http://www.nami.org/

While searching on google, I came across the above website about mental illnesses.  The website listed above is a website that deals with people with mental illnesses or people looking for information on mental illnesses.  It has good information on the website about all disorders ranging from bipolar disorder to stress related disorders.  NAMI is the National Alliance on mental illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families.  Founded in 1979,  NAMI  has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.  NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses.  In addition to the website, this organization includes a help-line, educational programs for family and patients, support groups, walks, action center, a monthly magazine, and more things to help aid those affected by mental illnesses.

The homepage of the site includes current news on what activities are happening for that month or week to inform the participating patients.  If you are a member, you can login, there are quick links to certain disorder or disorders in the news to inform you, and there are top stories, ways to find help, newsletters, surveys, and more.

The source of this product, or who produced it, is a organization dedicated to helping/ informing people affected by mental illnesses.  This product has been produced as a tool for the affected people to use when they need information on anything mental health related.  This product has strickly been produced for information on the subject; it comes in many forms, such as articles, brochures, surveys, video clips, and more.  The website is not made to entertain, but to rather show information in different forms to help inform you better.  The content of this product is endless because there are so many different links to go to for information, as well as being a search bar to be able to search the whole site for the mental related topic you are looking for.  The home page is very well constructed because it looks busy like an active website would, and it looks very helpful and reliable.  The language on the page shows that the writer’s of this material are educated on all they are talking about.  They use language, phrases, and terms that are related to and that a person with a mental illness would be aware of.   This website overall is easy to read and navigate around as it is very clearly written and simple to understand.  The viewer who is looking at the website would like it because of how complete and thorough it is about the mental illness information.  For example, it has lists of medications the patient can take for what illness, as well as what it is, what the symptoms are, causes, how it is treated, side effects, how to prevent it, etc.  It is intended to influence the reader of the website to make them want to read on in their throughout the links, and to go to this website when they need any advice/information on the mental illness subject.  This product is effective to the viewer  because it is an ideal source to turn to to gain knowledge on any subject of mental illness.