The following is a helpful list of resources for many common mental and cognitive health issues, including detailed descriptions of various disorders, best treatment practices, and the latest research developments. You may also contact me for more information or with any questions and concerns you may have.

 

Psychotherapy Resources

How To Find the Right Therapist

How to Choose A Psychologist

Depression

Am I Depressed? A Quiz

What is the Best Way to Treat Depression

Anxiety Disorders

Treating Anxiety Disorders

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Mindfulness and Meditation

Mental Illness and Sleep Disorders

 

Cognitive (Neuropsychological) Assessment Resources

What is a Neuropsychologist?

Senior Care in Colorado

Healthy Aging Overview

• A Patient’s Guide to Healthy Aging (PDF) [from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Memory and Aging Center (MAC)]
• What is Brain Health? (NIA)
• Cognitive Health and Older Adults (NIA)
• How the Aging Brain Affects Thinking (NIA)
• Healthy Aging Program and The Healthy Brain Initiative (CDC)
• Learn about exercise and physical activity (NIA)
• Learn about the Mediterranean diet pyramid (UCSF, MAC)
• Learn about the MIND diet
• Learn about sleep (UCSF, MAC)
• Learn about sleep hygiene
• Learn about mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)

Noticing Memory Problems? What to do Next? (NIA)

• Memory Care in Colorado
• Denver Memory Care Facilities

What is Dementia?

• Family Caregiver Alliance
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Alzheimer’s Disease

• Alzheimer’s Association
• Alzheimer’s.gov
• Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (NIA)
• Familial Alzheimer’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease

• Parkinson’s Foundation
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
• Lewy Body Dementia (NIA)

 

Learn about Other Neurodegenerative Diseases and Disorders that can cause Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (UCSF, MAC):

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
• Corticobasal Syndrome
• Frontotemporal Dementia
• HIV-Related Cognitive Impairment
• Huntington’s Disease
• Lewy Body Dementias
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Posterior Cortical Atrophy
• Primary Progressive Aphasia
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
• Rapidly Progressive Dementias
• Vascular Dementia