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Diseases and Disorders
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Contents:
Alzheimer Disease - Amnesia - Anxiety Disorders - Asperger Syndrome - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Autistic Disorder - Bipolar Disorder - Borderline Personality Disorder - Capgras Syndrome - Child Behavior Disorders - Combat Disorders - Communication Disorders - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - Cyclothymic Disorder - Dementia - Dementia, Vascular - Dependent Personality Disorder - Depression, Postpartum - Depressive Disorder - Dissociative Disorders - Dyslexia - Dyspareunia - Dysthymic Disorder - Eating Disorders - Encopresis - Erectile Dysfunction - Firesetting Behavior - Huntington Disease - Hypochondriasis - Impulse Control Disorders - Kleine-Levin Syndrome - Lewy Body Disease - Mental Disorders - Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood - Mental Retardation - Multiple Personality Disorder - Munchausen Syndrome - Mutism - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (not on MeSH) - Narcolepsy - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Paraphilias - Phobic Disorders - Psychotic Disorders - Restless Legs Syndrome - Rett Syndrome - Schizophrenia - Seasonal Affective Disorder - Sexual and Gender Disorders - Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological - Sleep Disorders - Somatoform Disorders - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - Substance-Related Disorders - Tic Disorders - Tourette Syndrome - Trichotillomania - Wernicke Encephalopathy -


  Mental Disorders   
  An interactive guide to examining the Mental Status of a patient - NeuroExam.com
  About Mental Disorders - Internet Mental Health (US)
  APA Diagnostic Classification, DSM-IV-TR (text revision) - via BehaveNet
  Information on Mental Health Problems from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)
  Learn more about Mental Illnesses [for the general public] - American Psychiatric Association
  SAMHSA's Nat'l Mental Health Services Information Center - (US)
  The Brain from Top to Bottom - Canadian Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction
  Search the PsiTri database (EBM related references on Mental Health Disorders) - (FI)
  The Enpsychlopedia search service
  Topics on Mental Disorders & Therapies - MentalHelp.net (US)
  The Psychiatric Review of Symptoms: A Screening Tool for Family Physicians [DJ Carlat] - Am Family Phys, Nov 1998
  Topics in Psychiatry and Mental Health [free, but you must register] - MedScape
  Mental Health and Behavior Topics - MEDLINEplus/NLM (US)
  The American Psychiatric Association
  PsychNet-UK
  Facts for Families - American Acad. of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  About Mental illnesses and treatments from NAMI - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - (US)
  Reprints of genetics related articles in Development and Neurobiology - J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
  Psychology WWW Virtual Library [GR Thursby] - Univ of Florida (US)
  A Diagnosis dictionary - Psychology Today
  Scholary Psychology Resources on Internet [R. Dewey] - (US)
  Americans with Disabilities Act issues - Bazelon Center (US)
  Mental Illness and Stigma - Mayo Clinic
  About Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders - Thyroid Foundation of Canada
  Psychiatric treatment guidelines - Expert Consensus Guideline Series (US)
  (Emotional) Trauma Info Pages [D Baldwin]
  Emotions and Disease , online exhibition at NLM (US)
  The Limbic System: The Center of Emotions [Amaral and Oliveira] - The Healing Center, and about the Amygdala - Scholarpedia
  About Insula cortex (Insula) - Wikipedia
  About Psychoneuro-Immunology (PNI) - APA Monitor, Jun 1999
  The Merck Manual of Geriatrics [3rd Ed., 2000] - (US)
  Working With Older People. A Clinician's Handbook - Natl Inst on Aging, NIH (US)
  Short Works by RJ Corelli - Stanford (US)
  Mental Health Medications - NIMH/NIH (US)
  Dr Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips [R Hsiung]
  Psychopharmacotherapy 'at your fingertips' [Pavuluri and Janicak], 2003 - Univ of Illinois
  About Psychoactive Drugs - from The HIV Drug Book via The Body (US)
  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR Inst., Inc.
  The Antipsychiatry Coalition
  Articles from The New England Skeptical Society
  Critical Psychiatry Web Site [D Double] - (UK)
  The M.I.N.D. Institute - UC/Irvine
  Music-Brain-Child Development articles - The Richards Institute of Education & Research
  Musical training shapes structural brain development [Hyde et al.; abstract only] - J Neurosci, Mar 2009, via PubMed
  About 'The Mozart Effect' - Neuroscience for Kids
  When Music Stops Making Sense [P Janata] - The DANA Foundation

   Anxiety Disorders   
   About Panic Disorder and Anxiety Disorders - National Institute of Mental Health (US)
   The Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute (MADI) - Massachusetts Gen Hosp. (US)
   The Panic-Anxiety Page
   Panic Disorder - Internet Mental Health
   Tackling Anxiety With Less Angst (about XBD173) - Science, Jun 2009
   On Separation Anxiety - Internet Mental Health
   Anxiety Disorders Association of America
   Int'l Paruresis ('Shy Bladder') Association - (US)

    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder   
    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - NIMH/NIH (US)
    A Hidden Compulsion: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder [A Turnbull]
    About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Mayo Clinic
    Compulsive Skin Picking - OCD Center, Los Angeles (US)
    Guidelines for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - PsychGuides
    The OCD Community Center at HealthyPlace.com, Inc.
    Compulsive Skin Picking - OCD Center, Los Angeles (US)
    A list of Manias and Obsessions [S Chrisomalis]

    Phobic Disorders   
    Phobias - Am. Psychiatric Assoc. (US)
    On the Amygdala and Fear [L Tucker] - Science World, Feb 2003
    About Snake Phobia - Web4Health
    About Social Phobia - MentalHealth
    Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association
    The Shyness Home Page - Palo Alto Shyness Clinic (US)
    Shyness in Babies Detectable by MRI Brain Amygdala Scans - FuturePundit, Jun 2003
    On Painful Shyness in Adults and Children - APA
    Dental Fear Central
    About Specific Phobia and Agoraphobia [article] - Internet Mental Health (US)
    The Gut Reaction's Web Site (about emetophobia ) [L Dean] - (UK)
    The Int'l Emetophobia Society
    About Claustrophobia - Pegasus-NLP
    A Fear of Flying site [RL Richmond] - (US)
    A Fear of Flying Help Course [SL Chance] - (US)
    The Phobia List [F. Culbertson] - (US)

    Stress Disorders, Traumatic   

     Combat Disorders   
     ICISF: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation , Inc.
     War Psychiatry (1995) - Textbook of Military Medicine (US)
     On Children and Armed Conflict , and about Military Use of Children - Wikipedia
     A Psychological First Aid Guide - US Dept Vet Affairs
     On Combat Stress and Wellness - US Dept Vet Affairs
     On War Syndromes - WRAMC (US)
     Iraq War Clinician Guide , 2004 [12 MB] - NCPTSD/WRAMC (US)
     About the Last Battle of the Gulf War - The Gulf War Frontier (US)
     Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says - CNN, Nov 2008
     About GulfLink: Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illness
     Gulf War Veteran Pages and about Radioactive Battlefields of the 1990's - Gulf War Veterans Pages (US)
     About Gulf War Associated Illnesses - U of Texas/SW Med C. (US)
     Vietnam Veterans of America
     Articles related to the Balkan War syndrome [Meier and Muller] - (DE)
     Combat Stress Control in Joint Operations - Office of (US Army) Medical History
     Women Veterans: Break Silence on Sexual Harassment & Assault
     A Trauma Treatment Manual [EM Schmookler]
     The effects of weapons and the Solferino cycle - BMJ, Oct 1999
     The Repression of War Experience [Rivers et al.; 1917] and Shell Shock and Its Lessons [Smith and Hatherly, 1917]
     About Victory disease - Wikipedia

     Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic   
     Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - APA (US)
     About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Internet Mental Health (US)
     About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - MayoClinic.com
     Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [G Bayse] - Houghton College
     Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Expert Consensus Guidelines
     National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - US Dept Veterans Affairs
     The SIDRAN Institute - (US)
     On Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - APA Online (US)


   Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders   

    Amnesia   
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    Cognition Disorders   

     Huntington Disease   
    See another page


    Dementia   
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     Alzheimer Disease   
    See another page

     Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome   
    See another page

     Dementia, Vascular   
    See another page

     Huntington Disease   
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     Lewy Body Disease   
    See another page


   Dissociative Disorders   
   What is a Dissociative Disorder? - SIDRAN Institute
   The Int'l Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation

    Multiple Personality Disorder   
    About Multiple personality Disorder (Dissociative identity Disorder) - the Skeptic's Dictionary
    Dissociative identity Disorder - Wikipedia
    On Multiple personality resources and controversies - Astraea's Web
    All about Multiple Personalities [RB Allison] - Dissociation.com
    About Dissociative identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) - MedicineNet


   Eating Disorders   
   When does regular dieting become an eating disorder? [T Benton 1997] - The Child's Doctor
   Website On Eating Disorders - Something-Fishy (US)
   Diagnosis of Eating Disorders [Pritts and Susman] - AAFP, Jan 2003
   On Eating Disorders and the Brain - SFN (US)
   Eating Disorders Referral and Information Center - (US)
   The Center for Eating Disorders - Sheppard Pratt
   On Weight & Obesity , including a note on Surgical Treatment of Obesity - Myers Information Services (US)
   Mapping the Brain's Food-Intake Circuitry [JM Friedman] - HHMI (US)
   .. see also under Obesity [Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases]
   Pica (Syndrome) - OptumHealth/ADAM
   Pica (disorder) - Wikipedia
   Eating Disorder: Pica [Ellis and Schnoes] - eMedicine
   About Top gymnast Christy Henrich
   Eating Disorders - Mirror Mirror
   Prompt Differentiation of Addison's Disease from Anorexia Nervosa .. [Adams et al.; abstract only] - SMJ Feb 1998, via PubMed
   On Pro-Anorexia Web sites [J Reaves] - TIME
   About Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - Internet Mental Health (US)
   Perfectionism and Eating Disorders [DJ Kuehnel] - Addictions & More

   Factitious Disorders   

    Munchausen Syndrome   
    About Munchausen Syndrome [W Ernoehazy] - eMedicine
    Factitious Disorders, including Munchausen Syndrome [M Feldman]
    On Munchausen Syndrome - Med Help Net
    About Munchausen Syndrome - WhoNamedIt
    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen [RE Raspe; 1895 ]
    Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy [links]


   Impulse Control Disorders   
   Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - NIMH/NIH (US)
   The Obsessive Compulsive-Foundation - (US)
   Guidelines for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - PsychGuides
   Doubt as a disorder? - a personal account
   On Olfactory Obsession [Phillipson & Steward]

    Firesetting Behavior   
    On Pyromania - Wikipedia
    Arson and Juveniles: Responding to the Violence - U.S. Fire Administration
    A Psychodynamic Classfication System for Pathological Firesetters With Treatment Strategies for Each Subgroup [J Hamling, 1995]
    A Juvenile Firesetters (Intervention) Manual - Parker Fire Safety Foundation (US)

    Trichotillomania   
    Trichotillomania Learning Center (Compulsive Hair Pulling)
    The Official UK Trich Support Site
    A brief note about Trichotillomania - DermWeb


   Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood   
   Multiple Congenital Abnormalities associated with Mental Retardation [S Jablonski] - NLM (US)

     Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity   
     Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - NIMH, 2008
     Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Amer Acad of Pediatrics, 2000
     US Nat'l Attention Deficit Disorder Association
     CH.A.D.D.
     What is AD/HD? [for parents] - KidsHealth
     ADD Resources - Tacoma, WA (US)
     Attention Deficit Disorder [links] - Awesome Library
     The Wild Child [G Miller]
     Discovering Mathematical Talent [RC Miller, 1990] - ERIC EC Digest, via KidSource
     ADHD, A Parents Guide - AACAP and APA, via ParentsMedGuide.org (US)
     Tonsils out to treat ADHD? - Dr Greene
     ADHD: How is it treated? [M Fowler] - Family Education
     ADHD Owner's Manual [N Alex] - (US)
     About Methylphenidate ( Ritalin ) - Internet Mental Health (US)
     Serotonin May Hold Key To Hyperactivity Disorder - HHMI News Jan 1999
     On Serotonin and ADHD [Quist and Kennedy] - J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, Feb 2001


    Child Behavior Disorders   
    School Psychology Resources Online [S Steingart] - (US)
    Bright Futures - US Nat'l C. for Educ. in Maternal & Child Health
    Council for Exceptional Children - (US)
    About Reactive Attachment Disorder
    Pervasive Refusal Syndrome [B Lask; abstract only] - Adv Psych Treatment, 2004
    Life-threatening Loss of Function in Refugee Children: Another Expression of Pervasive Refusal Syndrome? [G Bodegard; abstract only] - Clin Child Psychol Psychiat, 2005
    About High Risk Students [links] - Educator's Reference Desk
    On Children with Pervasive Refusal [Lask et al.] Arch Dis Childhood, 1991
    The TeachingLDk - Council for Exceptional Children (US)
    On Social Skills - NYU Child Study Center (US)
    About Feral (Wild, Wolf) Children

    Child Development Disorders, Pervasive   

     Asperger Syndrome   
     About Asperger Syndrome - NINDS (US)
     Asperger Syndrome - Wikipedia
     About Asperger Syndrome - K12academics
     Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the U.S.
     Diagnostic Rating Scales for Asperger Syndrome at the Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support
     The Source
     Asperger's Disorder Home Page [KR Ozbayrak]
     Families of Adults Afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome - (US)
     Asperger's Syndrome - Yale Child Study Center (US)
     On the Savant Syndrome - Univ of Wisconsin (US)
     The Savant Academy
     About Kim Peek , and Daniel Tammet - Wikipedia

     Autistic Disorder   
     Autism Collaboration - (US)
     Autism Information Center at CDC (US)
     About Autism Spectrum Disorders - Maternal and Child Health Library
     Exploring Autism - Autism Genetics Cooperative
     Early Identification and Assessment of Young Children with Autism [Gargus and Yatchmink], 2005
     Autism Independent UK
     Some research news info from Autism Speaks
     AMA Associação de Amigos do Autista - (BR)
     Autism Society of America
     Secretin Questioned as Autism Treatment - WebMD, Jul 2005
     On Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders - About.com
     Finding the Words (on recovering from autistic spectrum disorder)
     A Autism-FAQ: Definition of Autism , Autism-FAQ: Controversies , and Autism: The Difficulties in Differential Diagnosis [D Brucken] - Indiana Univ. (US)
     Autism Spectrum Disorder in Learners with Blindness/Vision Impairments [MH Gense], 2002 - FOCUS Families
     Discussions about Autism - BrainTalk Communities
     Autism overview - NICHD/NIH (US)
     Court rules vaccines not to blame for autism - CNN, Feb 2009
     Is autism genetic? Researchers zero in on an answer [A Harding] - CNN, 2009
     About Autistic enterocolitis ('leaky gut') - Wikipedia
     Opening statements in case on autism and vaccination - NY Times, Jun 12, 2007
     Autism Spectrum Disorders - Nat'l All. for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression (US)
     Autism Spectrum Disorder in Learners with Blindness/Vision Impairments [MH and DJ Gense], 2002 - FOCUS Families
     On Semantic Pragmatic Disorder [M Sharp] - (US)
     About Simon Baron-Cohen - Wikipedia
     About Harry Harlow and the science of affection [book review]
     About The Tomatis Method and Autism

     Rett Syndrome   
    See another page


    Communication Disorders   
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      Dyslexia   
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    Elimination Disorders   

     Encopresis   
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    Learning Disorders   

     Dyslexia   
    See another page


    Mental Retardation   
   See another page

    Mutism   
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    Tic Disorders   
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     Tourette Syndrome   
    See another page


    Affective Disorders, Psychotic   

     Bipolar Disorder   
     Bipolar Disorder information [Read and Purse] - About.Com
     On Bipolar Disorder [PJ Markovitz] - Mental Health Sanctuary
     Bipolar Disorder - NAMI (US)
     Bipolar Disorders [C Glavin] - K12academics
     On Lithium (therapy) for Bipolar Disorder - WebMD, and about Lithium and the Brain: New Light on Bipolar Treatment Drugs - ScienceDaily, Apr 2009
     Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - (US)
     The Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders - OBAD (CA)
     Treatment guidelines for Bipolar Disorder , 2004 - Expert Consensus Guideline Series (US)
     About lithium therapy - NAMI (US)
     The BPSO Public Pages

      Cyclothymic Disorder   
      About Cyclothymic Disorder - PsychNet-UK
      Cyclothymia Links [I Goldberg]
      Cyclothymia - Wikipedia


    Depressive Disorder   
    On Major Depressive Disorder - Internet Mental Health (US)
    Depression links - PsychNet (UK)
    PET imaging of Depression [TG Cobb]
    A video lecture about Depression: Impact, Causes and Current Research [P Schmidt] - NIH, Oct 2006 (US)
    Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - (US)
    Dr Ivan's Depression Central
    Depression After Delivery - Postpartum Support Int'l
    The Depressed Child [parent of Daniel]
    Wing of Madness: A Depression Guide [D Gray] - (US)
    Depression and the Hippocampus [Bremner et al.], 2000 - via HedWeb
    Int'l Foundation for Research and Education on Depression
    On Medications and Therapies for Depression [G Brynes] - Baltimore, MD (US)
    About Hypericum & Depression - NCAM
    Antidepressants: Update on New Agents and Indications [Ables and Baughman] - AFP, Feb 2003
    About Serotonin and SSRIs [Schloss and Williams, 1998]
    Antidepressants (Seroxat) can be addictive - BBC, Oct 2002 (UK)
    Reports of some studies, conducted by GlaxosSmithKline, Inc., using Paroxetine (Seroxat) for treating pediatric and adolescent patients
    Seroxat must not be used for treatment of children - MHRA, Jun 2003 (UK)
    On the SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome [P Host] - About.com
    Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome (Withdrawal Syndrome) [Warner et al.] - AAFP, Aug 2006
    Antidepressant Protein Discovered in Mouse Brain - Jan 2006, via NIH
    Deep Brain Stimulation Offers Hope in Depression - The DANA Foundation, Mar 2008
    Depression: Electroconvulsive Therapy - familydoctor.org
    Electroconvulsive Therapy - Wikipedia
    Electroconvulsive therapy: Treating severe depression and mental illness , and Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): One woman's journey - Mayo Clinic (US)

     Depression, Postpartum   
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     Dysthymic Disorder   
     Dysthymia [I Goldberg]
     About Dysthymic Disorder [E Callaway] - eMedicine
     Information about Dysthymia [Griffiths & Ravindran] - SciAm/Ask the Experts

     Seasonal Affective Disorder   
     About Seasonal Affective Disorder - lumie (UK)
     Q&As about light therapy in Winter - Columbia-Presbyterian Med. C., N.Y. (US)
     About Seasonal Affective Disorder - MayoClinic
     The SADAssociation - (UK)


   Personality Disorders   

    Borderline Personality Disorder   
    BPD Central [R Kreger] - (US)
    On Borderline Personality Disorder - NIMH/NIH (US)
    Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary [P and T Pheil]
    Borderline Personality Disorder [DJ Jaffe] - via Med Help Int'l (US)

    Dependent Personality Disorder   
    Definition of and resources about Dependent Personality Disorder [D Kelly]


   Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features   

    Capgras Syndrome   
    About Capgras Delusion - Wikipedia
    About Capgras Syndrome - Psychnet-UK
    The official Capgras Syndrome Portal [C Pickover]

    Psychotic Disorders   
    Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder , European definition - MentalHealth.com
    About Psychosis - SimplePsych (UK)
    About Puerperal Psychosis - Univ of Birmingham (UK)
    Brief Psychotic Disorder [Mamon and Larson] - eMedicine
    Cannabis Psychosis [B Boettcher] - Priory Lodge Educ. Ltd (UK)
    Alcohol-Related Psychosis [M Larson] - eMedicine
    About the Prefrontal Cortex - Wikipedia

    Schizophrenia   
    Schizophrenia - MedicineNet
    About Schizophrenia - APA (US)
    Brief note about Schizophrenia in Children - AACAP (US)
    Schizophrenia - Psychiatry24x7.com
    Schizophrenia: text and links - Internet Mental Health (US)
    Toxoplasma Infection Increases Risk Of Schizophrenia, Study Suggests - Science Daily, Jan 2008
    Immune system activated in schizophrenia - Karolinska Institute, Nov 2009 (SE)
    A Theory of Schizophrenia, Viruses and Pregnancy [L Frank] - GNN, Dec 2000
    Open The Doors (about Schizophrenia)
    Research at Meador-Woodruff Laboratory [JH Meador-Woodruff]


   Sexual and Gender Disorders   
   Lexikon der Sexualität [in German] - Onmeda (DE)

    Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological   
    About Sexual Disorders/Dysfunctions [LJ Miller] - atHealth.com
    Silence about sexual problems can hurt relationships - JAMA Patient Page, Jan 1999
    On Premature Ejaculation - Sexual Health InfoCenter
    My toddler is masturbating ... - Dr Greene
    Female Sexual Problems I: Loss of desire - what about the fun? [J Butcher] - BMJ
    Orgasmic dysfunction - MedlinePlus
    On Testosterone and Libido - Healthwise/Ask Alice (US)
    The Sexual Dysfunction Association - (UK)
    Sexual Response in Women - Athena Institute, 2000
    Management of sexual problems [M Ramage] - BMJ Nov 1998
    The Sexuality Forum [I Alman]
    Sex Surrogates: A Clarification of Their Functions [RJ Noonan]
    Briefly on Nymphomania - Discovery Health
    About Hypersexuality, Nymphomania and Satyriasis - Wikipedia
    On Sexual Addiction - SexInfo101
    What is Sex Addiction? - Heart2Heart (US).
    Sex Addicts Anonymous
    The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health - (US)
    About Endorphins etc. and sexual attraction [R. Hedges] - (US).
    Brief reply on Orgasm and Endorphins by Ask Alice/Healthwise (US).
    Pheromones - Brain Briefings, Jul 1999
    Brain response to putative pheromones in homosexual men [Savic et al.] - PNAS 102, 2005
    Sixth Sense: The Vomeronasal (Jacobson's) Organ [J Bernstein] - (US)
    Transsexualism - introduction & general aspects of treatment [L Gooren] - (NL)
    Press For Change [support for transgendered people] - (UK)
    Mermaids [P Sexton]
    The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
    GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

     Dyspareunia   
    See another page

     Erectile Dysfunction   
    See another page

     Paraphilias   
     About some Paraphilias - allPsych Online
     Paraphilias (definitions and links)
     Psychopathic Sexual Sadists: The Psychology and Psychodynamics of Serial Killers [VJ Geberth]


   Sleep Disorders   
   About Sleep - Center for Sleep Research, Siegel Lab. (US)
   About some Sleep Disorders - SleepNet (US)
   Cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy for insomnia: a randomized cntrolled trial and direct comparison [Jacobs et al.; abstract only] - Arch Intern Med, 2004, via PubMed
   Sleep Disorders Information from NHLBI/NIH (US)
   Sleep Related problems - US National Sleep Foundation
   Adenosine and Sleep - Brain Briefings, May '98
   Sleep Medicine Home Page - (US)
   Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crashes - NHLBI (US)
   About Sleep Paralysis - Wikipedia
   About Drowsiness and Excessive Yawning - Adam, via MedlinePlus
   Society for Reseach on Biological Rhythms
   New Pathway to Understanding Circadian Rhythms - Howard Hughes Med Inst, 2001
   About Melanopsin - SleepNet.com
   Scientists shed new light on the body's internal clock - Stanford, Dec 2002
   On Women 'more prone to nightmares' - BBC, Sep 2008 (UK)
   About Night Terrors [DW Richards]
   About Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep - Wikipedia
   Nathanial Kleitman - Wikipedia, and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) Sleep - ThinkQuest
   New research suggests REM is about eyes, not dreams? - CPMC (US)
   On Sleep and Dreaming [articles] - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
   Association for the Study of Dreams - (US)

       Kleine-Levin Syndrome   
       Kleine-Levin Syndrome Foundation , Inc.
       About Kleine-Levin Syndrome - NINDS/NIH
       Sleep Disorders: Problems associated with other disorders [Palmes and Nutter] - eMedicine

       Narcolepsy   
       Facts about Narcolepsy - NHLBI (US)
       Narcolepsy - Wikipedia
       Narcolepsy Research - Stanford (US)
       About Cataplexy - Sleep Disorders Guide, and Narcolepsy - Mayo Clinic


      Restless Legs Syndrome   
      The Ekbom (Restless Legs Syndrome: A Common, Underdiagnosed Disorder [DeSimone and Petrov] - US Pharmacist, Jan 2009
      Restless Legs Syndrome) Support Group - (UK)
      Restless legs syndrome - eMedicineHealth
      Restless Legs Syndrome (Ekbom syndrome) [Fact Sheet] - NINDS
      Levodopa for idiopathic restless legs syndrome: Evidence-based review [Conti et al.; abstract] - Mov Disord, Oct 2007
      Restless Legs - WeMove
      Restless Legs Syndrome - Bandolier
      Restless Legs Syndrom [in German] - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie
      Restless Legs [in German] - (CH)


    Parasomnias   

     Restless Legs Syndrome   
    See another location


   Somatoform Disorders   
   Managing Somatic Preoccupation [Righter and Sansone] - AFP, Jun 1999
   Somatoform Disorders [WR Yates] - eMedicine
   About 'Environmental Somatization Syndrome' - Uppsala (SE)
   On the Misdiagnosis of Somatization Disorder [A Donney] - Gulf War Veterans, Arkansas (US)
   About Body Image and Self-Esteem - KidsHealth
   About Dysmorphophobia [WM Patterson] - eMedicine
   On Body Dysmorphic Disorder - Healthy Place
   Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD, 'Imagined Ugliness Syndrome') - PsychNet-UK
   Behavioral Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder [F Penzel]

    Hypochondriasis   
    What Is Hypochondria? [I Wilhelmsen] - (NO)
    Hypochondriasis - Merck Manual
    Hypochondriasis information - Aetnba/InteliHealth
    About Hypochondriasis [DM Hilty] - eMedicine


   Substance-Related Disorders   
   American Society of Addiction Medicine
   The Addicted Brain - Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2004
   The Brain's Drug Reward System - NIDA (US)
   The Root of Reward of Reward Deficiency Syndrome [SA Hossain]
   Brain's Reward Circuitry Revealed in Procrastinating Primates - NIMH News, Aug 2004
   About Endorphins - WikiPedia, and the Endorphin Collection at Molecular Expressions
   Pathophysiology of Drug Addiction - NIDA (US).
   Articles on Addiction and Substance Abuse - U of Pennsylvania (US)
   About Dopamine and Addiction - Univ of Texas/Austin (US)
   On the Relative Addictiveness of Drugs [PJ Hilts] - New York Times, Aug 1994 (US)
   British study ranks top 20 dangerous drugs - via MSN/AP
   Drug Photos - DEA (US)
   The Nat'l Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse - Columbia University (US)
   Addiction Resource Guide [Smith, Waldman & Smith]
   The US National Criminal Justice Reference Service
   DrugScope - (UK)
   About Medical Use of Marihuana ( Cannabis) - Health Canada
   Medical Marijuana: A History [P Stack] - TIME Magazine, 2002
   Marijuana: Advances in Research
   About various Addictive Drugs
   About Wimps, Pain, and Opiate Addiction [D Josephson] - BMJ, 1999
   The Pharmacology and Toxicology of 'ecstasy' (MDMA) and related drugs [H Kalant] - CMAJ, Oct 2001
   About Dextromethorphan ( DXM ) - DEA Office of Diversion Control (US)
   PIHKAL (phenethylamines) [A & A Shulgin - L. Granquist] (US)
   Information about Methamphetamine - Indiana Prevention Resource Center (US)
   Diagnosis & Treatment of Drug Abuse , NIDA Notes , and Director's Page - National Institute of Drug Abuse/NIH (US)
   On Nonmedical Use of Adderall among Full-Time College Students - SAMHSA (US)
   Alcohol and the Human Body - Intoximeters Inc.
   Alcohol and the Central Nervous System [J Kessler]
   Some lecture notes on Alcohol and Alcoholism - Forensic Med./Univ of Dundee (UK)
   The US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
   The Center for Addiction and Mental Health of Ontario - (CA)
   Alcoholics Anonymous
   Alcoholism information collected by About.Com
   Alcohol-Related Problems: Recognition and Intervention [Burge and Schneider] - Am Family Phys, Jan 1999
   About Addiction in the Workplace - Illinois Inst for Addiction Recovery
   Dual Diagnosis Website [K Sciacca]
   Withdrawal Syndromes [E Newton] - eMedicine
   A Gene for Alcoholism - Medicinenet 2004
   Addictive cocktail: Alcoholism and Genetics [V Stagg Elliott] - amednews.com
   ASH: Action on Smoking and Health (US)
   About Nicotine in the Human Body [A Meeker-O'Connell] - How Stuff Works
   Tobacco Use Information from CDC (US)
   Nicotine Dependence - Mayo Clinic
   Tobacco Smoke May Contain a Psychoactive Ingredient Other Than Nicotine - NIDA notes, 1998
   Tobacco Control Archive - University of California/SF (US)
   On Runner's High [S Willett]
   Compulsive Gambling - Minnesota State Lottery (US)
   Gamblers Anonymous
   The Gambler [F Dostoevsky]
   The Coffee Science Source
   On Caffeine Safety - IFIC
   FAQs about Caffeine [D Owen]
   About Adenosine Receptors - Wikipedia
   Center for On-line Addiction - (US)

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    Substance Withdrawal Syndrome   
    About Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome [Bayard et al.] - AFP, Mar 2004
    On Alcohol Withdrawal - CSAP (US)

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