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Therapy EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) TFT (Thought Field Therapy) TIR (Traumatic Incident Reduction)
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Newsletters MH Sanctuary Newsletter Join our Newsletter. Information, emotional support, books, interesting links, and keep you updated with the Sanctuary. Send a blank email here to join.The Post-Traumatic Gazette is a newsletter for all trauma survivors, from veterans to rape victims, earthquake survivors to prisoners of war, their families, friends and therapists. It is dedicated to the idea of healing one day at a time from experiences which forever change a person's view of the world. The
Survivor Activist is a newsletter formerly available through
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Email Support Groups Compassion Fatigue List "(This list has been developed to serve as a virtual community for care-givers, emergency responders and others who provide care to suffering individuals, families and communities. It is designed to provide a forum for members to ask questions, share experience, receive support, report developments in the field (including research) and, ultimately, evolve our care-giving skills. This list is both scholarly and personal and is managed by the developers of the Accelerated Recovery Program for Compassion Fatigue)." SADM (Sexual Abuse, DID, MPD) (SADM is a private, secure and confidential e-mail listserver group. SADM welcomes anyone who has experienced childhood sexual abuse, with Dissociation or Multiple Personality Disorder).
Newsgroups alt.support.trauma-ptsd - Trauma and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) alt.sexual.abuse.recovery alt.abuse.recovery
Free Electronic Magazines PTSD
Research Quarterly
Clinicians I recommend 1-800 Therapist for finding a therapist in your area. Disaster Mental Health Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators
Support
Organizations
American Academy of Child and Call or write for referral information about child and adolescent psychiatrists in your area. (A child psychiatrist is a physician with five additional years of training beyond medical school in child, adolescent and general psychiatry.) American
Counseling Association Call or write for referral information about counselors in your area. American
Psychiatric Association For referral information about psychiatrists in your area, call or write the APA Public Affairs office. American
Psychological Association Call or write for referral information about psychologists in your area. Anxiety
Disorders Association of America Call or write to receive a list of mental health professionals who treat anxiety disorders and a list of self-help groups in your area. (Include $3.00 for postage and handling.) Association
for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Call or write AABT to request a list of mental health professionals in your state who use behavior therapy and/or cognitive behavior therapy - forms of treatment that are usually goal-oriented, short-term, and drug free. Sent with it is the brochure “Guidelines for Choosing a Behavior Therapist.” AABT request $5.00 to cover its postage and handling costs. Freedom
From Fear Call or write for a free newsletter on anxiety disorders and a referral list of treatment specialists. NAMI For help in finding self-help groups, NAMI can provide phone numbers of state and regional chapters and affiliates in your area. National
Anxiety Foundation NAF provides referrals to their members and other mental health professionals around the country. (Include $10.00 for postage and handling.) National
Association of Social Workers Call or write for referrals to qualified clinical social workers in your area. National
Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association Call or write for a list of support groups in your area. National
Mental Health Association Call or write for a list of affiliate mental health organizations in your area who can provide resources and information about self-help groups, treatment professionals and community clinics. (Include $1.00 for postage and handling.) National
Panic/Anxiety Disorder News, Inc. Call or write for referral sources and contacts for support groups for many parts of the country. Obsessive
Compulsive Foundation Call or write for a list of mental health practitioners in your area who specialize in treating OCD. Additional Self-Help Groups The following lay organizations can provide additional referral information on national and local self-help groups. Several also provide monthly publications as well as guidelines and materials for starting a self-help group. ABIL,
Inc. (Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives) Founded
in 1986 A.I.M.
(Agoraphobics in Motion) Founded
in 1983 American
Self-Help Clearinghouse Founded
in 1990 National
Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse Founded
in 1985 Phobics
Anonymous Founded
in 1985 Recovery,
Inc. Founded
in 1987 Research Programs The following institutions have treatment research programs and ongoing studies that are conducted with support from NIMH. Individuals with anxiety disorders, and their family members, may be eligible to participate in these studies. University
of California, Los Angeles NIMH
Anxiety Disorders Clinic San
Diego State University The
Johns Hopkins University Yale
Anxiety Disorder Research Center Boston
University Yale
University School of Medicine Harvard
University University
of Florida University
of Michigan University
of Iowa Wayne
State University University
of Pittsburgh University
of Nebraska, Lincoln Pennsylvania
State University Albert
Einstein College of Medicine Brown
University/Butler Hospital Columbia
University Medical
University of South Carolina University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University
of Texas, Austin Wright
State University School of Medicine University
of Texas Medical Branch Kent
State University University
of Washington The
Above Prepared by the Anxiety Disorders Education Program International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies National
Center for PTSD National
Institute of Mental Health Public Inquiries U.S.
Veterans Administration Veteran Centers listed by State
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