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Helpful articles, books and Web site links

Information here is organized by major topical areas. A wide variety of related information will appear within many of the links. Items of interest range from short educational articles, to comprehensive databases devoted to a specific topic.

Topics: Aging & health | Alcohol & drug abuse | Other addictions | ADD/ADHD | Anger management | Anxiety | Depression | Domestic violence & abusive relationships | Eating disorders | Gambling | Grief and loss | Health & wellness | Family & relationships | Mental health disorders | Stress management | Trauma | Work place issues

Please note, some article links may take you off of the Aurora EAP Web site.

Aging and health

• Aging and health
• Advance care planning
• Freedom 55+
• In her own words: living with Alzheimer's disease
• Planning for the end of life: do it for your family
• Is it time to stop driving?
• Keeping home a safe haven
• Life review: the benefits of recording your "autobiography"
• Re-entering the workforce after retirement
• Universal design: helping older adults maintain their independence
• Adult day care: good for caregivers and the people they care for
• Determining if a person with dementia is in pain
• Traveling with grandchildren
• Keep on movin': exercise after 50
• Caregiver stress: the impact of chronic disease on the family
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)
• Find eldercare help (external Web site)

Alcohol and drug abuse

• Drug abuse and drug addiction
• Alcohol abuse and alcoholism
• Steroid use: a dangerous trend among teens
• Calendar of events - alcohol
• American Liver Foundation (external Web site)
• Alcohol and stress: is there a connection?
• In his own words: living with alcoholism
• Growing up sober: a challenging journey for adult children of alcoholics
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)

Other addictions

• Trapped on the Web: Internet addiction disorder
• Recommended reading
  • When Someone in the Family Drinks Too Much - Richard Langsen (for kids)
  • Changing for Good - Prochaska, Norcross, and DeClemente

ADD/ADHD

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Risk Factors for Attention Deficit Disorder
• Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Screening for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Reducing Your Risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Talking to Your Health Care Provider about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• In His Own Words: Living With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Resource Guide for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• Recommended reading:
  • Putting on the Brakes - Patricia Quinn and Judith M. Stern (ADHD Information)
  • Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents - Russell Barkley

Anger management

• Anger: don't put a lid on it
• Recommended reading:
  • Counterattack - Jay Carty (Christian Focus)
  • Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner

Anxiety

• Anxiety
• Massage therapy
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (external Web site)
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)
• Fighting fear about phobias
• One more thing to worry about: studies show increasing anxiety in children and adults over time
• In his own words: living with social anxiety disorder
• Social phobia: not just shyness
• Conquering the fear of public speaking
• What, me worry?
• How headlines drive our fears
• Running scared: it won't stop your nightmares
• Recommended reading
  • Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy or the Feeling Good Handbook - Dr. David Burns
  • The Anxiety Cure - Archibald Hart, PhD (Christian Focus)

Depression

• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• The winter blues
• More than the blues: understanding dysthymia
• The ups and downs of cyclothymia
• In her own words: living with postpartum depression
• In her own words: living with depression
• More Than the Blues: Understanding Dysthymia
• Depression screening advised for all adults
• Shedding light on seasonal affective disorder
• Just "the blues" or clinical depression: making the distinction to get the help you need
• Depression in college
• Do antidepressants really work?
• Creativity and depression: is there a link?
• National Foundation For Depressive Illness (external Web site)
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)
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  Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents
• Coping with Depression
• Coping with Depression (Spanish version)
• Facts About Depression
• Facts About Depression (Spanish version)
• Helping Someone Who Is Depressed
• Helping Someone Who Is Depressed (Spanish version)
• Medication Treatment of Depression
• Medication Treatment of Depression (Spanish version)
• When a Teenage Friend is Depressed
• When a Teenage Friend is Depressed (Spanish version)
• Getting Better--And Staying Better (Recovering from Depression)
• Getting Better--And Staying Better (Recovering from Depression) (Spanish version)
• More Information on Depression
• More Information on Depression (Spanish version)
   
• Recommended reading
  • Feeling Good - David Burns
  • Do One Thing Different - Bill O'Hanlon

Domestic violence and abusive relationships

• Recognizing abuse
• Battered men: The painful truth
• Beating back the anger: Help for abusive men
• Sexual Assault Treatment Center
• The Healing Center
• A cry for help: how to recognize elder abuse

Eating disorders

• Recommended reading: Making Peace With Food - Susan Kano

Gambling

• Compulsive gambling: a dicey condition

Grief and loss

• Unique concerns when grieving for a sudden loss
• Planning for the end of life: Do it for your family
• Coping with Loss: Help for widows and widowers
• Big boys don't cry: How men grieve
• When breaking up is hard to do: How to cope with the loss of a relationship
• Support Groups: How do they help?
• Surviving the loss of a loved one
• The power of prayer in healing
• Leaving loneliness behind
• Understanding Psychosocial Support Services (American Cancer Society)
• Grief and Loss: A collection of resources, a community of care (AARP)
• Coping with loss: help for widows and widowers
• Healing little hearts: helping kids grieve
• Unique concerns when grieving for a sudden loss
• Recommended reading
  • When God Doesn't Make Sense - James Dobson, PhD (Christian Focus)
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Harold S. Kushner
  • Guiding Your Child Through Grief - Mary Ann Emswiler
  • Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope when a Special Person Dies - Janis Silverman

Health and wellness

• Calendar of events
• The why's and how's of starting a fitness program
• Omega-3 fatty acids and mental health: is it just a fish tale?
• Living vicariously through sports teams: is it healthy?
• Mastering motivation
• Can't get no satisfaction?
• Patience: it's worth the wait
• Discovering the courage within
• Are you highly sensitive?
• Guilty as charged! Now what?
• The paradox of perfectionism
• Loving yourself: how to raise your self-esteem
• Leaving loneliness behind
• Taking risks in love and life
• Never enough: the hoarding mentality
• Secondhand emotions: "catching" a bad mood
• The horror paradox: why being scared can feel good
• Emotional maturity: your personal strength
• The power of personality
• Mental resilience
• Solitude
• Emotional intelligence: more important than IQ?
• Caught with your pants down? The psychology of embarrassment

Chronic fatigue

• When a loved one has chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia

Mind and body

• How (well) do you remember?
• Herbs and natural remedies
• Alternative health
• Using alternative medicine
• Weight management services
• Weight Management Center
• Genetics and mental illness: what's the connection?
• Hopelessness and the heart attack: the role of depression in heart disease
• Can folic acid help ease depression?
• Seasonal affective disorder: blame it on sunlight and serotonin
• Depression and chronic illness: which comes first?
• Chronic pain and depression: A chicken or the egg story
• Epilepsy: new perspectives on an old condition
• Taking medications for mental illness: special concerns for children, elderly people, and pregnant or nursing women
• Sleep disorders
• Narcolepsy: when you just can't keep your eyes open
• Coping with the loss of a limb
• Cancer fatigue: it's more than just being tired
• Health is the whole…body, mind and soul
• Excess noise: bad for your mind and body
• A healthy dose of optimism
• Forgiveness: it's a great feeling
• Laugh three times and call me in the morning
• Journal writing: a prescription for good health
• Use it or lose it: preventing cognitive decline
• How memories are born
• Keep your memory sharp
• Tease your brain: a quiz to give your brain a workout
• Metal toxicity: your brain under siege

Smoking cessation

The documents below are in the Adobe Acrobat file format. If you don't have the free reader software you can download it here.

• Smoking cessation center
• Children and Secondhand Smoke
• Children and Secondhand Smoke (Spanish version)
• Five Common Myths About Quitting Smoking
• Five Common Myths About Quitting Smoking (Spanish version)
• Five-Day Plan to Get Ready
• Five-Day Plan to Get Ready (Spanish version)
• Frequently Asked Questions... About Quitting Smoking
• Frequently Asked Questions...About Quitting Smoking (Spanish version)
• Good News About Quitting Smoking
• Good News About Quitting Smoking (Spanish Version)
• Help for Pregnant Smokers
• Help for Pregnant Smokers (Spanish version)
• Tips for the First Week
• Tips for the First Week (Spanish version)
• You Can Quit Smoking
• You Can Quit Smoking (Spanish version)

Family and relationships

• Difficult people: how to deal and when to ditch
• Developing healthy friendships

Marriage/couples

• When breaking up is hard to do: how to cope with the loss of a relationship
• Marriage and family therapy
• How a new baby can affect the parents' relationship
• Overcoming fear of intimacy
• Recommended reading
  • Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - John Gottman
  • That's Not What I Meant: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships - Deborah Tannen
  • Divorce Busting - Michelle Weiner-Davis

Parenting

• Shiftworking parents:  How to stay connected with your kids
• Is your child sick?
• Kids' & teens' health
• Youth sports: are the kids really having fun?
• Who's coaching our kids?
• Helping our young people deal with the trauma of terrorism and war
• On your own: being a good single parent
• Healthful eating for teens on the run
• Coming of age in the computer age
• Kids and caffeine: are they getting too much?
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)
• Find childcare help (external Web site)

Divorce/blending family

• Recommended reading
  • Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way - M. Gary Neuman
  • Divorce Busting - Michelle Weiner-Davis

Mental health disorders

• Multiple personality disorder: does it really exist?
• Inside the criminal mind: is it different?
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: they're not the same
• Personality disorders: an overview
• Munchausen syndrome and factitious disorders: fact and fiction
• Psychological misdiagnosis of gifted and talented children
• In her own words: living with schizophrenia
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: when you can't stop intrusive thoughts and rituals
• AIDS dementia complex
• Can we predict and prevent schizophrenia?
• In his own words: living with obsessive-compulsive disorder
• In her own words: living with Tourette syndrome
• Recommended reading: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior - Jeffrey M. Schwartz.

Getting help and treatment

• Support groups: how do they help?
• Mental health practitioners: who's who?
• Mental health services: an overview
• Existential therapy: coping with the human condition
• Considering counseling
• Psychodynamic therapy: exploring the unconscious mind
• Suicide prevention: how you can help
• Preventing adolescent suicide: what you can do
• Pastoral counseling: integrating spirituality and psychotherapy
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
• Virtual reality therapy: a new way to fight fear and control pain
• Magnet Therapy: Real Therapy or Wishful Thinking?
• Group therapy: can it help you?
• Talk therapy or drug therapy: which is better?

Stress management

• Times of Uncertainty: Suggestions to help your family cope
• Aurora Center for Well Being
• Stress center
• Ways to beat stress: aromatherapy, bach flower remedies, crying, exercise, laughter, massage, pets, simplifying, visualization, yoga
• Massage therapy services
• Calendar of events
• Tips for reducing stress in your life
• Bodywork: what you don't know could hurt!
• American Institute of Stress (external Web site)
• Search the Web on this topic (external Web site)

Trauma

• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): a controversial treatment for trauma survivors
• Recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder: the first step toward healing
• Coping with the aftermath of rape
• In her own words: living with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Self-expression: a solution for traumatic times

Work place issues

• Surviving the pink slip
• Depression in the workplace: tips for managers
• Workplace bullying: a threat to health and well-being
• Take a break from techno-stress
• Don't get scorched by job burnout
• Recommended reading: Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman