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. Medicine .
• DrugBank Online -- "Search our knowledge base for drug interactions, pharmacology, chemical structures, targets, metabolism, & more."• Complementary & Alternative Medicine for Mental Health (PDF)

. Herbal .
• Potential Herb-Drug Interactions for Commonly Used Herbs (PDF)

• Herbal Medicines Interactions (PDF)

(Documenting your data may assist you in forming good habits or breaking bad ones.)

Cara Care -- Track your gastrointestinal issues, food intolerances, food allergies, stools, stress levels, migraines & more.eMoods Wellness Tracker -- Track your health & self-care habits, social stimulation, supplements, mood, & more.eMoods Bipolar Mood Tracker -- Track your mood, sleep, psychotic symptoms, mentrual cycle, & more.

. Excercises / Worksheets .
• 100 Art Therapy Exercises• CBT: Thinking Errors• CBT Worksheets (Free)• DBT Core Skills• DBT Worksheets (Free)• The Wellness Society (Free Tools)

. Habits / Lifestyle .
• How to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve for Better Mental Health (PDF)• Hydrotherapy for Depression and Anxiety• Lighting Psychology 101: How Lighting Affects Mood and Perception• Sleep Hygiene (PNG) -- Sleep quality impacts physical & mental health.• What Is Neuroplasticity? (+14 Tools)

. Healing .
• 15 Types of Therapy + How To Find The Best One For You• Types of Therapy (List)• Co-Narcissism: How We Accommodate to Narcissistic Parents (PDF)• Narcissistic Abuse: Signs, Effects & Treatments

• Healing the Eating Disordered Brain• The Relation Between Empathy and Insight in Psychiatric Disorders


. Recognize and Prevent Abuse .
• Preventing, Recognizing, and Reporting Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation (PDF)• Narcissistic Abuse Resources• The Glossary of Narcissistic Relationships (YouTube Playlist) -- By Dr. Ramani.• Cults: A Psychological Perspective (PDF)

• Genetic Mental Map (JPG) -- Taken from 'The hidden links between mental disorders'.• The hidden links between mental disorders (PDF) -- "If you have one disorder, you’re much more likely to have another."

. Anxiety & Stress .
• 17 Common Anxiety Triggers & How to Cope With Them• Fight, Flight, or Freeze: What is the Stress Response For?• What are Anxiety Disorders?

. Autism .
• Autism Resources• Neurodivergent Lou (Instagram)• The Autastic Community• Alexithymia & Autism Guide• Alexithymia Forum & Questionnarie

. Bipolar Disorder .
• Bipolar Disorder Information Guide (PDF) -- Types, symptoms, causes, possible treatments, what to expect during a recovery from an episode, & more.• Bipolar UK Mood Scale (JPG) -- Know the intensity of your BD symptoms from a scale of 0 to 10.• What is Bipolar Disorder? (YouTube TED Ed Video)• Bipolar & Communication Disadvantage

• The forgotten affective route of social cognition in patients with bipolar disorders• Comorbid bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder -- "OCD is more commonly observed in patients with Type II BD, among whom the prevalence of OCD has been reported to be as high as 75%."• Curcumin (& its possible role in BD)


. Dissociative Disorders .• In-Depth: Understanding Dissociative Disorders

. Eating Disorders .
• Healing the Eating Disordered Brain

• Effectiveness of DBT in the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder• The Relationship Between Eating Disorders and OCD

. OCD .
• OCD in Children• OCD Subtypes• Lesser Known Signs of OCD• Understanding CBT for OCD

• Disgust in Anxiety & OCD• What is the relationship between fear of self, self-ambivalence, and obsessive–compulsive symptomatology?• The Neuronal Glutamate Transporter EAAT3 in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Mini-Review)


. Personality Disorders .
• Personality Disorders: A Guide to the 10 Different Types• What Psychiatrists Need to Know About CBT for Personality Disorders

BPD
• Borderline Personality Disorder Videos By Topic• DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder

• The Role of Trauma in Early Onset Borderline Personality Disorder

NPD
• Creating Hostility and Conflict: Effects of Entitlement and Self-Image Goals

• Why Are Narcissistic People Prone to Depression?• Social media fuels narcissists’ worst desires, making reasoned debate near impossible

OCPD
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) Treatment• Perfectionism’s Dark Side: A Big Barrier to Success

. PTSD .
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder• Hypervigilance in PSTD and Other Disorders• Understanding and Healing Trauma (Free Short eBook)• C-PTSD vs PTSD

. Schizophrenia .
• Types of Schizophrenia (DSM-4 V.S. DSM-5)

. Overlap / Differentiation .
• Anxiety and/or Depression• ADHD and/or ODD• Autism and/or ADHD• Autism and/or OCD• Autism and/or Schizoid PD• Avoidant PD and/or Autism• Avoidant PD vs Social Anxiety• Bipolar and/or ADHD• Bipolar and/or Autism• Bipolar and/or OCD• Bipolar and/or Schizophrenia• Borderline PD and/or Autism• Borderline PD and/or Bipolar• Borderline PD and/or OCD• C-PTSD vs Borderline PD• C-PTSD vs PTSD• Narcissist PD vs Antisocial PD/Sociopathy• OCD vs Obsessive-Compulsive PD• Schizophrenia vs Dissociative Identity Disorder• Schizophrenia vs Schizotypal PD

• The Impact of Mental Health Misdiagnosis

• Multiple Comorbidities of 21 Psychological Disorders...

. Microbiome: .
• Gut microbiome & mental health• Guide to probiotics for mental health• Low Histamine Probiotics List

. Diet: .
• Autism & Special Diets• Bipolar & Diet• MIND Diet -- To prevent brain damage/inflammation and diseases like Alzheimer.• REID Diet -- Emphasized in the removal of excitatory and inflammatory food sources. (Might help managing OCD symptoms.)

. Deficiencies: .
• 7 Important Nutrients Depleted by Psychiatric Drugs• 10 Signs of a Protein Deficiency + How to Fix • An Overview of Vitamin Deficiency• An Overview of Mineral Deficiency• Suffering from Depression, Anxiety, OCD or Bipolar Disorder? Check Your Vitamin Levels! By Dr. Stu Leeds -- Blood tests might help figuring out if mineral/vitamin deficiencies are the underlying cause of certain mental health issues.

. Sensitivities/Digestive Issues: .
• Food allergy or intolerance?

Candida Overgrowth:
• The Candida Diet

Glutamate:
• Effects of Glutamate Sensitivity and Hidden Ingredients on Health

Histamine & DAO deficiency:
• DAO Deficiency And Histamine: The Unlikely Connection -- It may be hard for doctors to identify a histamine intolerance because of the wide range of symptoms and how they can be confused easily with other conditions.
1. Did you know that if you're intolerant to histamine, then taking probiotics can be harmful? Fortunately, there are low histamine probiotics.
2. Did you know the DAO gene is also involved in the metabolism of glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter found to be elevated in those with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?• Diagnosis of DAO deficiency -- Syndromes and diseases associated with DAO deficiency: migraine, gastrointestinal disorders, IBS, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, ADHD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, generalized muscle pain, & more.

Leaky Gut:
• Leaky Gut Syndrome• Leaky gut, leaky brain: the role of zonulin• Zonulin – a serum marker as proof of leaky gut (PDF)

Lectins:
• Lectins, Low Lectin Foods, and the Mast Cell Connection – for those with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome or Histamine Intolerance

Mast Cell Activation:
• Autism & Mast Cells -- Overactive mast cells may increase the risk of mast cell disorders, including mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). This may result in chronic and widespread symptoms and health issues, including hives, itching, eczema, skin issues, headaches, migraines, fatigue, nervous system symptoms, digestive issues, and bladder problems.• How to Do a Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Diet

Oxalate:
• Are High Oxalate Levels Harming Your Health?• Is Oxalate Destroying Your Gut? Dysbiosis, Candida & Leaky Gut (YouTube Video)

Salicylates:
• Salicylate Intolerance and Mold Illness -- Less frequent than the other intolerances mentioned, but it usually has to do with mold.

• Boost neuroplasticity"[...] Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to form new connections and pathways and change how its circuits are wired; neurogenesis is the even more amazing ability of the brain to grow new neurons" (Bergland, 2017).• Increase neurogenesis naturally• Listening to Favorite Music Improves Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Performance in Alzheimer’s Patients

• Synaptic plasticity and mental health• Neuroplasticity Improves Bipolar Disorder: A Review• Nootropics data-analysis by Troof• Cognitive Therapy & Research ($)

• Chromosome Map of Disorders and Processes -- "An interactive chromosome map of the genes and loci associated with cognitive processes and disorders" by DNA Learning Center.


. GSK3-β Enzyme: .
• Beginner's guide to GSK3-β -- I've been experimenting with different GSK3-β inhibitors and the results have been surprising. (Please don't experiment without your doctor's supervision, some GSK3-β inhibitors interact with psychiatric medicines, for example, quercetin and Seroquel.)• Reasons to avoid RESVERATROL (YouTube Video) -- Reasons why I don't experiment with resveratrol (through supplementation), even if it's listed as a GSK3-β inhibitor. (I do eat grapes though.)

• GSK3-β alters anxiety-, depression-, and addiction-related behaviors and neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens shell• Lithium and GSK3-β Promoter Gene Variants Influence White Matter Microstructure in Bipolar Disorder

. DAOA: .
• Variation at the DAOA/G30 Locus Influences Susceptibility to Major Mood Episodes but Not Psychosis in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder• Genetic Variations of DAOA (rs947267 and rs3918342) and COMT Genes (rs165599 and rs4680) in Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder