Healthy Santa Cruz County - AD/HD

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Learning Disabilites: Organizations and Services
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about learning disabilities. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, learning disorders, local information

Library Resources

• Find Books: Disabilities
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about disabilities. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, books, books / videos, developmental disorders, disability, learning disorders

Recommended Websites

• Family Village
  Special Features: Broad coverage, particularly helpful for parents of children with disabilities. Practical information about hundreds of conditions and diseases. Easy to use, appealing graphics. From: University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, caregivers, children's health, developmental disorders, disability, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, household safety, learning disorders, parenting, recommended website, research, self-care tools, support
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  The National Alliance on Mental Illness Web site houses resources on a host of mental illnesses, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The site also provides information on treatments, support groups, and recovery from mental illness.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, addiction, bipolar , bulimia, depression, drugs, eating disorders, healthy lifestyle, medications, mental conditions / illnesses, mental health, recommended website, research, suicide
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  The NIMH site is a well-organized and comprehensive resource for information about mental health. In addition to news releases, a list of current clinical trials, and intramural research reports, the site offers separate sections for the public, health practitioners, and researchers.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, addiction, autism, bipolar , clinical trials, depression, eating disorders, mental conditions / illnesses, recommended website, research
• National Rehabilitation Information Center
  Features: Brochures; statistics; two monthly newsletters available on research topics; Ask-Me questions answered. From: NARIC.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, autism, bipolar , children's health, developmental disorders, disability, head injury, parenting, recommended website, research
• NICHCY - National Center for Children with Disabilities
  Special features: A-Z Topics; online research center; e-newsletter; posters, handouts and other publications for parents / educators. From: NICHCY.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, autism, developmental disorders, disability, epilepsy, head injury, learning disorders

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.