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With the emergence over the past thirty years or so of increasingly effective pharmacological agents, as well as the explosive growth of the brains sciences, there has become an increasing need to consider the relative importance of more "medical" and more "psychological" approaches to the handling of mental conditions. The links given below are relevant to discussions of this more general issue.
The Brain-Behavior Research Center
Psychiatric and Mental Health Website with Links to Articles
American Association of Neurosciences Nurses
FAQs About Neurological Disorders
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Library
Lithium: A Treatment for Manic Depression
Mood Disorders: Pharmacologic Prevention of Recurrences
Psychpharmacology: Drugs, Medicines and Treatment of Mental Illness
Psychologists Involved with Pharmacological Interventions, Survey Finds
APA Resource Document: Psychotherapy with Medical Evaluation and Management
Psychotherapy vs. Medication for Depression
Study Shows Psychotherapy as Effective as Drug Therapy for Atypical Depression
Treatment for Survivors of WWII
Combining Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
AACAP Adopts Policy Statement Affirming Psychotherapy's Role
What or Who is a Psychopharmacologist?
Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
Psychopharamacology and the Human Condition
Editorial: Future Directions for Psychopharmacology
The following are reviews written by students at Bryn Mawr College:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Depression at the Synaptic Level
Usage of Ritalin in Treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Melancholia The Role of Corollary Discharge in Schizophrenia
Depression: A Problem in an Aggregate of Atoms?
A Personal Experience of Learning About Bipolar Disorder
Brain-Behavior and Nature-Nurture: Two Interacting Scientific Debates
Psychotherapy Versus Pharmacotherapy: Is One Better than the Other?
A Comparison of Two Types of Treatment for Alcoholism
Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and the Types of Treatments
The "I" and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
St John's Wort: Treating Depression Naturally
Schizophrenia: Reality Distorted
Back to Mental Health Project.
These resources lists are being compiled by Christine Tubiak, working with Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, and James Martin, School of Social Work and Social Research, at Bryn Mawr College. Suggestions for additions to the list are welcome, as are more general thoughts about how to most effectively make available information, and promote conversation, about issues of mental health. Contact ctubiak@brynmawr.edu - pgrobste@brynmawr.edu - jmartin@brynmawr.edu.