-- Posted by Periwinkle at 7:34 am on May 11, 2007 Well, I know a lot of us like to give out helpful links to people who make ehelp requests or posts in the forums. I often find myself giving out the same pages, so why don't we make a list of the best sites we've found? I keep some of these links (along with a PM I send to my novices) in my notepad. This is a list of some of the pages I’ve found useful. I’ll add other people’s as they post, so we can have a complete list. In general The TDEI sticky: suicide, self harm, depression, therapy, bullying, insecurity Reach out: alcohol/drugs, depression/mental health, eating disorders, family, friends, relationships, illness and health, grief, independence, safety/violence, sex, pregnancy and sexuality, communication and self esteem Cool Nurse - lots and lots and LOTS of stuff here. Livewire Emergency Help: scroll down for sexuality and puberty, health, drugs and substance abuse, mental health, violence and abuse, rape,  age of consent, hotlines Cutting and self harm Wikihow: stop cutting yourself Article about cutting from Dolly magazine You are not the only one Stop the cutting Alternatives to self harm xoxo1234's list of alternatives Talking to people who self harm Young people and self harm Resisting cutting Self-help Sleep 10 tips for better sleep National Sleep Fountation How to sleep well Depression, anxiety and stress Teenage depression Anxiety and stress: tips to get rid of it http://www.depression.com/" target="_top">Depression Rape trauma syndrome Read before you commit suicide Anger management Control your anger Friends and relationships When and how to apologise Getting over a breakup Sex and contraception Morning after pill Emergency birth control Shyness and insecurity How to start a conversation with a stranger How to have a great conversation How to start a conversation when you have nothing to talk about Making new friends Making new friends II LW Shyness support group Love yourself as a teen girl First and foremost: You gotta love yourself! Ten steps to self confidence Eating disorders Something fishy Studying and concentration Study tips Memory tips I have also found this to be useful, posted by a man who had been having trouble with his wife's illness (schizophrenia): 'She (his therapist) told me to let go of my wife that there was nothing I could do if she didn,t want to help herself.Having been told that by someone who knows what they are talking about has given me a lot of peace of mind.'. -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 7:59 am on May 11, 2007 This is a great idea for a thread, I'm sure it'll be really useful. Anyway, I haven't been a support leader for very long, but these are the pages I have bookmarked so far: WikiHow how to stop cutting yourself -- it's different from yours, surprisingly A page on the effects of Rape Trauma Syndrome A page on teen depression Tips to get rid of anxiety and stress When and how to apologize TeensHealth: Getting over a breakup That's all I've got now, but it's a growing collection. -- Posted by Spice at 5:16 am on May 24, 2007 I never ever [mostly] use links when helping someone. The only one I have used is for the Morning After Pill as I found it extremely useful when I went through that. -- Posted by DoomMaker at 11:21 am on May 24, 2007 ill probably add in my psychiatry/psychology topic, but i need to finish my rebuttal to tempral's mammoth response one of these days : / -- Posted by Scui at 7:25 am on May 27, 2007 This is an awesome idea for a thread! Um, I only got made a support leader a couple of days ago (lol), but I'll definately be posting any links I use here. -- Posted by penguincube at 12:14 pm on May 28, 2007 I caution against relying on links to answer eHelps but they can be good for supplemental advice.  When using a link, make sure that it is 100% relevant to the topic, not just something that seems like you are throwing in there to make your reply seem more well-rounded or complete because it has a link. A lot of the links in the TDEI FAQ (http://www.golivewire.com/forums/peer-tatne-support-a.html) are really great...I know the Friends' Guide to Self-Harm which helps Non-SIers understand SI is useful for eHelps of that subject. -Topic Stickied for Helpfulness- -- Posted by wOlF at 5:16 am on May 31, 2007 153 alternatives to self-injury -- Posted by carbonara at 5:31 am on June 4, 2007 Other than the 153 alternatives i also like to use this referal link http://www.geocities.com/self_harm/alternatives.html -- Posted by xoxo1234 at 3:55 am on June 24, 2007 xoxo1234's list of alternatives Ha, I love it. xD -- Posted by JennyColada at 8:29 am on June 24, 2007 The only one that I tend to use at all semi-frequently is http://www.emergencybirthcontrol.org/FAQ_home.htm (It's about Plan B) Other than that, normally I ask.com for websites at the moment, because I'll usually be looking for something specific. -- Posted by Scui at 4:52 am on July 6, 2007 Alright, I have a couple but not all that many. The last time I checked, they hadn't been listed already. Also, I've included the links from Keren's I Am Me. group. Suicide and depression: Read before you commit suicide Talking to people who self harm Anger management: Anger management ...more anger management Control your anger [from Keren's group:] Love yourself as a teen girl First and foremost: You gotta love yourself! Ten steps to self confidence Improve your self esteem And that's about it. I'll be sure to add on some more links later on. -- Posted by Periwinkle at 10:46 am on July 6, 2007 Ooh, thanks for those Jemima (and of course to everyone who I haven't thanked yet). -- Posted by Scui at 12:57 am on July 7, 2007 You're welcome! I'll keep my eye out for any other sites that might be useful... -- Posted by Hexer at 5:47 am on Aug. 9, 2007 It would be handy if there was some kind of support leader wiki, where we can all contribute resources that can help us in our job :) -- Posted by Periwinkle at 7:23 am on Aug. 9, 2007 Quote: from Hexer at 1:47 pm on Aug. 9, 2007 It would be handy if there was some kind of support leader wiki, where we can all contribute resources that can help us in our job :) I've beem meaning to suggest this for a while. I'll get round to it soon. -- Posted by Scui at 7:45 am on Sep. 27, 2007 These are by remuslupin and I thought it would be good to include them in the study section, although they'd be better off in the homework forum. I'll put them in both http://www.webmath.com http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/ http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/ http://encarta.msn.com http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/ http://www.americanpresidents.org/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/ http://www.americasroof.com/ http://www.dictionary.com http://www.homeworkspot.com/ http://www.bipinchbeck.com/ http://dsc.discovery.com/ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ http://www.funology.com/ http://learning.turner.com/ http://www.multiplication.com/ http://www.geographic.org/ http://www.sciencegems.com/ http://www.funbrain.com/index.html http://www.fiftystates.com/ http://www.askanexpert.com/ http://www.encyclopedia.com/ http://www.aplusmath.com/ http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php http://www.fi.edu/TOC.franklin.html http://users.erols.com/bram/ http://pbskids.org/ http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ http://www.domath.org/ http://www.extremescience.com/ http://mathforum.org/ http://www.ology.amnh.org/ http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm http://www.sosmath.com/ http://www.zip4tweens.com/