
In addition to this page, Psych Web maintains lists of brochures
and articles related to psychology (many of which are related
to self-help issues), commercial psychology-related sites
on the web, psychology journals on the web, other mega-lists
of psychology resources, and scholarly psychology resources
on the web.
• Community Psychology Net
is the web's most comprehensive site regarding the field
of community psychology. This page is meant to be a resource
for professionals, graduate and undergraduate students,
and others who are interested in learning more about the
field.
• The Mental Health Net
is the largest, most comprehensive guide to mental health
online, featuring over 6,000 individual resources. This
award-winning, fun & friendly site covers information
on disorders such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks,
chronic fatigue syndrome and substance abuse, to professional
resources in psychology, psychiatry and social work, journals
and self-help magazines. The WebPsych Partnership
and The Self-Help Sourcebook Online are both part of The
Mental Health Net and are described more fully below.
• The WebPsych Partnership
is an association of Web developers whose goal is to increase
the ease of finding useful and timely information on-line
for the average layperson as well as the professional. It
also ensures a high standard of quality for all Members'
participating sites. This homepage contains a huge list
of highly valuable and informative member sites.
• Self-Help Sourcebook Online The American Self-Help Clearinghouse
administers the Self-Help Sourcebook Online. This guide
has been developed to act as your starting point for exploring
real-life support groups and networks that are available
throughout the world and in your community. The organizations
listed in this directory can help you find and/or start
a support group in your community.
• Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's
Mental Health Page
This is a very well done page, considered to be a one-stop
index for psychology, support, mental health issues, resources,
and people on the Internet. An excellent collection of resources,
links to newsgroups, e-mailing lists, web pages and anything
else that relates to psychology and mental health.
• The
Infomedical Online page. It has a huge base of links
and online resources of medical information. There is professional
information and a wealth of other information including:
The
INFOMEDICAL Dictionary of Information for Patients
The INFOMEDICAL
Dictionary of Online Medical Resources
• Blue Skyways
is a shared information service for the Kansas library community.
It is intended to help Kansas libraries serve as vital information
utilities for their communities by:
• Hosting
resources of particular value to Kansas librarians and
their clients.
• Affording
easy access to library catalogs, Internet training tools
and other global information resources.
• Supporting
community networking ventures throughout Kansas.
• Promoting
partnerships and enhancing library networking developments
across Kansas.
• CLOUD: is the Community and Library Online Union Database.
The CLOUD database contains records describing social and
community service agencies in Kansas. Part of Blue Skyways
• The Information Network of Kansas supports a broad variety
of Kansas web pages and health related indexes, some of
them are of a pay-to-play variety though. Legislative, government,
education, health and many other related pages.
• Sunshine Online
is designed to offer the people of Kansas electronic access
to every level of their government. Through the use of original
information and multiple hyperlinks to other Web pages,
Sunshine Online will allow the user to find information
about various Kansas governmental entities in an easy-to-find,
one-stop method. Sunshine Online will cover all aspects
of the government community, including the State of Kansas,
counties, townships, cities, related government associations
and educational institutions.
• Project Light, an
interfaith volunteer caregiver project, assists Wichitans
living with serious mental illness, as well as homelessness.
Information
and Referral
• United Way
• American Self-Help
Clearinghouse
• Information Network of Kansas | 