Related Websites

Find Websites for the Following Issues:

• Addiction and Recovery
• Children/Adolescents/Parents
• Emotional Well-Being
• Financial Issues
• Legal Issues
• Seniors
• Staying Healthy

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Addiction and Recovery

• Alcoholics Anonymous
  Nationwide directory of contacts with links to local meeting information, central offices, groups, and answering services for the U.S. and Canada.
• Compulsive Gambling
  Home of the 12-step recovery program. Contains information, resources, lists of other self-help groups, and a 20-question quiz to help individuals decide whether they have a compulsive gambling problem. Links are maintained by individual members, local organizations and other interested parties.
• Eating Disorder
  Website of the largest non-profit organization devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders. Organization sponsors a media watchdog program, a healthy body image curriculum for elementary and high school girls, and a toll-free referral hot line.

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Children/Adolescents/Parents

• Adolescent Health
  Teen friendly site concerning teen health issues. Sample topics include: shaving techniques, puberty, relationships, braces, sexually transmitted diseases and birth control.
• Children’s Health
  Entertaining and informative kid friendly site. Sample topics include: dealing with feelings, everyday illness, injuries, and FAQs.
• Parenting
  Site is home to National Public Radio's weekly hour-long program, "The Parent's Journal.”
• Teen Depression
  A site for teens and parents started by a mother who lost a 22-year-old son to manic-depressive illness. Contains facts, educational materials, and clips from an award-winning video, "Day for Night.”

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Emotional Well-Being

• Depression
  Site of the National Mental Health Association. Topics include: symptoms, treatment options, paying for mental health treatment. Confidential depression-screening test.
• Grief
  The American Hospice Foundation has developed materials for dealing with grief at work and school. The site includes hospice information, links to member hospice programs, publications on grief and faith, manuals, and slides for Power Point presentations.

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Financial Issues

• Money Management
  Created by the editors of Money Magazine, this site offers 23 ten-minute lessons in money management. Contains useful information for all levels of expertise on: banking basics, buying a car and estate planning.

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Legal Issues

• Divorce
  Site offers FAQs about child support, mediation, property division, and name changes. Also sells guides, forms, books and downloadable e-books.
• Law
  Site answers FAQs concerning auto accidents, social security, bankruptcy, family law. Also, information about federal and state laws. Provides some legal forms such as power of attorney. There is a charge for some forms.

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Seniors

• Caregiving or Eldercare
  Links to articles providing information and help with life transitions, including independent living, care-giving, legal planning, and links to other resources. Sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons.
• Senior Citizens
  Social Security Division Website provides links to topics such as: Social Security benefits, retirement, planning, travel and leisure, volunteer and employment positions.

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