Death with Dignity Law--Washington State--Depression to Ethics--Mental Health Sites

Back & Neck Pain and Depression: Spine-health.com - a comprehensive, multi-specialty, peer-reviewed website for patients with back pain. The site features hundreds of articles about back and neck pain, including understanding and diagnosing of chronic pain, and a wide range of treatments for pain management and relief. The site is non-commercial (not owned or influenced by anyone trying to sell products or services). See: ♦ All about stress and back pain, including the Dr. Sarno approach for tension myositis syndrome and the interdisciplinary approach. ♦ Clinical depression is estimated to be four times greater in people with chronic back pain than in the general population. Learn about the interrelationship between depression and chronic back pain and recognizing the signs of depression. ♦ Those who suffer from chronic pain can feel stressed and depressed at times. However, depression itself can make the chronic pain symptoms worse.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Bipolar Disorder Screening Tool

The Depression Calculator--Productivity Impact Model--[not for clients, but for employers] is a tool that allows employers to estimate the cost and productivity impact they will receive if they provide treatment options to employees who are depressed. Employers enter the company's size, type of industry, location and the age and gender breakdown, and the model estimates the prevalence of depression in their company. The model graphically presents annualized estimates of absenteeism, replacement costs and direct medical costs due to depression. Finally, the model estimates rates of depression diagnosis, rates successful treatment, and treatment costs to estimate the overall savings for the company. [Thanks to Counseling Today, July 2004, an American Counseling Association Publication.]

Dr. Ivan's DEPRESSION CENTRAL: information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments.

Help for Depression provides a very comprehensive explanation of the various approaches and treatments for depression as a starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones.

Mental Health InfoSource: Welcome to the the Depression Information Center.

McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web represents the web's most comprehensive site devoted to depression and bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression), with more than 250 articles and news - from diagnosis and treatment to personal stories and essays to issues that touch all our lives. The site also includes a reader's forum, an online depression and bipolar book store, community message boards and chat.

National Foundation For Depressive Illness, Inc. American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Inc.

State of Washington - Department of Social and Health Services
Certified Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment Programs Program locations by city Washington State.

JUSTICE RESOURCES: Domestic Violence and Victim Resources, information & links compiled by the Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries.

The King County Domestic Violence Web site [Seattle]

≡ What are some of the warning signs of domestic violence?

≡ What can you do if you are concerned that someone you care about is in an abusive relationship?

≡ What if you think you may be abusing your partner?

King County Prosecuting Attorney's Domestic Violence Web site. What can the victim, family, friends do to help prevent or end domestic violence?

Superior Court Clerk's Office: King County Domestic Violence Information Pages. Also available by touch-tone phone at (206) 205-5555.

East Side Domestic Violence Web site.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV (located in Denver, CO) is a grassroots non-profit membership organization working since 1978 to end violence in the lives of women and children.

What is Domestic Violence? Control, domination and manipulation play their part.

Workplace Domestic Violence: When abusers come to the workplace.
How to Get Help in Your State: call or write to one of these state offices.

The Academy for Eating Disorders: Diagnoses of Eating Disorders

American Dietetic Association: Nutrition resources to information about eating disorders, including an extensive nutrition reading list.

Anna Paterson's Personal Story --When you’re trapped inside an eating disorder, it can at times feel like the “solution” to your problems.

Caring on Line: A resource center to help you, or someone you love, who suffers from negative body image or any of the following eating disorders--anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and compulsive overeating.

The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center: Information plus referrals to eating disorder professionals, treatment facilities and support groups.

Kid's Source On Line -- Eating Disorders Research conducted and supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders – ANAD: free hotline counseling, a national network of free support groups, referrals to health care professionals, and education and prevention programs to promote self-acceptance and healthy lifestyles.

Ohio State University's Body Task Force: Resources for exploring the issue of body-image disturbance and eating disorders.

Overeaters Anonymous: A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating.

Weight Management: It's Not Just What We Eat: Many people who overeat have no inkling about how to cope with food, body image and emotional eating issues in a helpful way that addresses their particular issues.

These sites accept both resumes and employer job listings, have a "search while you sleep" capability, and will email you when a match is identified.

CareerBuilder.com, working to leverage the newspaper classified business to create the fastest growing, most profitable job board in the industry.

EuroJobs.com Look for jobs in Europe.

FlipDog.com Due to the acquisition of FlipDog, all traffic is now being directed to Monster.com--see below.

Jobs.com Also acquired by Monster.com (below) but still a functioning job site.

Monster.com Job listings in the US and around the world.

Salary.com Information and interesting tools for For Your Career Planning, For Small Businesses, and for For Midsize and Large Employers.

Other Specialty Job Listing Sites:

America's Career Kit (US Department of Labor) Access over 1 million jobs, get labor market trends and tips, post your resume for thousands of employers, and MUCH MORE.

Juju Job Search Engine claims to index thousands of corporate recruiting sites and job boards in order to allow users to search them all simultaneously, which makes job hunting faster, easier, and more productive. Although they don't focus exclusively on the Seattle area, they claim to have thousands of listings in the region, many of which never get posted on major job boards like Monster.com because companies prefer to fill them through their corporate recruiting sites instead.

THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER Online Job Page designed to give social workers information that will help them start their careers on the right foot and/or advance toward their career goals.

NWjobs is my favorite for jobs in the Puget Sound area. Example for use: a counselor would enter search term such as counselor Tacoma Washington. Select the appropriate category (in this example--Medical/Healthcare) Select an employer (in this example--All) and click on the search button and get the results. Second example: The same process as above, but using the search words "therapist Tacoma Washington" brings up different jobs for occupational therapist and physical therapists.

O*NET™ OnLine

PugetSoundHelpWanted.com

Mental Health Jobs Social Service Positions-- In the United States

WorkSource Washington-- Washington State Website

Careerjet gives the job seeker access to a massive selection of jobs that are compiled from various internet sources, supposedly saving the trouble of having to visit each site individually.

Background Checks:

“If you’re giving great job interviews but failing to land any jobs, there could be more tripping you up than the economy. More than 80 percent of companies are now doing background checks on applicants. How do you make sure that a clerical error or identity theft hasn’t sullied your past?

USSearch.com--To verify information on bankruptcies, tax liens, small-claims-court judgments and property ownership.

Employment Background Checks: A Jobseeker's Guide--This guide explains the why and how of background checks. It also tells you what can be covered in a background report, your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and what you can do to prepare.

Career Planning:

Welcome to the Self-Directed Search®-- Self assessment --"The SDS takes 20-30 minutes and costs $9.95. Your 8-16 page personalized report will appear on your screen. This printable assessment report provides a list of the occupations and fields of study that most closely match your interests."

Occupational Outlook Handbook , Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.

***Resumes***

Creating an Electronic Resume

Creating a Scannable Resume

Council on Compulsive Gambling-- 1-800-Gambler

Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues--EJGI

Gamblers Anonymous: a support group for compulsive gamblers.

Gam-Anon: a 12-step, self-help program for the families and friends of compulsive gamblers.

Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming: information on publications about gambling behavior and problem gambling.

National Council on Problem Gambling: intends to increase public awareness of pathological gambling, ensure the widespread availability of treatment for problem gamblers and their families, and to encourage research and programs for prevention and education.

Nevada Council on Problem Gambling: 24-hour help line and other resources

WAGER: Weekly Addiction Gambling Education Report--Harvard Medical School weekly publication with latest research on pathological gambling.