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Internet Sites for Parents of Teens
GENERAL SITES (with information on a variety of topics-drugs, sex, alcohol,
relationships, birth control, body image, etc.)
The following 4 sites are factual and detailed.
www.acog.org (American College of Ob/Gyn)
www.aacap.org (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
www.aafp.org (American Academy of Family Physicians)
www.cdc.gov (center for disease control)
Other good general sites are:
www.sexualityandu.ca
www.kidshealth.org
ACQUAINTANCE AND DATE RAPE
www.4woman.gov/faq/rohypnol.htm
INTERNET SAFETY AND ADOLESCENTS
www.missingkids.org
www.unh.edu/ccrc/index.html
www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguide.htm
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
www.not-2-late.com
www.plannedparenthood.org/ec
WEIGHT AND ADOLESCENT FEMALES
www.datehookup.com/content-beyond-physical-appearances-a-guide-to-anorexia.htm.
www.physicalfitness.org
www.mirror-mirror.org
www.eatright.org
VIOLENCE AND TEENS
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/welcome.html (office for Victims of Crime)
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/dash
www.hopkins-aids.edu
PROBLEMS WITH MENSTRUAL PERIODS
www.acog.org
CONTRACEPTION
www.siecus.org (sexuality information and the education council of the USA)
www.sexualityandu.ca
PREGNANCY OPTIONS FOR ADOLESCENTS
www.advocatesforyouth.org
www.nac.adopt.org
www.prochoice.org
DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS
www.parentsoup.com
We have provided these web addresses because they have information that may be
of interest to our patients and their parents. We cannot necessarily endorse the
views or facts presented by these organizations or on these web sites. We invite
you to discuss with any of our doctors any issues that you have questions about.
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