Helpful links
The following links provide addiction education websites. The list mixes government, not-for-profit and private entity resources specializing in addiction and treatment research.
American Society of Addiction Medicine - A professional society representing thousands of physicians and other professionals who conduct addiction research to educate both the medical profession and the public.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment features addiction research, clinical experimentation and development within the fields of psychology, psychiatry and neurology.
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-substance-abuse-treatment/
National Institute on Drug Abuse studies substance abuse across national demographics and researches the influences of the disease of addiction on the brain.
Center for Substance Abuse Research is the University of Maryland at College Park's online database of scientific and statistical research to advance the field of addiction studies for policy makers and the public.
Genetic Science Learning Center, of the University of Utah Health Sciences, applies the study of genetics and biology to public health issues. Their website explains the science of addiction to non-experts.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/
National Alliance on Mental Illness, a grassroots advocacy organization, raises mental illness awareness, networks within the mental health industry and offers support groups to mental illness sufferers seeking help.
Integrated Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness specializes in dual diagnosis clinical research from the Foundations Recovery Network treatment center in Tennessee.
12 Step Programs offer support groups, networks of people with similar addiction experiences and provide a strong component for aftercare treatment. The site features online meetings and face-to-face meetings.
The site provides links for the following: AA, NA, GA, Overeaters Anonymous, Spenders Anonymous, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Codependency World Fellowship and Sexual Recovery Anonymous.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism specializes in research and raising awareness on the public health issues surrounding alcohol addiction.
American Psychological Association features publications across the mental health spectrum: addiction, mental illnesses, dual diagnosis and substance abuse.
National Institute of Mental Health provides research and publications on mental illnesses.
MedlinePlus database, of the U.S. National Library of Medicine NIH, provides the medical industry's latest research publications across a plethora of illnesses and diseases: drug abuse, dual diagnosis treatment, mental illness and substance abuse.