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Canine Companions for Independence

Psych Central Resource Editor — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:00:17 +0000

URL: http://www.cci.org/site/c.cdKGIRNqEmG/b.3978475/k.BED8/Home.htm

Canine Companions for Independence provides assistance dogs to people with developmental or physical disabilities who can demonstrate that a Canine Companion will enhance their independence or quality of life. CCI dogs are provided at virtually no cost to the graduates. All the expenses of breeding, raising, and training a Canine Companion is funded through private donations.

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Topics: Chronic Disease, Depression, Emotional Health, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Quality of Life

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Couple Connection

Psych Central Resource Editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:55 +0000

URL: http://thecoupleconnection.net/

This interactive, self-help site will provide you with resources and practical tools that will enable you to improve your relationship. Before progressing, we strongly recommend that you read the Helping Process and guidance “is this for me?”. By using the Check it Out, Talk it Out and Work it Out you will be working through the Helping process and in this way you will be getting the best from thecoupleconnection.net and from your relationship!

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Topics: Chronic Disease, Depression, Emotional Health, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Quality of Life, Attachment, Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Youth

Features: Articles, Information, Networking, Information, Peer Recommendation, e-learning

Tardive Dyskinesia Center

Psych Central Resource Editor — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:48 +0000

URL: http://www.tardivedyskinesia.com/

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Topics: Chronic Disease, Depression, Emotional Health, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Quality of Life, Attachment, Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Youth, Medicine, Medico-Legal

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Tardive dyskinesia is a condition typically caused by certain psychoactive drugs such as anti-depressants, or “dopamine antagonists” (drugs that block dopamine receptors, used to treat disorders of the nervous or circulatory system). When a patient has been taking certain prescription drugs over a long period of time, often at high dosages, involuntary, repetitive tic-like movements can result, primarily in the facial muscles or (less commonly) the limbs, fingers and toes. The hips and torso may also be affected.

Dyskinesia refers to the involuntary nature of muscular movements or the difficulty in performing voluntary muscular movement. Tardive means that a condition has the tendency to appear late. Symptoms of tardive dyskinesia can develop and persist long after used of the medication causing the disorder has been discontinued. Tardive dyskinesia can appear similar to other types of disorders. Most often the disorder is confused with Tourette’s syndrome.

PostSecret

Psych Central Resource Editor — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:00:17 +0000

URL: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

Everyone has a secret. Everyone (well, usually everyone) keeps a secret or two from others. This site, established by Frank Warren, enables ordinary every day you and me’s to put out a secret we have been keeping inside ourselves.

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Persons wishing to share a secret need to make a handmade/homemade postcard and send it to:
POSTSECRET

13345 COPPER RIDGE RD
GERMANTOWN MD 20874-3454

Everyone has one, why not share yours and feel better about it?

Whole Family

Psych Central Resource Editor — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:00:19 +0000

URL: http://www.wholefamily.com/

Strengthen your personal and family relationships and solve the most challenging issues facing you and your family today.

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Strengthen your personal and family relationships and solve the most challenging issues facing you and your family today.

Psychotherapy Networker

Psych Central Resource Editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:00:11 +0000

URL: http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/

Psychotherapy Networker magazine just won its fourth Utne Reader Independent Press Award for 2009, in the Health/Wellness Coverage Category.

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Psychotherapy Networker showcases essential research on human behavior in a highly readable, always accessible format,” said David Simke, editor of Utne. “There’s just no other magazine
that’s doing mental health coverage that speaks so well to the complexity and
wonder of the human condition.”

The Body

Psych Central Resource Editor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:00:37 +0000

URL: http://www.thebody.com/

With over 600 topic areas, search the database of articles, facts, links to organizations, artistic expression, spirituality, activism, and international facts about HIV and AIDS.

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Topics: Chronic Disease, Depression, Emotional Health, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Quality of Life, Attachment, Fatherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Youth, Medicine, Medico-Legal, ADHD, Abnormal, Academia, Addiction, Anxiety, Child and Adolescent, Clinical Decision Making, Clinical Psychology, Counselling, Depression, Eating Disorders, Emotional Health, Family Therapy, Psychodynamic, Self-help, Social Psychology, Varied, Abnormal, Addiction, Behaviour Management, Child and Adolescent, Clinical Decision Making, Clinical Psychology, Counselling, Depression, Psychiatry, Relationships, Self-harm and suicide, Self-help, Sexual Assault, Anxiety, Child and Adolescent, Counselling, General Psychology, Trauma, Chronic Disease, Depression, Health and Social Services

Features: Articles, Information, Networking, Information, Peer Recommendation, e-learning, Advertising, Articles, Databases, Drug Information, Information, Links, Community and Social Networking, Information, Articles, Case Studies, Information, Links, Online Counselling, Question and Answer Service, Advertising, Articles, Collaborative News, Commentary and Blogs, Forums, Information, Interviews, Research, Resources, Articles, Case Studies, Clinical Tools, Collaborative News, Commentary and Blogs, Databases, Glossary, Information, Links, Question and Answer Service, Research

With over 600 topic areas, search the database of articles, facts, links to organizations, artistic expression, spirituality, activism, and international facts about HIV and AIDS.

The Body connects you with others:
(1) Get leading experts’ views on the range of subjects and ask questions using “Ask the Experts” forum.
(2) With the “Inspiring Stories” forum you can read first-person profiles of courage and determination of people affected by HIV/AIDS.
(3) Community Center bulletin boards or forum offers support for the following topics:

Living With HIV (For people with HIV who are looking to shoot the breeze about anything from the highs and lows of treatment to the search for the perfect date.)
Gay Men (For gay men with HIV to share stories about life and love.)
Women (For women with HIV to share stories about life and love.)
I Just Tested Positive (Recently diagnosed with HIV? You are not alone! Connect with others!)
Am I Infected? (Worried that you have put yourself in a high-risk situation for HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases? Talk to others here!)
En Espanol (Para personas VIH positivas que buscan hablar, apoyo e informacion sobre el VIH o SIDA.)
My Loved One Has HIV/AIDS
Myths About HIV/AIDS
Treatment (Got questions about antiretrovirals, immune-based therapies, complementary/alternative therapies? This is the place to share your concerns or get some answers.)
Teens (For teens with HIV looking to talk with other teens.
Nutrition and HIV (Share information about nutrition and HIV.)

African Americans (Connect with other African Americans living with HIV, or talk about the most critical HIV/AIDS issues facing the African-American community.)

HIV/AIDS in the Military (For discussion of HIV-related issues in the U.S. armed forces.)
Job Listings (AIDS organizations and other HIV/AIDS-related groups seeking new volunteers and employees.)

Something Fishy: Website on Eating Disorders

Psych Central Resource Editor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:00:02 +0000

URL: http://www.something-fishy.org/

Dedicated to raising awareness and providing support to people with Eating Disorders, and their loved-ones… since 1995.

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At Something Fishy:

Learn about the types of eating disorders, how to find online support, how to help a loved one, and the various recovery and coping strategies;
Find treatment for an eating disorder from a listing of over 1,500 therapists, dieticians, treatment centers, and other professionals worldwide;
Keep current with the latest news;
Light a virtual candle in memory of someone lost to an eating disorder; and
Read and submit poetry, stories, or articles written by persons suffering with an eating disorder.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Psych Central Resource Editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:00:48 +0000

URL: http://www.afsp.org/

With ways of dealing with suicide loss for survivors, and for ways of trying to help those thinking of suicide, the AFSP also has research grants and educational items at its disposal.

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From Robert Gebbia, AFSP Executive Director: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3) organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives in 2009 — each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention. With a suicide attempt estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and 32,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP’s mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.

Befrienders

Psych Central Resource Editor — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:00:41 +0000

URL: http://www.befrienders.org/index.asp

Befrienders listen to people who are lonely, despairing or considering suicide. They don’t judge them, don’t tell them what to do. They listen. That may not sound much - but it can make the difference between life and death.

People who feel suicidal are often so focused on a particular problem or pain that they find it difficult to see a way forward. Talking openly to a befriender, in a safe and confidential environment, can help.

By listening to a suicidal person, a befriender helps them to listen to themselves.

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By listening to a suicidal person, a befriender helps them to listen to themselves.

Also, Befrienders links to many different suicidal help websites, in which a person can volunteer their time, or call if they need help or someone to listen to.