May is National Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental health is often ignored so often mental illness and disorders go undiagnosed and untreated. The following blogs have information on mental health issues. A couple have posts specifically for National Mental Health Awareness Month 2008.

Here are some blogs that have mental health related posts:

One is Jan’s Group Home Support blog, which provides resources and support for group home support staff and group home managers:

• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
• Mental Health

Jan’s Ideas is a blog about an internet entrepreneurs journey:

• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Internet Addictions

This blog is Bob Schmuck's and he helps new internet entrepreneurs earn money on line:

• Adult ADD

Health Data Base

There is a small but growing data base, The Health Database. It has basic information on the following topics:

• Addictions
• Medication administration guidelines
• Abbreviations for medications
• Mental health

The mental health section includes information about mental illness, insurance, and anxiety disorders.

A database provides brief and introductory information on a variety of topics and links to related information.

The Selective Mutism Site

The anxiety disorder, Selective Mutism, (previously known as elective mutism) is a social anxiety disorder in which someone who can normally speak is unable to speak in certain situations. A person with this disorder may be mistakenly taken for being extremely shy.

In 1934, this disorder was first described. It wasn't until 1990 that Dr. Bruce Black from the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland held the first research program.

On The Selective Mutism Site there is information about the causes of selective mutism, the symptoms, how selective mutism is treated, and some commonly asked questions.

The site is simple and easy to read. It is a good introduction to the anxiety disorder, selective mutism.