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Subject: alt.magick PSYCHological REFerence file
Followup-To: alt.magick
Summary: This is a REFerence file for the alt.magick newsgroup.  As such
	 it constitutes an attendant file to the alt.magick FAQ, which is
         intended as an introductory file and its content may be discussed
         within the alt.magick.* contellation.  The FAQ is available at:
         ftp://ftp.hollyfeld.org/pub/Esoteric/Usenet/Magick/FAQ.amgkfaq.9510
X-URL: http://www.portal.com/~tyagi/amgkfaq.html
Keywords: psychology therapy support reference
References: ftp://www.hollyfeld.org/pub/Esoteric/Web/Amgkfaq/
From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (tyaginator)
Reply-to: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (tyaginator)

Archive-name: magick/psychref
Version: 1.95
Posting-Frequency: every year or so; psych Usenet groups: every 2 weeks
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Psychology &                                          By: John M. Grohol
Support Groups Newsgroup Pointer

This Pointer will help you find the information you need and get your
questions answered much quicker than if you were to simply crosspost to
every psychology or support newsgroup in existence. It is provided as
a public service. Post your article in the most appropriate newsgroup
according to its topic. It is organized around topic areas, in 
alaphabetical order.
 
  * Not all sites carry all the below listed alt.* newsgroups.
  * If your site does not carry a particular alt newsgroup, please
  * contact your own News administrator and request that they
  * begin carrying that specific group.
 
  * Because of software posting limitations, this article may
  * appear more than once. My apologies for this inconvenience.
 
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  Check out the GROHOL Mental Health Page, your one-stop,
  comprehensive index for mental health, psychology, and
  support resources on the Internet. (Including this one!)
 
  http://www1.mhv.net/~grohol/
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Comments & suggestions for additions are always welcome!
 
 
Question on...                               Post to...
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Recovering from all types of abuse           alt.abuse.recovery
Recovery for abuse offenders/perpetrators    alt.abuse.offender.recovery
Alternate models of dealing with abuse       alt.abuse.transcendence
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General help with psychological problems     alt.psychology.help
Works and theories of Alfred Adler           alt.psychology.adlerian
Works and theories of Carl jung              alt.psychology.jung
Research & discussion about mistakes         alt.psychology.mistake-theory
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)           alt.psychology.nlp
Personality taxonomies/assessment/models     alt.psychology.personality
Transpersonal psychology                     alt.psychology.transpersonal
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General topics in recovery                   alt.recovery
Recovery and Alcoholics Anonymous            alt.recovery.aa
Recovery and Narcotics Anonymous             alt.recovery.na
Recovering from sexual addictions            alt.recovery.addiction.sexual
Adults from dysfunctional families           alt.recovery.adult-children
Codependency                                 alt.recovery.codependency
Recovering from the effects of religion      alt.recovery.religion
Recovery from Catholicism in specific        alt.recovery.catholicism
Compulsive eating & food addiction           alt.recovery.compulsive-eat
Recovering from sexual abuse                 alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
                                             alt.sexual.abuse.recovery.d
Moderated version:alt.sexual.abuse.recovery  alt.abuse-recovery (m)
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Partners of sexual abuse survivors           alt.support.abuse-partners
Anxiety and panic disorders                  alt.support.anxiety-panic
Arthritis                                    alt.support.arthritis
Asthma                                       alt.support.asthma
Attention-deficit disorders                  alt.support.attn-deficit
Breast feeding                               alt.support.breastfeeding
Fat-acceptance with no dieting talk          alt.support.big-folks
Self-acceptance for fat people/no diet talk  soc.support.fat-acceptance
Cancer                                       alt.support.cancer
Prostate cancer                              alt.support.cancer.prostate
Cerebral palsy                               alt.support.cerebral-palsy
Crohn's/ulcerative colitis/irritable bowel   alt.support.crohns-colitis
Depression & mood disorders                  alt.support.depression
Manic depression & bipolar disorders         alt.support.depression.manic
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)            alt.support.depression.seasonal
Developmental delay                          alt.support.dev-delays
Parents & family of children with diabetes   alt.support.diabetes.kids
Dieting/losing weight/nutrition              alt.support.diet
Sexual issues of disabled & their partners   alt.support.disabled.sexuality
Persons w/ dissociative disorders (eg.-MPD)  alt.support.dissociation
Divorce/marital breakups                     alt.support.divorce
Dwarfism                                     alt.support.dwarfism (m)
Dystonia (abnormal muscle contractions)      alt.support.dystonia
Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, etc.)   alt.support.eating-disord
Epilepsy                                     alt.support.epilepsy
Foster parents                               alt.support.foster-parents
Former cult members & family & friends       alt.support.ex-cult
Issues of grief and loss                     alt.support.grief
Disorders of migraine and headache ailments  alt.support.headaches.migraine
Hemophilia                                   alt.support.hemophilia
Learning disabilities (eg.-dyslexia, etc.)   alt.support.learning-disab
Loneliness                                   alt.support.loneliness
Multiple sclerosis                           alt.support.mult-sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy                           alt.support.musc-dystrophy
Effects of second-hand smoke                 alt.support.non-smokers
        Like above, but moderated (m)       alt.support.non-smokers.moderated
Obesity                                      alt.support.obesity (m)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)          alt.support.ocd
Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone)     alt.support.osteogensis.imperfecta
For people with ostomies (surgical proc.)    alt.support.ostomy
For people with personality disorders        alt.support.personality
Post polio syndrome                          alt.support.post-polio
Individuals with prostatitis                 alt.support.prostate.prostatitis
Schizophrenia                                alt.support.schizophrenia
Issues of interest to short people           alt.support.short
Single parenting solutions and support       alt.support.single-parents
Inflammation of the sinuses                  alt.support.sinusitis
Shyness                                      alt.support.shyness
Skin diseases in general                     alt.support.skin-diseases
Psoriasis                                 alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis
Sleep disorders & problems sleeping          alt.support.sleep-disorder
Spina-bifida                                 alt.support.spina-bifida
Help being a step-parent                     alt.support.step-parents
Stopping or quitting smoking                 alt.support.stop-smoking
Stuttering & other speaking difficulties     alt.support.stuttering
Survivors of Prozac & other SSRIs            alt.support.survivors.prozac
Issues of interest to tall people            alt.support.tall
        including Marfan syndrome
Tinnitus/ringing ears/other head noises      alt.support.tinnitus
Tourette's syndrome                          alt.support.tourette
Transgendered & intersexed persons           soc.support.transgendered
                                             alt.transgendered
Turner Syndrome                              alt.support.turner-syndrom
Gay youths helping each other (m)            soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
All other support topics & questions         alt.support
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For all interested or involved w/ adoption   alt.adoption
Adoption info/parenting issues               alt.adoption.agency
Angst                                        alt.angst
Support and information for single fathers   alt.dads-rights (m)
Hypnosis discussion                          alt.hypnosis
Causes & treatment of infertility            alt.infertility
Help in parenting                            alt.parenting.solutions
Self-improvement tips & techniques           alt.self-improve
People far from average height               alt.sigma2.height
Mental health issues & malpractice           alt.society.mental-health
General discussion of suicide & techniques   alt.suicide.holiday
Causes & treatment of allergies              alt.med.allergy
Behavioral medicine                          alt.med.behavioral
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)               alt.med.cfs (m)
Fibromyalgia fibrosis                        alt.med.fibromyalgia
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General discussion of AIDS & HIV             misc.health.aids
Arthritis                                    misc.health.arthritis
Diabetes, hypoglycaemia                      misc.health.diabetes
General children's issues                    misc.kids
Children's health issues                     misc.kids.health
Pregnancy & childbirth issues                misc.kids.pregnancy
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Perception, memory, judgment & reasoning     sci.cognitive
Medicine & related products & regulations    sci.med
Medical discussion of AIDS & HIV             sci.med.aids (m)
Dentistry                                    sci.med.dentistry
Medical discussion of cancer                 sci.med.diseases.cancer
Immunology                                   sci.med.immunology
Nursing                                      sci.med.nursing
Nutrition & diet                             sci.med.nutrition
Occupational medicine                        sci.med.occupational
Pharmacy                                     sci.med.pharamacy
Dialog & news in psychiatry & psychobiology  sci.med.psychobiology
Human vision, visual correction & science    sci.med.vision
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Announcement of psychology conferences, etc  sci.psychology.announce (m)
On the nature of consciousness               sci.psychology.consciousness (m)
E-journal on consciousness (Psyche)         sci.psychology.journals.psyche (m)
E-journal on psychology (Psycoloquy)    sci.psychology.journals.psycoloquy (m)
General discussion of psychology             sci.psychology.misc
All personality systems & measurement        sci.psychology.personality
Practice of psychotherapy                    sci.psychology.psychotherapy
Research issues in psychology                sci.psychology.research (m)
Theories of psychology & behavior            sci.psychology.theory
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Mailing Lists that are Gatewayed to Usenet:
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Autism                                       bit.listserv.autism
Blindness                                    bit.listserv.blindnws (m)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Newsletter (m)      bit.listserv.cfs.newsletter
Deafness                                     bit.listserv.deaf-l
Down Syndrome                                bit.listserv.down-syn
Computer Access for Persons w/ Disabilities  bit.listserv.easi
Support and information for single fathers   bit.listserv.free-l
Humanistic aspects of aging                  bit.listserv.humage-l  (m)
Industrial psychology                        bit.listserv.ioob-l
Handicap                                     bit.listserv.l-hcap  (m)
Psychology graduate students                 bit.listserv.psycgrad
Exercise & sports psychology                 bit.listserv.sportpsy
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)                 bit.listserv.tbi-support (m)
Transplant recipients                        bit.listserv.transplant
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