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Addictions/Substance Abuse
Traditional 12-Step Program
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Al-Anon and Alateen
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholic Anonymous (Bangor)
Cocaine Anonymous
Debtors Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Marijuana Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
Alternative/Other Self-Help Groups
Secular Organization for Sobriety
SCA - Sexual Compulsives
Anonymous
SMART Recovery
Women for Sobriety
Assisted Living
Assisted
Living and Nursing Facility Care - OES; DHHS Maine
MaineCare Benefits
Manual
Health/Mental Health
Alzheimers Association
Information on drugs/treatment options,
caregiver resources, fact sheets, support group info
Anger
Controlling Anger
Anxiety Disorders
Exercise eases symptoms of anxiety and depression
Generalized anxiety disorder - MayoClinic.com
Asperger's Syndrome
Attention Deficit Disorder
www.chadd.org
Breast Cancer
Center at WebMD
Information regarding every aspect of the disease and treatment
free electronic newsletter available.
Breast Cancer Information and Resources
www.wellspouse.org
Care Givers
Centers for Disease Control
Health recommendations by geographic
location, food and water precautions, disease outbreak info. - a
"must see" site for the traveler
Cyber Diet
On-line "interactive nutritional profile
Depression
Depression in Kids: How is it treated?
Children and antidepressants: Sorting through the warnings
Divorce
Eldercare
General
Health for Young People - Go Ask Alice
General Mental Health
Grief And Loss
(PDF)
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
A guide that
answers basic questions about diagnostic medical tests: what are
they, what are they for, how do you prepare for them, what happens
during them, how long before results are known, etc.
Healthfinder
A gateway consumer health info site from
the U.S. Government
Health Information
www.medicinenet.com/Script/Maine/ht.asp
Health
Issues for Travelers
InteliHealth
Featuring Harvard Medical School's
consumer health information
Keeping your back healthy at work
Understanding the cause of workplace back injuries can help you
prevent them.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
A source for reliable and current (updated
daily!) health information
MEDHUNT
A medical search engine that allows users
to type in key words to find appropriate sites
MedicineNet
A free medical reference with disease and
treatment, pharmacy, medical dictionary, poison control center, and
news section
Mood And Food: Escape Emotional Eating
For many people, eating is a way of suppressing or soothing negative
emotions, such as anger, anxiety, boredom, sadness and loneliness.
www.adultchildren.org
National Association for Adult
Children of Alcoholics
www.health.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00476&si=1701
Nervous breakdown
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Raising an active child: Ideas for
parents
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FL00030&si=1707
Active children are healthier, stronger, do better in school and
often grow up to be fit adults. Follow these steps to raise an
active child.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
SAD is different from the winter blahs.
www.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
What
You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer
A guide to the symptoms, risk factors, and
treatment of the most common type of cancer in men.
Weight
Loss & Control
NIH pulications on eating disorders, exercise, dieting, surgery, &
more.
Well Spouse Foundation
Information and support for the partners of the chronically ill and
disabled.
Y-Me National Breast Cancer
Organization
Cancer resources, early detection
programs, monthly newsletter and information for anyone who has been
touched by breast cancer
Legal/Consumer Information
Benefits Check Up
National Council on the Aging's free on-line service that identifies
federal and state assistance programs for elders.
Consumer World
A public service non-commercial guide of over 2000 useful consumer
resources
Consumer Complaints
Updated resources that can help you take
action on individual consumer complaints about products and
services; telemarketing; Y2K consumer issues; e-commerce & the
internet; automobiles; healthcare; and environmental violations
Consumer Law Page
Over 150 articles and brochures on topics
of interest to consumers
Courts
Rules, Forms, and Fees
Divorce
Helpful resource about divorce
Foreignborn.com
Info, tools and resources for all
foreign-born individuals entering or living in the U.S.
Kelley Blue Book
Check the retail or trade-in value for
almost any car or truck model from the past 21 years
Quackwatch
Home page of Quackwatch, Inc., a nonprofit
corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths,
fads and fallacies
Relocation
Resources
This site, from The Wall Street Journal, offers many
resources for moving to a new city, finding and buying a home, and
improving it.
Volunteer Match
Organizations needing volunteers can post their needs here; wouldbe
volunteers can post their zip code and see what kinds of volunteers
are needed.
Financial
EAP Money Links
Links that make "cents"- tax assistance, financial problems,
money saving ideas, mortgage rates, compulsive spending, and other
money addictions
Financial Counseling
www.cccsme.org
Leadfusion
Features many "financial decision
calculators" - from buying a home to leasing a car and paying off
installment loans. Also info on loan and credit card rates
Financial Aid Information Page
Links to sources of information about
student financial aid. Maintained by the author of "The Prentice
Hall Guide to Scholarships and Fellowships for Math and Science
Students"
Lifenet
Buying a home, estate planning, retirement planning, income
taxes, & more
National Center for Home Equity
Conversion
This site recommended by AARP provides objective, independent
information to determine the approximate amount an older homeowner
would receive from a reverse mortgage.
National Center for Financial
Education
Tips for using credit cards, designing a
"spending-by-choice-plan" and avoiding debt
University of Maine
Credit Union
Financial products and services for the
University of Maine community
Career Resources
Career Development
Information for the University of Maine
Lots of career development sites and job
search info for careers both inside and outside of the University of
Maine
Career Builder
You can register to do on-line job searches here.
Headhunter.net
A wide range of job openings.
Job Hunt
Organized by career field, linked to other
sites
JobHunters Bible.com by Dick Bolles
A site designed as a supplement to his
book "What Color is Your Parachute?"
Mapping Your Future
A "must-visit" if you have a high school student in the house!
Guided tours explain how to choose a career, select a school and get
financial aid. This site is sponsored by state agencies that
administer the US Federal Family Education Loan Program.
University of Maine Human Resource Department
Search the University of Maine for current job opportunities
Wall Street Journal Interactive
Edition salaries, profiles, job searching advice, starting a
business and more
Domestic
Violence
National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
