Where to Begin

Begin With Direction
Research the various forms of alternative medicine, and locate the health care provider of your choice:

Safe Harbor: [Find an Alternative Mental Health Practitioner] 

Recovery/Peer Support

Spend some time on the ‘Recovery’ section of this site.  Read the stories of others who have been successful. 

Safe Harbor offers an online [Support Group Listserv].

You may want to consider joining a recovery group for personal interaction and support.  Find out more at [Recovery, Inc].
Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation has put together a [Repository of Recovery Resources] which may be helpful as well.
Research
Visit [Safe Harbor] - the world’s largest site for alternative mental health resources. 

Andrew Saul, PhD is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine.  His website has information on nutrition for “mental illness”.  He draws his work from research articles by the great ones in Orthomolecular Medicine. 

He writes in an easy-to-understand language.  He is positive and reassuring, with a great deal of confidence in his work.  Simply type a medical condition in the Google search engine - for example, ‘anxiety’, ‘depression’, ‘bipolar’, or ’schizophrenia’, and read the articles referenced back to his site, [Doctor Yourself]. 

Another good place to find out more about clinical research in the area of nutrition and integrative medicine is [Vitasearch].  Use the same method mentioned above.

To learn more about dietary supplements and herbs - including possible drug interactions and side effects, visit the [American Nutraceutical Association].  You can do research by medical indication as well.

 A good book to help you get started -

['Depression-Free Naturally - 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger from Your Life'] by Joan Matthews Larson, PhD.  Other books and reading material are referenced throughout this blog in posts, depending on your area of interest.

Read about the fascinating research being done by Bonnie Kaplan, PhD and others - through major academic institutions, including the University of Calgary at [Truehope]. 

There are additional links in the ‘Research’ sections of this blog.  More information can be found on these sites. 

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  • Use the ‘Search’ engine to find a specific topic, person, or piece of research. 
  • Posts are arranged by ‘Categories’ - with a toolbar for easy access.  Simply click on the title to open. 
  • The ‘Posts - Archives’ toolbar allows you to find posts chronologically. 

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