Online and Community Resources

Community Resources:

CARE Early Psychosis Program: Provides early assessment and treatment for people experiencing a first psychotic episode.

Family Health Centers of San Diego: Provides affordable, high-quality health care and support services to all people, with a special commitment to the uninsured, low-income and medically underserved.

Kickstart: A diverse clinical team specially trained to educate the community, treat youth and assist families in preventing psychosis. Kickstart is a Prevention and Early Intervention program funded through San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency and the Mental Health Services Act.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of San Diego: The San Diego chapter of the national DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance). A peer-facilitated support group of people who support one another on the road to wellness.

Online Resources

Accelerating Medicines Partnership - Schizophrenia

A public-private partnership launched to address the critical need for more effective treatments for people with schizophrenia and related mental health conditions.

Partners for StrongMinds

Nonprofit movement transforming the way that psychosis is detected, treated and understood in the United States.

North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study
NAPLS is a consortium of clinical research programs dedicated to the early detection and prevention of psychotic disorders and other forms of serious mental illness.

RAISE Early Treatment Program
A research study that compared two different ways of providing treatment for people experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia and related illnesses. Both types of treatment emphasized a comprehensive initial evaluation at the earliest point after symptoms appear.

Schizophrenia.com
A non-profit community providing in-depth information, support and education related to schizophrenia, a disorder of the brain.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), California
NAMI California is a grassroots organization of families and individuals whose lives have been affected by serious mental illness. NAMI California is the leading organization of individuals working with mutual respect to provide help, hope and health for those affected by serious mental illness.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
NIMH: What is Schizophrenia?
NIMH: What is Bipolar Disorder?

2-1-1 San Diego
2-1-1 San Diego’s mission is to help people by connecting them efficiently to the service delivery system, and by providing vital trend information for community planning.

Mental Health Resources Guide for Students by OnlineColleges.net
A resource guide is meant to provide college students and young people with quality information on maintaining good mental health and identifying mental health issues.

Union Tribune Resource Links:
Mental illness resources such as websites, movies, and recommended literature provided by the San Diego Union Tribune.

National Public Radio: Study Suggests Talk Therapy Eases Symptoms Of Schizophrenia
Oct. 20, 2015, NPR’s Ari Shapiro interviews Nina R. Schooler, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at SUNY Downstate, about the study she co-authored regarding early treatment of schizophrenia

New York Times: New Approach Advised to Treat Schizophrenia
Oct. 20, 2015, “schizophrenia patients who received smaller doses of antipsychotic medication and a bigger emphasis on one-on-one talk therapy and family support made greater strides in recovery over the first two years of treatment than patients who got the usual drug-focused care”.

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