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1 Mississippi State Department of Health Adolescent Health Program (601) May 2008 Resources and Helpful Links for Parents ABSTINENCE National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy ME-2-ASK ( ) ALCOHOL Alcohol and Drug Helpline American Council on Alcoholism National Council on Alcoholism NCA-CALL ( ) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) HELP ( ) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH U.S.Department of Health and Human Services HELP National Institute of Mental Health National Mental Health Association DISCRIMINATION Anti-Hate Line Disabilities/Handicapped Crisis Line HAND

2 National Domestic Violence Hotline SAFE ( ) or ( ) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE National Child Abuse Hotline Childhelp USA DRUGS & TOBACCO National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (English) (Spanish) Cocaine and Crack Hotline COCAINE Marijuana Anonymous EATING DISORDERS Overeaters Anonymous National Eating Disorders Association GRIEF & SUPPORT Grief Recovery Institute HEALTH QUESTIONS Centers for Disease Control - Division of Adolescent and School Health American Academy of Pediatrics American Medical Association

3 National Adolescent Health Information TeensHealth The Society for Adolescent Medicine OBESITY National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion PARENTING Child Welfare Information Gateway National Child Care Information Center TeensHealth PREGNANCY America's Pregnancy Helpline Planned Parenthood Federation of America PLAN RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT National Sexual Assault Hotline HOPE or ( ) National Sexual Violence Resource Center

4 RUNAWAY/SEXUAL ASSAULT National Runaway Switchboard Covenant House Girls and Boys Town National Hotline National Center for Missing and Exploited Children THE-LOST ( ) SELF-INJURY SAFE (Self-Abuse Finally Ends) DONT-CUT ( ) SEXUALITY TeenWire SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASES STD Hotline National AIDS Hotline National Herpes Hotline SUICIDE American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Girls & Boys Town Suicide & Crisis Hotline

5 National Suicide Hotline SUICIDE or VIOLENCE & BULLYING National Campaign Against Youth Violence YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Idealist.org Youth Activism Project KID-POWER Youth Infusion Youth Service of America

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