For Patients:

Affordable Medications

Generic Medications

GoodRx.com - Even if you have good prescription coverage, paying cash for your generic medication can be cheaper than the co-pay when using your insurance. GoodRx is a pharmacy-price aggregator (or metasearch engine) that shows you which pharmacies near you sell your medication for the cheapest price, provided you print out the site's coupon. The prices change constantly, so you should consult this site prior to each refill.  Their smartphone app is equally good.  Caveat: Costco is not included in this search engine, so be sure to contact them separately.  

Brand-Name Medications

Patient Assistance Programs - These are programs created by pharmaceutical companies to provide free or discounted medications to patients who are unable to afford them.  Each pharmaceutical company creates its own program with its own qualifying criteria to receive free medication:
RxAssist.org
NeedyMeds.org

Affordable labwork

GrassRootsLabs.com - Affordable clinical laboratory testing.  Purchase your labs here, then visit one of their centers for blood draw. 

Free Psychiatric Care

If you don't have mental health coverage through a medical insurance policy, then you can obtain psychiatric services for free from the "Community Mental Health Center" of the county you live in.  (You'll need a drivers license or utility statement to prove that you reside within that county.)  

Mental Health Resources,
Southeast Michigan

Here is an online directory for  Mental Health Resources (including support groups) for the counties in Southeast Michigan.  (Courtesy of the Michigan Mental Health Networker).  

Drug Shortage Alerts

Current Drug Shortages - The FDA maintains an up-to-date website regarding all shortages of generic medications, and predictions as to when the shortage will be resolved. 

Find a Therapy Group

PsychologyToday.com

Find a Support Group

Anxiety & Depression Association of America

National Alliance of the Mentally Ill

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Mental Illness Advocacy 

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a nationwide organization with local chapters that provides education, resources, support, and advocacy for people and their families impacted by mental illness.

Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback (NF) -  Neurofeedback (short for "Neuro-biofeedback") is a non-medication treatment for ADD/ADHD and brain optimization.
Abstracts on NF:

Navigate the Mental Health System

Our mental health system can feel like a bewildering maze.

This book helps you navigate it more effectively.

Help Someone with Poor Insight

If you have a loved one who refuses to get help, this book guides you on how to get through to them.

The Science of Happiness

From the teacher of Harvard University's most popular & life-changing course.  Based on scholarly research.

Happiness in Relationships

How childhood affects our adult partnerships
Every parent should read this!

How to raise happy, psychologically well-adjusted children.

For Clinicians:

Integrative Psychiatry 

This is the latest textbook from American Psychiatric Association (APA) Publishing.   

Probiotics

Summary of the evidence from the  Alliance for Education on Probiotics.  Or download their smartphone app  "Probiotic Guide" which is more user-friendly.

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov  - A service of the National Institute of Health (NIH)
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
Psychedelic Clinical Trials Database - Psychedelic clinical trials by location

Drug-Drug Interactions

Drugs.com 
Epocrates.com

Medical Article Search Engines

PubMed -  Free search engine to access the abstracts (i.e. the summary) of research articles on health topics.  Maintained by the National Institute of Health's "National Library of Medicine" (NLM).  Journals must meet PubMed's scientific standards to be indexed.  To get the full article, you might need to pay.  
PubMed Central - Same as the search engine above, but includes only those articles which you can download for FREE. 
Integrative Medicine (CAM) subset of PubMed
Dietary Supplements subset of PubMed

Medline-Indexed Journals on Complementary Therapies


Time Gap from Research Discovery to Implementation

Research discoveries in Medicine take 15 - 20 years to be implemented into clinical practice.  Why is there such a delay? The scientific area that studies this question, and seeks to fix it, is the Science of "Dissemination and Implementation", or "D&I".  
Book on D&I

Organization dedicated to D&I in Healthcare

Integrative Medicine

National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health (NCCIH) - One of the 27 institutes within the National Institute of Health (NIH) charged with researching non-medication treatments

Herbals

The American Botanical Council (ABC) is an independent, nonprofit research & education organization dedicated to providing accurate and reliable information on herbs to consumers, healthcare practitioners, and other groups.

Statistics on Mental Illness, US

National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH)

Statistics on Patients' Use of CAM

The most comprehensive information on the use of complementary health approaches in the United States comes from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).  The most recent survey was conducted in 2012, and the results were published in 2015.  
Summary of Report

Full Report (pdf, 16 pages)


​Evidence-Based Medicine

Cochrane Collaboration --  This group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization comprised of 31,000 volunteers worldwide. The group is dedicated to organizing and summarizing medical research information in a convenient way (e.g. by providing summaries) to assist clinicians in medical decision-making.  Specifically, the group reviews randomized controlled trials, and conducts meta-analyses, which are then published in the "Cochrane Library".

Online CMEs/CEs

American Psychiatric Association -  
Hint: Under "Topics" select "Integrative Medicine (CAM)".