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PEER
New Topics: Divorce, Child Abuse, Sleep, Eating Disorders
Divorce
A Kid’s Guide to Divorce http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/divorce.html
Healthy Divorce http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/healthy-divorce.aspx
Children and Divorce http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Children_and_Divorce_01.aspx
Helping Your Child Through a Divorce http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/help_child_divorce.html
Child Abuse
Electronic Book (Gale) Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
Kids Help Phone (Canadian)
Thatsnotcool.com (look at their ambassador program) http://www.thatsnotcool.com/ambassadors_challenges.aspx
Futureswitoutviolence.org http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
MedlinePlus Child Abuse http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childabuse.html
Sleep
612.8 ROS Sleep and Dreaming
616.8 MAR Sleep Disorders
616.8 PET Frequently Asked Questions about Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
REF 616.80 POL The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Electronic AudioBook Get a Good Night’s Sleep (hypnotherapy program)
National Sleep Foundation http://sleepfoundation.org/
Nation Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR) Patient & Public Information (quiz, brochures, etc.) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/org/ncsdr/patpub/
60 Minutes: The Science of Sleep Part 1 http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/science-of-sleep-part-1/
and Part 2 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-science-of-sleep/
Sleep Deprivation Can Kill http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/qpCFER_kxts8vO_1M2oq_Xb7uUJjwbD3/why-sleep-deprivation-can-kill/
Talk About Sleep http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/ Commercial site, with some useful information.
Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm
Insomniacs.co.uk Causes of Insomnia http://www.insomniacs.co.uk/CausesOfInsomniaCategory.html
Eating Disorders
618.92 JUE Childhood Obesity
618.92 CUR Childhood Obesity
Electronic Book 616.3 CAR Living with Obesity http://www.mackinvia.com/Titles?pg=1&rpp=18&s=0&rt=2&kw=Living%20with%20Obesity
(have to be logged into MackinVia for link to work)
616.3 MUR Obesity
613.2 NES Why Calories Count
616.85 FAV Food as Foe
CDC Adolescent & School Health: Childhood Obesity http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm
Also look at related sites found on lower right
World Health Organization: Obesity http://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/
PBS: This Emotional Life: Eating Disorders http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/eating-disorders
FamilyDoctor.org Eating Disorders http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders.html
Teens: Binge Eating Disorder http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&ps=204&article_set=22113&cat_id=20123&lic=44
Weight Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/binge.htm
PBS It’s My Life: Eating Disorders http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/eatingdisorders/index.html
NIMH Eating Disorders: About More than Food http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/eating-disorders/index.shtml
National Eating Disorders Association http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Eating Disorders Online http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/explain/bulimia.php
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders http://www.eatingdisordersonline.com/explain/bulimia.php
American Family Physician: Assessment and Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa http://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0601/p2743.html