Mind Publications Incorporated (MPI) and Behavioral Medicine Center (BMC) hereby provide you a list of consumer newsgroups, discussion and support groups where people of common interest and cause can exchange ideas and gather information.

Disclaimer:

MPI or BMC provide this list for education and information purposes only. We do not take responsibility of making specific recommendations or suggestions with regard to the quality or benefit of these newsgroups, discussion and support groups. Most of these groups are not moderated. You must determine for yourself with regard to value, benefit, and quality of these groups. Participation in such groups must not be used as a substitute for treatment. There may be other sources of information as other newsgroups, discussion and support groups that you must explore.

ABORTION SUPPORT RELATED
Abortion Googles Group: alt.support.abortion

ABUSE RELATED
Abuse offenders/perpetrators, recovery for Googles Group: alt.abuse.offender.recovery
Abuse, alternative models of dealing with Googles Group: alt.abuse.transcendence
Abuse, moderated version Googles Group: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery.moderated
Abuse, not moderated Googles Group: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
Abuse, recovering from all types of Googles Group: alt.abuse.recovery
Sexual abuse survivors, partners of Googles Group: alt.support.abuse-partners

ADOPTION RELATED
Adoptees Googles Group: soc.adoption.adoptees
Adoption Information and parenting issues Googles Group: alt.adoption.agency
Adoption Issues, general Googles Group: alt.adoption

AIDS RELATED
AIDS & HIV, general discussion of Googles Group: misc.health.aids
AIDS & HIV, medical discussion of Googles Group: sci.med.aids
AIDS, partners of people with Googles Group: alt.support.aids.partners

ALLERGIES RELATED
Allegies, causes and treatment of Googles Group: alt.med.allergy
Allergies, individuals with food Googles Group: alt.support.food-allergies

ANXIETY RELATED
Angst Googles Group: alt.angst
Anxiety and panic disorders Googles Group: alt.support.anxiety-panic
Anxiety and panic disorders, cognitive approach Googles Group: alt.recovery.panic-anxiety.self-help

ATTENTION-DEFICIT RELATED
Attention-deficit disorders Googles Group: alt.support.attn-deficit

BREASTFEEDING RELATED
Breastfeeding Googles Group: alt.support.breastfeeding

BREAST IMPLANTS RELATED
Breast implants, people with or considering Googles Group: alt.support.breast-implant

CANCER RELATED
CancerGoogles Group: alt.support.cancer
Cancer, medical discussion Googles Group: sci.med.diseases.cancer

CEREBRAL PALSY RELATED
Cerebral palsy Googles Group: alt.support.cerebral-palsy

CHILDREN RELATED
Childless by choice Googles Group: alt.support.childfree
Children's health issues Googles Group: misc.kids.health
Children's issues, general Googles Group: misc.kids

CHRONIC PAIN
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Googles Group: alt.med.cfs
Chronic pain Googles Group: alt.support.chronic-pain

CODEPENDENCY
Codependency Googles Group: alt.recovery.codependency

CRISIS RELATED
Crisis situations Googles Group: soc.support.depression.crisis

CROHN'S DISEASE RELATED
Crohn's/ulcerative colitis/irritable bowel Googles Group: alt.support.crohns-colitis

CULTS: PREVENTION; RECOVERY
Cults: Former members and family and friends Googles Group: alt.support.ex-cult

DENTISTRY RELATED
Dentistry, medical discussion of Googles Group: sci.med.dentistry

DEPRESSION RELATED
Depressed people, family and friends coping with Googles Group: soc.support.depression.family
Depression and mood disorders Googles Group: alt.support.depression
Depression and mood disorders Googles Group: soc.support.depression.misc
Depression, treatment of Googles Group: soc.support.depression.treatment

DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY RELATED
Developmental delay Googles Group: alt.support.dev-delays

DIABETES RELATED
Diabetes, hypoglycemia Googles Group: misc.health.diabetes
Diabetes, parents and family of children with Googles Group: alt.support.diabetes.kids

DIETING/WEIGHT RELATED
Dieting through medication Googles Group: alt.support.diet.rx
Dieting with Weight Watchers Googles Group: alt.support.diet.weight-watcher
Dieting/losing weight/nutrition Googles Group: alt.support.diet
Obesity Googles Group: alt.support.obesity

DISABILITY RELATED
Disabled persons discussing sexuality Googles Group: alt.support.disabled.sexuality
Disabled persons who are also artists Googles Group: alt.support.disabled.artists

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER RELATED
Dissociative disorders Googles Group: alt.support.dissociation

DIVORCE/SEPARATION RELATED
Divorce/marital breakups Googles Group: alt.support.divorce

DWARFISM SUPPORT
Dwarfism Googles Group: alt.support.dwarfism

EATING DISORDERS RELATED
Eating disorders Googles Group: alt.support.eating-disord
Food addiction and compulsive eating Googles Group: alt.recovery.compulsive-eat

ENDOMETRIOSIS
Endometriosis Googles Group: alt.support.endometriosis

EPILEPSY
Epilepsy Googles Group: alt.support.epilepsy

FATNESS ACCEPTANCE
Fat people, self-acceptance with no diet talk Googles Group: soc.support.fat-acceptance
Fat-acceptance with no dieting talk Googles Group: alt.support.big-folks

FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT
Fibromyalgia fibrosis Googles Group: alt.med.fibromyalgia

FOSTER PARENT SUPPORT
Foster parents Googles Group: alt.support.foster-parents

GAY AND LESBIANS RELATED
Gay youths helping each other Googles Group: alt.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi

GRIED AND LOSS RELATED
Grief and loss Googles Group: alt.support.grief

HEADACHES AND MIGRAINE RELATED
Headache and migraine ailments Googles Group: alt.support.headaches.migraine

HEARING LOSS RELATED
Hearing loss and the hearing-impaired Googles Group: alt.support.hearing-loss

HEIGHT RELATED ISSUES
Height, people far from average Googles Group: alt.sigma2.height
Short people, issues of interest Googles Group: alt.support.short
Tall people, issues of interest to Googles Group: alt.support.tall

HERPES RELATED
Herpes Googles Group: alt.support.herpes

HYPNOSIS RELATED
Hypnosis Googles Group: alt.hypnosis

INFERTILITY RELATED
Infertility, causes and treatment of Googles Group: alt.infertility

LEARNING DISABILITIES
Learning disabilities Googles Group: alt.support.learning-disab

LONELINESS RELATED
Loneliness Googles Group: alt.support.loneliness
Loneliness Googles Group: soc.support.loneliness

CAREGIVING RELATED
Looking after and taking care of another Googles Group: alt.support.disabled.caregivers

MANIC DEPRESSION (BIPOLAR DISORDER) RELATED
Manic depression and bipolar disorder Googles Group: soc.support.depression.manic
Manic depression and bipolar disorder Googles Group: alt.support.depression.manic

MARFAN SYNDROME RELATED
Marfan syndrome Googles Group: alt.support.marfan

MARRIAGE ISSUES
Marriage Googles Group: alt.support.marriage

MEDICINE RELATED
Medicine and related products and regulations Googles Group: sci.med

MENOPAUSE RELATED
Menopause Googles Group: alt.support.menopause

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Mental health issues in society Googles Group: alt.society.mental-health

MSICARRIAGES AND PREGNANCY LOSS
Miscarriages and coping with loss in pregnancy Googles Group: soc.support.pregnancy.loss

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
Multiple sclerosis Googles Group: alt.support.ms-recovery
Multiple sclerosis Googles Group: alt.support.mult-sclerosis

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (M.D.)
Muscular dystrophy Googles Group: alt.support.musc-dystrophy

NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Neurological disorders Googles Group: alt.support.disorders.neurological

NICOTINE HELP RELATED
Nicotine help Googles Group: alt.recovery.nicotine

NUTRITION; DIET RELATED
Nutrition and diet, medical discussion Googles Group: sci.med.nutrition

OBESITY RELATED
Obesity Googles Group: alt.support.obesity

OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) RELATED
Obsessive-compulsive disorder Googles Group: alt.support.ocd

OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER (ODD) RELATED
Oppositional defiant disorder Googles Group: alt.support.opp-defiant

PARENTING ISSUES RELATED
Parenting:raising twins and other multiples Googles Group: alt.parenting.twins-triplets
Parenting and adoption issues Googles Group: soc.adoption.parenting
Parenting help and solutions Googles Group: alt.parenting.solutions
Parenting, help being a step-parent Googles Group: alt.support.step-parents
Parenting, single parenting solutions and help Googles Group: alt.support.single-parents
Parenting, spankingGoogles Group: alt.parenting.spanking
Parenting, support and info for single fathers Googles Group: alt.dads-rights

PERSONALITY DISORDERS RELATED
Personality disordersGoogles Group: alt.support.personality

PET LOSS RELATED
Pet loss Googles Group: alt.support.grief.pet-loss

POST POLIO ISSUES
Post polio syndrome Googles Group: alt.support.post-polio

PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH RELATED
Pregnancy and childbirth issuesGoogles Group: misc.kids.pregnancy

PROCRASTINATION RELATED
Procrastination help Googles Group: alt.recovery.procrastinate

PROSTATE CANCER AND RELATED ISSUES
Prostate cancerGoogles Group: alt.support.cancer.prostate
Prostatitis Googles Group: alt.support.prostate.prostatitis

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS RELATED
Psychological problems, general help with Googles Group: alt.psychology.help

RECOVERY FROM...RELATED
Recovering adults from dysfunctional families Googles Group: alt.recovery.adult-children
Recovering from gambling addictions Googles Group: alt.recovery.addiction.gambling
Recovering from sexual abuse Googles Group: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
Recovering from sexual abuse discussion Googles Group: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery.d
Recovering from sexual addictions Googles Group: alt.recovery.addiction.sexual
Recovering from the effects of religion Googles Group: alt.recovery.religion
Recovery from Catholic upbringing Googles Group: alt.recovery.catholicism
Recovery issues, general Googles Group: alt.recovery
Recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous Googles Group: alt.recover.aa
Recovery through Narcotics Anonymous Googles Group: alt.recovery.ns

REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY (RPI) RELATED
Repetitive strain injuries Googles Group: misc.health.injuries.rsi.misc
Repetitive strain injuries Googles Group: misc.health.injuries.rsi.moderated

SCHIZOPHRENIA SUPPORT
Schizophrenia support and info Googles Group: alt.support.schizophrenia

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD) RELATED
Seasonal affective disorder Googles Group: soc.support.depression.seasonal
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) Googles Group: alt.support.depression.seasonal

SELF-IMPROVEMENT RELATED
Self-improvement tips and techniques Googles Group: alt.self-improve

SEX REASSIGNMENT RELATED
Sex reassignment surgery or procedures, people going through Googles Group: alt.support.sexreassign
Trasgendered and intersexed persons Googles Group: soc.support.transgendered

SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS
Sexual abuse survivors, partners of Googles Group: alt.support.abuse-partners

SHORT PEOPLE RELATED
Short people, issues of interest Googles Group: alt.support.short

SHYNESS
Shyness Googles Group: alt.support.shyness

SLEEP PROBLEMS RELATED RELATED
Sleep disorders and problems sleeping Googles Group: alt.support.sleep-disorder

SMOKING RELATED THEMES
Smoking, stopping or quitting Googles Group: alt.support.stop-smoking
Smoking, like above but moderated Googles Group: alt.support.non-smokers.moderated
Smoke, effects of second-handGoogles Group: alt.support.non-smokers

SPINA BIFIDA RELATED
Spina bifida Googles Group: alt.support.spina-bifida

STUTTERING RELATED
Stuttering and other speaking difficulties Googles Group: alt.support.stuttering

SUICIDE THEME RELATED
Suicide discussion Googles Group: alt.suicide.holiday

SURVIVORS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Survivors of Prozac and other SSRIsGoogles Group: alt.support.survivors.prozac

TALL PEOPLE
Tall people, issues of interest to Googles Group: alt.support.tall

TINNITUS RELATED
Tinnitus/ringing ears/other head noisesGoogles Group: alt.support.tinnitus

TOURETTE'S SYNDROME RELATED
Tourette's syndrome Googles Group: alt.support.tourette

TRANSGENDERED; INTERSEXED
Trasgendered and intersexed persons Googles Group: soc.support.transgendered

TRAUMA; POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) RELATED
Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder Googles Group: alt.support.trauma-ptsd

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In addition, many health sites have "communities" with support groups and message boards where you can post a question of your concern.