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It's important for you to know if a website is trustworthy or not. Thus there is an accreditation process for it. Health information sites are accredited by the good people at Health On the Net. To be accredited a site has to live up to their Code of Conduct. If a site bears the seal of HON accreditation, then you can trust the information presented there. If it doesn't, it may still be a trustworthy site. Just look at HON's Code of Conduct and see if the site respects most of the principles listed there. The Internet is full of anonymous fearmongers who have nothing better to do than make you distrust a medication or therapy that could very well work for you just because it didn't work for them. Many of the sites listed here bear the HON seal of approval, many don't because they are made up of anecdotal evidence, don't want to disclose their financial information or just don't want to bother. But they still are full of valuable information. Even if a site doesn't bother with HON accreditation, there are a few things you need to check to know your sources:
Where does there information come from? You can check my references on most of my pages (I'm getting there) as well as my bibliography in general.
Who are the people publishing the site? You know who I am.
What is their agenda? Are they selling you a product or service? Are they just spreading fear and hysteria to justify their own fear and hysteria? Are they fronts for the pharmaceutical companies? My agenda is complicated. This whole thing started as personal research for me and Mouse. Then it became an article for the now defunct Poppin' Zits!. I want people to understand how meds and therapy and being mentally interesting all work together so it's not such a goddamn struggle just to make it through each day. So it's part missionary work, part getting off on being a freaking know-it-all and along the way I found out I can actually make a living at doing this.
And that last point raises the big issue - where does the money come from? You can see all mine laid out. At least when I have my act together to keep it updated. In short, I get my money from Google ad revenue and donations. Selling stuff hasn't made me that much. But I've always sucked at retail. If you see ads and/or donation methods on a site it's pretty clear that's how they're funded. Otherwise you have to ask if it's not clearly laid out somewhere.
Hey, the good people at HON have made it even easier to find valid health information. They now offer a browser plugin that automatically checks accreditation. For instance you would see that crazymeds is still just an applicant and not fully accredited. It also searches their database of sites. Check it out. It works with the Alexa toolbar, offered at the end of these listings.
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Take care of yourself, and keep taking your crazy meds!
But I have grouped the sites onto their own pages for better legibility. Please, if you know of any sites with quality information for the mentally interesting send me an e-mail to jerod23 at gmail dot com and I'll check them out. Even if you're starting your own let me know. There's no guarantee I'll list it, but you never know. English language is not a requirement. All I ask is that you don't have to register first to look at the site.
Created Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Last updated Monday, May 24, 2010
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