Abuse:
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/laws_policies/cblaws/capta03/
Bereavement/Grief and End of Life Issues:
Hospicelink - http://www.hospiceworld.org/organization.htm
The Center to Advance Palliative Care - www.capc.org; www.getpalliativecare.org
The Dougy Center: National Center for Grieving Children and Their Families - www.grievingchild.com
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - www.nhpco.org
Disease Related Links:
Alzheimer’s Disease:
Alzheimer’s Association - http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Online - http://alzonline.phhp.ufl.edu/
Alzheimer’s Disease and Education Center (NIH) - http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America - http://www.alzfdn.org
Helpguide.org - http://www.helpguide.org/elder/alzheimers_disease_dementia_support_caregiver.htm
Medical Edge from the Mayo Clinic - http://www.medicaledge.org/radio/r-2006november09.html
Medline Plus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alzheimerscaregivers.html
NIH Senior Health Regarding Alzheimer’s - http://nihseniorhealth.gov/alzheimerscare/caregiversupport/01.html
The Alois Alzheimer Center - http://www.alois.com/caregiverEd.htm
The Alzheimer’s Association - http://www.alz.org/
Autoimmune Disease
Alliance for Lupus Research - www.lupusresearch.org
American College of Reumatology - www.rheumatology.org
Arthritis Foundation - www.arthritis.org
Lupus Foundation of America - www.lupus.org
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - www.nih.gov/niams
The National Library of Medicine Lupus Information - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/lupus/htm/index.htm
Cancer
Adjuvant Pharmacotherapy - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/
depression/HealthProfessional/page3#Section_33
Association of Cancer Online Resources - http://www.acor.org/
Association of Community Cancer Centers - http://www.accc-cancer.org/ONCRES/oncres_cancersites.asp
American Cancer Society (ACS) - www.cancer.org
ACS Facts and Figures - http://www.cancer.org/downloads/stt/Estimated_New_
Cancer_Cases_and_Deaths_by_Sex_for_All_Sites,_US,_2005.pdf
American Brain Tumor Association - www.abta.org
American Psychosocial Oncology Society - www.apos-society.org
American Society of Clinical Oncology - http://www.plwc.org/PLWC/ASCO%20Resources/Fertility_Patient_Guide_FINAL_5.1.06.pdf
American Society for Reproductive Medicine - http://www.asrm.org/Media/Ethics/FertilityPreservation.pdf
Breast Cancer Care - http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php
Cancer Clinical Trials - http://www.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials
Fertile Hope - http://www.fertilehope.org/
National Brain Tumor Foundation - www.braintumor.org
National Cancer Institute (NCI) - www.cancer.gov
National Guidelines Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?view_id=1&doc_id=9382
NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) - http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2002/results_merged/topic_prevalence.pdf
NCI Summary of Cancer Treatments - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/types-of-treatment
Sexuality and Fertility After Cancer - http://asheducationbook.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/2005/1/523.pdf
Survivor Prevalence - http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/ocs/prevalence/prevalence.html
The Wellness Community - http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org/virtual_WC/tvwc_main.htmThe Wellness Community of Sothwest Florida- http://www.wellness-swfl.org/
Well Spouse Foundation - www.Wellspouse.org
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Fact Sheet - http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/
Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute - http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/prevention/stress/depressionandheart.htm/
CVD Mortality Rates - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5006a2.htm
American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
American Stroke Association - http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037
Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder (IEED) - http://www.ieed.org/
LifeHeart.com - http://www.lifeheart.com/patient/quality_of_life/depression.asp
Mended Hearts, Inc. - http://www.mendedhearts.org/
National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/NIMHdepheart.pdf
The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease - www.womenheart.org
Chronic Disease Management
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer
American Lung Association – http://www.lungusa.org
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program – http://patienteducation.stanford.edu/programs/cdsmp.html
The Health Disparities Collaborative – http://www.healthdisparities.net
Improving Chronic Illness Care – http://improvingchroniccare.org
Institute for Healthcare Improvement – http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/ChronicConditions
PatientPowered.org – http://www.patientpowered.org
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
ADA Medical Complications Statistics - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/complications.jsp
Amputee Coalition of America - www.amputee-coalition.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov/diabetes
Children With Diabetes - www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
Diabetes Care - http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/cpr.jsp
Diabetes Initiative – http://www.diabetesinitiative.orgDiabetes-related Eye Disease - http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/retinopathy.asp
Diabetes-related Kidney Disease - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000494.htm#Definition
Diabetes-related Nerve Disease - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/diabetic/diabetic.htm#What_is
Hyperglycemia information - http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/hyperglycemia.jsp
Hypoglycemia information - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/
Insulin-related information - http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/insulin.html
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International - www.jdrf.org
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health -
www.niddk.nih.gov
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC) -
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/index.htm
Type-1 Diabetes - http://www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes.jsp
Type-2 Diabetes - http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes.jsp
Disability
Disability Resource Organization http://www.disabilityresources.org/
HIV Infection/AIDS
AIDSmap - http://www.aidsmap.com/en/default.asp
AIDS Treatment Information Service - http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/
HIV Life Cycle - www.hiv.buffalo.edu/hivlifecycle.shtml
Improving Patient Compliance in Clinical Trials: Smart Packages or Smart Design?
By Martin Lamb, Head of US and EU Business Development at Clinical Trial Services www.arradx.com/papers/Papers/Improving_Patient_Compliance_in_CTS.pdf
National Association of People with AIDS - http://www.napwa.org/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): How HIV Causes AIDS - http://www.aegis.com/topics/basics/hivandaids.html
NIAID Summary/Overview - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/hivinf.htm
Synergy – HIV/AIDS Technical and Programming Resources - www.synergyaids.com
The Body – The Complete HIV/AIDs Resource - www.thebody.com
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Manuals for MS Patients - http://www.ucsf.edu/bmrc/
Complementary Alternative Treatments for MS - http://www.ms-cam.org/index.php3/; http://www.demosmedpub.com/Default.aspx; http://www.medicalmarihuana.ca/applyinfo.html
MS Demographics - http://www.aarda.org/women.html
MS Foundation - www.msfacts.org
National MS Society - www.nationalmssociety.org
The Heuga Center for MS - http://www.heuga.org/
Treatment-Related Side Effects - http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?
pagename=HOM_LIVE_meds_methylprednisolone
Organ Transplant - http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auth:Sanner,MA
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response - http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/
Gender Differences in PTSD - http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_
rasmusson.html?opm=1&rr=rr82&srt=d&echorr=true
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies - http://www.istss.org/
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
Spinal Cord Injury
Educational Film http://www.richardcohenfilms.com/GoingtoSchool.htm
Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury, Prevention, Care & Cure - www.fscip.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association - www.spinalcord.org
National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) Resource Center - http://www.spinalcord.org/resources/?PHPSESSID=05f40bd3a942f60efac173c7f991be35
Rehabilitation and Self-Management - http://lifecenter.ric.org/topic/1/
Spinal Cord Injury Informaton Network - http://www.spinalcord.uab.edu/
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
American Academy of Certification of Brain Injury Specialists - www.aacbis.net
The Mentor Network http://mentorabi.com
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators - www.nashia.org
North American Brain Injury Society - www.nabis.org
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems - www.tbindc.org
The Brain Injury Association of America - www.biausa.org
Caregiver Support:
Cancer Caregiving - http://www.cancercaregiving.com/
Family Caregiver Alliance - http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
Men Against Breast Cancer - www.menagainstbreastcancer.org
Well Spouse Association -www.wellspouse.org
Chemical Dependency/Substance Abuse:
Alcoholism
Al-Anon/Alateen/Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. - http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services - http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
LifeRing Recovery and SOS Secular programs -http://www.unhooked.com/index.htm;
http://www.sos-recovery.co.uk/
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) -
http://www.health.org/
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) -
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
Women for Sobriety, Inc. - http://www.womenforsobriety.org/
Narcotics
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) - http://www.na.org
Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) - http://www.crystalmeth.org
Tobacco
Smoking-related Information from the World Health Organization -
http://www.who.int/topics/smoking/en/
Clinical Trials
National Institutes of Heath (NIH) - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Complementary Alternative Medicine:
MD Anderson Cancer Center Complementary/Intergrative Medicine Department - http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/cimer/
Tai Sophia - http://www.tai.edu/; http://healthforumonline.com/SiteData/docs/Tai_Sophia/
108ccdcc51ffeca2b3a906c2ee32351d/Tai_Sophia.pdf
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) -
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine -
http://www.med.upenn.edu/progdev/compmed/
Cultural Diversity/Health Disparities:
American Indian Healing Arts/Coyote Medicine -
http://www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/mmhealing.htm#program
AMSA Diversity in Medicine Web Site - http://www.amsa.org/div/
Bioethics Resources on the Web: Culture and Ethnicity in Medicine - http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/culturalcomp.html
Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics - http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=2434
Healthcare Justice: The Kaiser Family Foundation - http://www.kff.org/
Commonwealth Fund - http://www.cmwf.org/
Culture Profiles - http://cp-pc.ca/english/index.html
CulturedMed - http://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/index.html
Cultural Medicine - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Study/8276/CulturalMed.html
Delivering Culturally Effective Healthcare to Adolescents
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/39/culturallyeffective.pdf
Employee Benefit Research Institute - http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/
index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3758
Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth Edition - http://www.nccbuscc.org/bishops/directives.shtml
Ethnicity Online - http://www.ethnicityonline.net/
EthnoMed - http://ethnomed.org/
Islamic Medical Directives for Healthcare -
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/chaplaincy/muslim.cfm
Jewish Medical Directives for Healthcare -
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/docs/medical%20directives.pdf
MacArthur Network on SES and Health - http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/
Multicultural Health Resources - http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10360
Navajo Tribe - http://www.aafp.org/fpr/20030900/14.html
Program for Multicultural Health - http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/bmhg.htm
Religious Beliefs and Practices Affecting Health Care - http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/chaplaincy/buddhism.cfm
Society for Medial Anthropology - http://www.medanthro.net/
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links - http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/index.shtml
University of Michigan Health System: Program for Multicultural Health - http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/culture.htm
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services National Healthcare Disparities Report - http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr06/nhdr06.htm
World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
World Health Organization: Countries - http://www.who.int/countries/en/
Eating Disorders:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) -
http://www.contextualpsychology.org/act
Guidelines for Adolescent Nutrition -
http://www.epi.umn.edu/let/pubs/img/adol_ch6.pdf
Ethics – Professional Codes of Conduct and Curriculum:
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Code of Ethics - http://www.aamft.org/resources/LRMPlan/Ethics/ethicscode2001.asp
American College of Preventive Medicine Policy Compendium - http://www.acpm.org/pol_comp_toc.htm
American Pharmacists Association Code of Ethics - http://www.aphanet.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=
Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2809
American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Ethics - http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2498.html; http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2512.html
American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics - http://www.nursingworld.org/ethics/ecode.htm
American Psychological Association (APA) Code of Ethics - http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html
American Public Health Association - www.apha.org
American Public Health Association Code of Ethics -
http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/1CED3CEA-287E-4185-9CBD-BD405FC60856/0/ethicsbrochure.pdf
Association of Schools for Public Health - http://www.asph.org/
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards Code of Conduct - http://www.asppb.org/publications/model/conduct.aspx
Belmont Report (NIH) - http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/belmont.html
Centers for Disease Control Public Health Law Program -
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/ and readings
http://www2.cdc.gov/phlp/phlawreadings.asp
Communitarian Policies: Individual Patient Rights and Responsibility - http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eccps/platformtext.html
Global Health Reporting - http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/
Healthy People 2010 - http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Hippocratic Oath - http://members.tripod.com/nktiuro/hippocra.htm
Informed Consent - http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/helsinki/
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety - http://www.iihs.org/default.html
Kaiser Family Foundation policy education - http://kaiseredu.org/
Kaiser Network on Health Policy - http://www.kaisernetwork.org/
Libertarian Philosophy - http://www.isil.org/
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics -
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Code of Ethics -
http://www.counselingexam.com/nce/resource/code.html
National Health Policy Forum - http://www.nhpf.org/about/about.htm
Nuremberg Code - http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/references/nurcode.htm
Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) - http://www.pnhp.org/
Public Health Ethics and Law, A Reader - http://publichealthlaw.net/reader/
Dr. Peter Singer, Princeton University - http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epsinger/
State of California Consumer Affairs Brochure “Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex” - http://www.psychboard.ca.gov/pubs/proftherapy.pdf
Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics - http://www.mcw.edu/bioethics/
Roe vs. Wade – http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Roe/
Tarsoff v. Regents - http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/Tarsoff%20I.htm
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - http://plato.stanford.edu/
United Nations Population Fund - http://www.unfpa.org/index.htm
University of Virginia Bioethics Program - http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/
internet/bio-ethics/medschlbioethics.cfm
Utilitarian Philosophy - http://www.utilitarian.net/
World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/about/en/
Genetic Risk for Cancer:
Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered -http://www.facingourrisk.org/
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/603.cfm
National Cancer Institute -http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prevention-genetics-causes/genetics
National Comprehensive Cancer Network - http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/
f_guidelines.asp?button=I+Agree#detection
New York State Health Department -http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/
cancer/obcancer/contents.htm
Geriatric Behavioral Medicine:
Adminstration on Aging Fact Sheet - http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/alpha/fact_global_aging.asp
HIV in Older Populations - http://www.niapublications.org/agepages/aids.asp
Geriatric Depression Scale - http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eyesavage/GDS.html
General Information on Geriatric Patient Needs -
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealthissues.html;
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/depoldermenu.cfm;
http://www.memorymanagement.info/;
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/; http://www.aarp.org/health/;
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/aging.htm; http://www.jointcommission.org/AccreditationPrograms/LongTermCare/
National Institute on Aging - http://www.nia.nih.gov/
The U.S. Administration on Aging - http://www.aoa.gov/
UCLA Center on Aging - http://www.aging.ucla.edu/successfulaging.html
Hypnosis
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) - http://www.asch.net
The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) - http://www.sceh.us
The Milton H. Erickson Foundation - http://www.erickson-foundation.org
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH) - www.ijceh.com
The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis (AJCH) - http://asch.net/ajch.htm
Medical Decision-Making:
Decision-Making about Antiretroviral Treatment in the HIV Context - http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/apc.2006.20.335
Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making - http://www.fimdm.org/
Quality of Life Measures - http://www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools/mos/
Mind/Body Programs:
Arizona State University’s Mind/Body Lab - http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Emahoyt1/
Carnegie Mellon’s Laboratory for the Study of Stress, Immunity and Disease -
http://www.psy.cmu.edu:16080/~scohen/
Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center - http://www.psy.cmu.edu:16080/%7Escohen/
Motivational Interviewing:
Motivational Interviewing – http://www.motivationalinterviewing.org
Neuropsychology:
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Practice Guidelines - http://www.aan.com/professionals/practice/guideline/index.cfm?a=0&fc=1
APA Division 40 - http://www.div40.org/def.html
APA Division 40 HIPAA Fact Sheet -
http://www.div40.org/Announcement/HIPAA_Fact_Sheet_Final.pdf
APA Division 40 Clinical Guide for Patients and Families -
http://www.div40.org/pdf/NeuropscyhBroch2.pdf
APA Presidential Task Force on the Assessment of
Age-Consistent Memory Decline and Dementia:
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline -
http://www.apa.org/practice/dementia.html
Harcourt Assessment HIPAA Position Statement -
http://harcourtassessment.com/hai/images/pdf/legal/HIPAA_Position.pdf
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Foundation - www.cjdfoundation.org
National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) Patient Information - http://www.nanonline.org/downloads/paio/PAIONeuroEval.pdf
NAN Position Papers - http://www.nanonline.org/downloads/paio/
Position/NANPositionDefNeuro.pdf;
http://www.nanonline.org/downloads/paio/Position/NANsvt.pdf
Pediatric Behavioral Medicine:
IgA Nephropathy http://www.igansupport.org/articles/psychissueskids.html
Kennedy Krieger Institute: Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program -
http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_cp.jsp?pid=1408
The Marcus Institute: Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program -
http://www.marcus.org/clinical/pediatric_feeding.html
National Survey of Children with Special HealthCare Needs - http://mchb.hrsa.gov/chscn/
Penn State Children’s Hospital Feeding Program -http://www.hmc.psu.edu/feedingprogram/
University of Nebraska Medical Center: The Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Munroe-Meyer Institute -
http://www.unmc.edu/dept/mmi/index.cfm?CONREF=79&webtype=text&L1_ID=29&L2_ID=81
Practice Guidelines/Resources:
Assessment Tools - http://harcourtassessment.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/default
Emergency Preparedness and Response - http://emergency.cdc.gov/
Global Health Reporting - http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/
Guidelines for Acute Care - http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/criteria121503.pdf
Health Data Tools and Statistics through Partners in Information Access for the
Public Health Workforce - http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html
Healthy People 2010 - http://www.healthypeople.gov/
HIPAA - http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - http://www.osha.gov/
Record Keeping (APA) - http://www.apa.org/practice/recordkeeping.html
Psychoneuroimmunology:
Association for the Advancement of Applied Psychoneuroimmunology -
http://www.lifecoachusa.com/aaapni/
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology - http://www.cousinspni.org/
Neuroendocrinology Letters - http://www.nel.edu/home.htm
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society - http://www.pnirs.org
Sexuality/Reproduction:
APA: Postpartum Depression -http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/postpartum.html
CDC: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System - http://www.cdc.gov/PRAMS/PPD.htm
Female Sexual Functioning - http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/
cme/onlinecme/NYNCP/variables.cfm
Libido and Menopause - http://www.managingmenopause.org.au/content/view/23/95/
National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC) - http://www.4women.gov/
NIH: Understanding Postpartum Depression -
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2005/December2005/docs/01features_02.htm
NMHA: Recognizing Postpartum Depression -http://www1.nmha.org/children/ppd.pdf
Postpartum Support International (PSI) -http://www.postpartum.net/
The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) -
http://www.aasect.org/
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine - http://www.asrm.org/
The International Council of Infertility Information Dissemination (INCIID) -
http://www.inciid.org/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Depression During and After Preganancy http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/postpartum.htm
WebMD: Postpartum Depression Health Center -
http://www.webmd.com/depression/tc/Postpartum-Depression-Topic-Overview
Social Security Disability:
The Confidentiality of Records section (paragraph 14) in the blue book -(http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/general-info.htm)
Program Operations Manual System (POMS) -https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/4182f0da1a04adac85256ee0005569f1!SearchView
Spirituality in the Medical Context:
Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality - http://www.fetzer.org/Resources.aspx?PageID=Resources&NavID=1
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO) Strategies to Effective Patient Spiritual Assessment -
http://www.jcrinc.com/5408/?query=Spirituality
Weight Management/Obesity:
Body Mass Index Guidelines - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm
Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
(The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm
Exercise Routines - http://www.onhealth.com/workout_routines_and_ideas/article.htm
Guidelines for Adolescent Nutrition - http://www.epi.umn.edu/let/pubs/img/adol_ch6.pdf
Medical Illnesses Associated with Obesity - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/consequences.htm
Nutrition Guidelines/Food Pyramid - http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Obesity and Cancer - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/energybalance
Obesity Mortality Rates - http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/obesity/mortality.htm
U.S. Government Agencies Resources for Nutrition and Exercise -
http://healthierus.gov/nutrition.html
USDA Dietary Guidelines - http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/recommendations.htm
USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
