Domestic Violence
Other Places To Get Help
Organizations
| Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.American Psychiatric Association | |
| 1000 | |
| Wilson Boulevard | |
| 1825 | |
| Arlington, VA 22209 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-35-PSYCH |
| Email: | apa@psych.org |
| Web Address: | www.healthyminds.org |
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This online resource is provided by the American Psychiatric Association for anyone seeking mental health information. It includes information on many common mental health concerns, including warning signs of mental disorders, treatment options, and preventive measures. |
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| KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens | |
| 10140 Centurion Parkway | |
| Jacksonville, FL 32256 | |
| Phone: | (904) 697-4100 |
| Fax: | (904) 697-4220 |
| Web Address: | www.kidshealth.org |
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This website is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This website offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest. |
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| National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) | |
| 1 Broadway | |
| Suite B210 | |
| Denver, CO 80203 | |
| Phone: | (303) 839-1852 |
| Fax: | (303) 831-9251 |
| TDD: | (303) 839-1681 |
| Email: | mainoffice@ncadv.org |
| Web Address: | www.ncadv.org |
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NCADV's work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, nonviolent alternatives (such as safe home and shelter programs) for battered women and their children; public education and technical assistance; policy development and innovative legislation; focus on the leadership of NCADV's caucuses developed to represent the concerns of organizationally under represented groups; and efforts to eradicate social conditions that contribute to violence against women and children. |
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| National Domestic Violence Hotline | |
| Phone: | 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233) |
| TDD: | 1-800-787-3224 |
| Email: | ndvh@ndvh.org (email is not confidential or secure) |
| Web Address: | www.ndvh.org |
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The National Domestic Violence Hotline offers crisis intervention, information about domestic violence, and referrals to local service providers for victims of domestic violence (men, women, and teens) and those calling on their behalf. The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in English, Spanish, and other languages. The hotline connects callers to more than 4,000 shelters and service providers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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| Violence Against Women | |
| 200 Independence Avenue SW | |
| Washington, DC 20201 | |
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1-800-994-9662
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| TDD: | 1-888-220-5446 |
| Web Address: | www.womenshealth.gov/violence/index.cfm |
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The Violence Against Women landing page is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. It provides information on all types of violence against women, including specific resources and information on how to get help. |
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| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference March 8, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP - Family Violence Prevention |
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