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Wellness

Wellness: Physical Health

In addition to the people in the counseling office, the SAS Health Office is another place where you can go to get confidential information. If you're worried about your health, you should certainly go speak with someone.

But often it's easier to read about something on your own before speaking to someone else. We've identified some web sites that we think are pretty good at giving you honest and factual information about topics that you may feel uncomfortable discussing with others. After reading this information we hope you'll consider talking further with your counselor, nurse, parent, or other trusted adult.

Alcohol, Drugs, and Addictions

Alcoholics Anonymous
This takes you to the teen section of the well known twelve-step program for treatment of alcoholism.

National Clearinghouse
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse. It's a service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Eating Disorders

International Eating Disorder Referral Organization
This site is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders and provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.

Related Topics
This comprehensive site which is part of the "About" web site, has links to many eating related topics from anorexia, bulimia, nutrition, over-exercise, sports, and treatment options.

Awareness
The web site of Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders.

Your Body

I Wanna Know
From the American Social Health Association. Information on sexual health and STD and prevention information for teens.

Adolescent Health Links
Contains links to information and resources related to adolescent health, members of the AMA's National Coalition on Adolescent Health.

Go Ask Alice!
Columbia University's Go Ask Alice! is the world's leading health question and answer service with an archive of over 2,500 straight-forward and in-depth responses to questions sent anonymously to Alice!'s e-mail box.

Acne
Quickly and easily find information on acne and acne treatment options

Relationships and Sexuality

Sex Etc
The Network for Family Life Education at Rutgers University is committed to providing honest, accurate information about sexuality and related health issues.

Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

AIDS Information
Avert, an international AIDS educational and medical research charity, provides information on this global epidemic. Singapore's Action for Aids operates the only anonymous HIV counseling and testing site in Singapore. It runs from 6.30 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday and 1 to 4 pm every Saturday at the DSC Clinic, Blk 31 Kelantan Lane, #01-16. At this clinic, names or passport numbers are not required or recorded, even for positive results. Results are available within 20 minutes of doing the test.

Youth Embassy
Teen magazine says that this information is "...so straight forward and simple, your parents (and you) will be grateful when they sit you down for "the talk" only to find that you've got the tough stuff covered."

Oogachaga
This site has answers to questions you might have about issues of sexual orientation. Oogachaga is named after the dancing baby in the hit sitcom Ally McBeal. It was a part of Ally's being that she kept trying to suppress but yet this dancing baby kept popping out all the time in her life. Often people try to suppress their identities and issues but it just keeps popping out one way or another. On the one hand it is a frightening thing and yet on the other hand, it's a dancing baby telling us perhaps we will discover something good and liberating about ourselves if only we will open up and dance with that baby. So that is Oogachaga's mission - to help us come to terms with and possibly embrace that suppressed dancing baby in each of us.

Teen Pregnancy
The mission of this group is to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families by reducing teen pregnancy.