Understanding BPD
A free, self-paced course on borderline personality disorder: symptoms, course, treatment, and recovery, written in plain language for patients, families, and clinicians alike.
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Mood Disorders with Dr. Jim Phelps
A free, guided course through Dr. Jim Phelps's videos on complex depression, mixed states, and the bipolar spectrum, organized into six modules with no cost and no signup.
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Practical, plain-language guides on sleep, mood, and coping skills, no medication background needed.
Sleep Control for Mood Disorders
A step-by-step guide to using regular sleep, morning light, and evening darkness as mood stabilizers, with dawn simulators, light therapy, and dark therapy explained, plus vetted product picks. Adapted from Jim Phelps, MD.
Read the guideBehavioral Activation
Act first, feel better later: the evidence-based depression skill of using small, planned actions to change mood. Part 1 teaches the ideas and the mindset shift; Part 2 walks through the steps.
Read the guideRadical Acceptance
The DBT skill of ending the war with reality. Not approval, not giving up: a practical way to stop adding suffering on top of pain, taught in four moves you can use anywhere.
Read the guideUnderstanding Intrusive Thoughts in OCD
Horrific unwanted thoughts, the loneliest OCD symptom. Why they happen, why they are not a warning about who you are, why fighting them backfires, and what actually helps.
Read the guideInsomnia Basics
How sleep breaks, and how to fix it: the gas-and-brake model of insomnia, why trying harder backfires, and the three CBT-I tools that beat sleeping pills in trials.
Read the guideADHD: The Top 10 Tools
A psychiatrist's short list of the ADHD tools that are practical, easy to implement, and make a big difference: the one-calendar-one-task-list method, Pomodoro, the distraction log, landing stations, and more.
Read the guideAVRT: The Addictive Voice
Learn to hear the part of your mind that argues for using as a voice that is not you. The Beast, the Big Plan, why the voice can't move your muscles, and the safety notes that matter.
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Lithium: the full guide
The complete clinician guide to lithium, free from the paywalled library: dosing, monitoring, the therapeutic window, drug interactions, toxicity, and the salt-and-hydration rules that matter most.
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Print-ready patient handouts
Three free samples from the patient-handout library — two-page, plain-language PDFs to hand to a patient and talk through together. See the full library →
Lithium
What it's for, how to take it, blood tests and hydration, warning signs, and the interactions to watch — for patients starting or taking lithium.
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A plain-language handout for the most-prescribed SSRI — what to expect in the first weeks, side effects, missed doses, and when to call.
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The MAOI handout — including the tyramine food rules, the medicines to avoid, and the safety points patients most need spelled out clearly.
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