Psychiatric Conditions

Psychiatric Conditions / Behavior Genetics

(Depression, Affective Disorders, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Manic-Depression, Bipolar, Alcoholism, other)

National Institute Of Mental Health (NIMH)

6001 Executive Boulevard, Rm. 8184, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 U.S.A.
Phone: 301. 443.4513, Fax: 301.443.4279

Mental Illness conditions\ information for public (autism, bipolar, depression, schizophrenia, other)

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)

Meyer 3-181, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-7381
Phone: 410.955.4647 (Baltimore, MD) or 202.955.5800 (Washington, D.C.)
E-mail: drada@jhmi.edu

Web page: www.drada.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)

2101 Wilson Blvd, #302, Arlington VA 22201
Phone: 703.524.7600 or 800.950.6264

Schizophrenia Genetic Risks: A Guide to Genetic Counseling for Consumers, Their Families, and Mental Health Workers, Gottesman and Molden, 1999

Schizophrenia Resources

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA)

730 North Franklin, Suite 501, Chicago IL 60610-3526
Phone: 800.826.3632 or 312.642.0049

National Foundation for Depressive Illness, Inc.

P.O. Box 2257, New York, NY 20116.2257
Phone: 800.248.4344

National Mental Health Association (NMHA)

1021 Prince Street, Alexandria VA 22314
Phone: 703.684.7722 or 800.969.6642

National Mental Health Resource Center

American Psychiatric Association: 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005; Phone: 202.682.6000, Fax: 202.682.6114; E-mail: apa@psych.org

American Psychoanalytic Association: 309 East 49th Street, New York, New York 10017; Phone 212.752.0450; E-Mail: central.office@apsa.org; Fax: 212.593.0571, Fax-on-demand: 212.980.1831

Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA): 200-237 Argyle, Ottawa, ON K2P 1B8; Phone: 613.234.2815 or 1.800.267.1555, Fax: 613.234.9857

Alcoholism and Genetics

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Genetics Program , 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 16C-05; Rockville, MD 20857; Phone: 301.443-4223; E-mail: rk56v@nih.gov/; Website: www.niaaa.nih.gov/; Genetics of Alcoholism, Alcohol Alert

National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI): P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20852; Phone: 1.800.729.6686; Website: www.niaaa.nih.gov/

Also See:

National organizations with information on genetic conditions or birth defects - variety of resources
Bipolar Genetics Project, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
CyberPsych
Epidemiology - Genetics program in Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Genetics and Major Psychiatric Disorders: A Program for Genetic Counselors, National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics (NCHPEG), 2002
Genetic Research to Identify Genes Involved in Unipolar Depression, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT), searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
Internet Mental Health Encyclopedia of mental health information
Psychiatric Genetics, article series, Amer Jour Human Genetics, Sept 1999
Psychiatric Resources on the Internet
Psychiatric resources, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Psychology Genetics, Special Issue, edited by GS Fisch, Seminars in Medical Genetics, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Volume 97, Issue 2, 2000. Online ISSN: 1096-8628 Print ISSN: 0148-7299
Psychopharmacology - The Fourth Generation of Progress, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2000
- Basic Concepts and Techniques of Molecular Genetics, SH Barondes
- Genetics, RR Crowe, MD
- Ethical Issues in Genetic Screening and Testing, Gene Therapy, and Scientific Conduct, LS Parker and E Gettig
- Psychiatric Genetic Counseling, D Tsuang, SV Faraone, and MT Tsuang
Schizophrenia Genetic Risks A Guide to Genetic Counseling for Consumers, Families, and Mental Health Workers, II Gottesman, SJ Aston, and SO Moldin, (2nd Ed, 1999) National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) 1999, Understanding Schizophrenia (pdf file)
What is Schizophrenia?, Johns Hopkins University, organizations and resources

To locate a genetic counselor, or clinical geneticist in your area:

Revised Cannot perform flastmod(): Win32 Error Code = 87

This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information:
verify here.