Helpful Resources
Hotline 406.586.3333
The Help Center is a 24 hour Crisis Hotline and Referral Service, nationally accredited by Contact USA and the Alliance for Information and Referral Systems. The accept calls from a variety of clientele with issues ranging from suicidality, depression/anxiety to relationship/family problems. Their extensive database of resource information allows us to give appropriate referrals to inquirers on the hotline.
HelpGuide.org: Mental and Emotional Health
HelpGuide’s mission is to provide you and your family with mental health information you can trust with expert, ad-free resources.
Self Compassion, A Health Way of Relating to Yourself
This website provides information about self-compassion, and is intended for students, researchers, and the general public.
PsychologyTools was set up as a way to develop and share materials useful to psychological therapists. Most of the materials lean towards cognitive behavioral therapy, but materials from other therapeutic modalities are welcomed.
General Mental Health Resources
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Institute of Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and build a community for hope for all of those in need. It is also the foundation for state and local organizations like this one set up to raise awareness and provide essential and free education, advocacy and support group programs
Bozeman Cancer Support Community
Cancer Support Community Montana works to ensure all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action and sustained by community. To this goal, they offer many different opportunities for you to get involved through educational sessions, support groups, fun activities and more.
American Psychiatric Association: Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives
The Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives. blog is the American Psychiatric Association’s online resource for mental health issues.
Specialized Resources
Depression
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Books
Why Am I Still Depressed? by Jim Phelps
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study by George E. Vaillant .
Bipolar Disorder
Psych Education.org This site provides lots of information on mood disorders and anxiety problems.
Books
Bipolar for Dummies by Candida Fink
Bipolar Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder by Jim Phelps
Women's Mental Health
This web site provides information about
- MS & PMDD
- Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding & Psychiatric Medications
- Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders
- Fertility and Mental Health
- Menopausal Symptoms
Emory Women's Mental Health Program
This web site provides information about women's mental health "regarding safe and effective treatment of mental illness in women with an emphasis on pregnancy, the postpartum period and breast-feeding."
Anxiety
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Schizophrenia
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
Trauma
EMDR International Association
Books
In An Unspoken Voice-How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Aging
Robert Waldinger - What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness from TedTalks
Books
Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study by George E. Vaillant
Personality Disorders
Pain
Freedom from Pain-Discover Your Body’s Power to Overcome Physical Pain -Peter Levine and Maggie Phillips
Addiction
Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Your Health
For anyone who drinks, this site offers valuable, research-based information.
OCD
Mindfulness Workbook for OCD-A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -Jon Hershfield, Tom Corboy