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following links will take you to various helpful resources on the
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section has been broken down into the following categories. You can
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information:
1. General BDD Links
2. Forums
3. Transcripts
4. Videos
5. Therapy Links
6. Medications
7.Foreign BDD Sites
8. Other Disorders and General Mental Health Links
9. Body Image Sites
10. Support Groups
| General
BDD Links: |
| What
is BDD?: |
This
is a good beginning article to find out the most basic and general
information about BDD. |
| BDD
Aware |
To
educate individuals of all age groups of the symptoms of Body
Dysmorphic Disorder, and the effects of this illness. |
| Guide
to BDD: |
This
page gives a good overview of what BDD is, along with example
and statistics. |
| Massachusetts
General Hospital BDD Unit |
A
new web site which promotes awareness and understanding of BDD.
Includes information on a NIMH-funded research study offering
free individual cognitive behavior therapy for people with BDD,
as well as a number of other studies. |
| Body
Image Program: |
Here's
a link to Katherine Phillip's Body Image Program at Butler Hospital.
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| Therapy
Links: |
| Rebt
Website: |
This
site offers information on rational emotive behavioral therapy.
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| Feeling
Good.com |
This
is an informative website on Cognitive Therapy, with some good
books, questions and answers, and tutorials as well. |
| Motherwave |
A
recommended source of deeply supportive empowerment training aimed
at melting down negative beliefs. |
| Music
Therapy: The Power of Music |
Examines
the power of using popular music, something
people already listen to, in therapy. Includes examples of therapeutic
messages in popular music as well as original music by Freudian
Slip,
therapeutic rock band.
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| Anger
Management Product |
This
is a site which offers a product which allows one to release anger
in a productive and safe manner. |
| CBT: |
You
can find information on the history and uses of Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy, as well as doctors in your area that specialize in this
type of therapy.
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| Other
Disorders and General Mental Health Links |
| Joshua
Children's Foundation |
Child
Abuse can cause post traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue,
eating disorders, and addictions. This website has healing resources,
articles, and recommended books to cope with these issues. |
| SmartRecovery.org |
This
is a site dedicated to recovery from addictive behaviors. This
link leads directly to an area of the site which offers useful,
action oriented information. |
| OCF
Chicago |
The
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (OCF Chicago)
serves adults and children with OCD, their families, and the mental
health professionals who treat them. It is the only Chicago area
organization dedicated to OCD. |
| Hope4OCD |
Dr.
Edna Gorbis' organization aimed at diagnosing and treating OCD.
Dr. Gorbis also has experience working with BDD. |
| Psych
Central: |
Dr.
John Grohol's Mental Health Page, your personalized one-stop index
for psychology, support, and mental health issues, resources,
and people on the Internet, since 1995. |
| Sam
Vaknin's Narcissism Website: |
This
is the best information you'll ever find on Narcissistic Personality
Disorder. Many people with BDD will be suprised to find that members
of their families, or maybe even themselves, are plagued by this
disorder. You'll find helpful information on identifying ,dealing
with, and understanding narcissistcs as well. |
| BPD
Central: |
This
is a great place to find information about Borderline Personality
Disorder. I've notice that many people with BDD had family members
that were diagnosed with BPD. |
| Open
Directory Project (BDD): |
This
is a great place to find all the further links and information
you might need on BDD. It really has a nice, comprehensive collection
of sites. |
Eating
Disorder Referral and Information Center:
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This
site is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
The tone of the site is optimistic and hopeful, and offers direction
and help in addition to information. |
Monte
Nido Eating Disorder Treatment Center
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A
residential treatment center for women suffering from anorexia,
bulimia and
compulsive exercise.
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Eating
Disorder Center of California
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An
intensive day treatment and outpatient program for men and women,
adolescents and adults suffering from eating disorders. |
Avalon
Eating Disorder Center
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Avalon
is committed to providing a state of the art program of specialized
treatment for the purpose of helping those suffering with Anorexia
Nervosa,
Bulimia Nervosa or Atypical Eating Disorders to reclaim their
lives. Avalon
believes that integrated treatment by a multidisciplinary staff
of eating
disorder specialists provides the best path to recover. Continuity
of care
and daily reinforcement is offered in a community based, intensive
partial
hospitalization milieu. |
| Addiction
Recovery |
This
is an online community with support, information and resources
for women in recovery from addiction. |
| Grant
me the Serenity |
Addiction,
alcoholism, abuse, self-help, eating disorders, and mental health
resources. Offers chat, a discussion forum, recovery books and
gifts, prayers, quotes, meditations, articles and news, affirmations
and free downloads. |
| The
Online Learning Center: |
This
site has links to hundreds of others sites that provide information
on BDD.
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| The
Focus of Beauty |
Daisy's
site dedicated to interesting facts and information related to
body image. |
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| Denmark
Support Group |
BDD
support group aiming to be the number one BDD group in Denmark.
Although Danish in origin, it welcomes members the world over. |
| Accurate
Reflections |
Visit
Arie Winograd's website, offering a BDD support group in Los Angeles,
California. |
| San
Francisco Support Group |
OCD
and BDD support group located in San Francisco, California. |
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