Where to Go for Help
* UCLA’s Mood Disorders Program conducts research and provides treatment for a range of mood disorders. 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1544, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7057; (310) 794-9911); https://www.npi.ucla.edu/uclamdrp.
* National Alliance for Mental Illness provides support, advocacy, education and research on issues of mental illness. Colonial Place Three, 2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201; (703) 524-7600 or, for helpline, (800) 950-NAMI (6264); https://www.nami.org.
* Depression After Delivery provides support and information for women suffering from depression during or following pregnancy. It offers telephone support in most states, a newsletter and pen pals. 91 E. Somerset St., Rariton, NJ 08869; (908) 575-9121 or (800) 944-4PPD (leave name and address for information); https://www.depressionafterdelivery.com.
* Depressed Anonymous offers a 12-step program to help depressed people believe and hope they can feel better. It offers a newsletter, phone support, information and referrals, workshops, conferences and seminars, information packet ($5) and a newsletter. P.O. Box 174714, Louisville, KY 40217; (502) 459-6700; https://www.depressedanon.com.
* National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Assn. provides mutual support and information for people with depressive and manic-depressive illness and their families. It offers public education on the nature of depressive illnesses, annual conferences, chapter development guidelines and quarterly newsletter. 730 N. Franklin, No. 501, Chicago, IL 60610; (800) 826-3632 or (312) 642-0049; https://www.ndmda.org.https://
* Postpartum Support International seeks to increase the awareness of the emotional changes women often experience during pregnancy and after the birth of a baby. It offers information on diagnosis and treatment of postpartum depression and provides education, advocacy, annual conference, phone support, referrals, literature and newsletter. 927 N. Kellogg Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (805) 967-7636 (daytime); https://www.chss.iup.edu/postpartum.
* DRADA (Depression and Related Affective Disorders Assn.) aims to alleviate the suffering arising from depression and manic depression by assisting self-help groups, providing education and information and supporting research. It offers a newsletter, literature and phone support, plus Young People’s Outreach Project. Meyer 3-181, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287-7381; (410) 955-4647 or (202) 955-5800; https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/drada/
* Recovery, a mental health group, offers a self-help method of will training, a system for controlling temperamental behavior, and changing attitudes toward nervous symptoms, anxiety, depression, anger and fears. It also has a publication for members. 802 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610; (312) 337-5661; https://www.recovery-inc.com.
