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General Families in Crisis
Divorce
Substance Abuse
Abuse
Sick or Deceased Parents

General Families in Crisis

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

	phone:	202-408-8600
	address:	750 First Street, NE, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20002
	website:	www.naswdc.org

Look under Social or Human Services or Crisis Intervention in the Yellow Pages for agencies in your area.

American Psychological Association (APA)

	phone:	800-964-2000
	website:	www.apa.org/psychnet

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
can recommend a therapist

	website:	www.naswdc.org

1-800-THERAPIST
Call 1-800-THERAPIST for the largest national mental health referral organization.

	phone:	800-THERAPI(ST) or 800-843-7274

Codependent No More: Beyond Codependency
by Melody Beattie (Fine Communications). A guide to understanding--and breaking--the cycle of bad family relationships.

Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison (Plume). A raw and emotionally moving story of abuse.

Divorce

The Children's Rights Council (CRC)
helps children have meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents, regardless of the parents' marital status.

	phone:	301-559-3120
	address:	6200 Editors Park Drive, Suite 103, Hyattsville, MD 20782
	website:	www.vix.com/crc

Stepfamily Association of America
offers good information, advice and support.

	phone:	800-735-0329 or 402-477-7837
	website:	www.stepfam.org

The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce
by Richard A. Gardner, M.D. (Bantam). Guide to issues that arise when parents get divorced.

Teens with Single Parents: Why Me?
by Margaret A. Shultz (Enslow Publishers, Inc.). Explores the trials of living with one parent at a time.

Stepfamily Network answers questions and provides support and advice.

Substance Abuse

Alanon/Alateen
(meeting information line).

	phone:	1-888-4AL-ANON or 1-888-425-2666
	website:	www.al-anon.org

Different Like Me: A Book for Teens Who Worry about Their Parent's Use of Alcohol/Drugs
by Evelyn Leite and Pamela Espeland (Johnson Institute). Advice for teens whose parents are dependent on drugs or alcohol.

Inside a Support Group: Help for Teenage Children of Alcoholics
by Margi Trapani (Rosen Publishing Group). Demystifies Alateen.

It Will Never Happen to Me
by Claudia Black, Ph.D. (Ballantine Books). Helps children deal with alcoholic parents.

A Door Near Here
by Heather Quarles (Bantam Doubleday Dell Books). A 15-year-old cares for her alcoholic mother and family.

Abuse

If you've been physically or sexually abused, contact the National Child Abuse Hot Line (800-422-4453), or call the police (ask for the juvenile department) or talk to a trusted adult.

	phone:	800-422-4453

Boys and Girls Town National Hotline
works with children and families in crisis, active 24 hours.

	phone:	800-448-3000

KID SAVE
offers information and referrals to adolescents in crisis, 24 hours a day.

	phone:	800-543-7283

Covenant House NineLine
provides national referrals for youths for drug abuse, domestic violence and sexual abuse, 24 hours a day.

	phone:	800-999-9999

Youth Crisis Hotline
helps teens with family issues

	phone:	800-HIT-HOME or 800-448-4663

Sick or Deceased Parents

CancerCare and other organizations
run support groups for loved ones of victims of chronic or terminal conditions. Check the Yellow Pages under the disease for a local chapter of a disease-specific organization.

Death is Hard to Live With: Teenagers Talk About How They Cope with Loss
by Janet Bode (Laureleaf). A guide for young people who are coping with family and/or peer death.

On Death and Dying
by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. (Collier Books). Discusses the effects death has on people and their families.

Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love
by Earl A. Grollman (Beacon Press). Suggestions from a theologian on how to deal with death.

A Ring of Endless Light
by Madeleine L'Engle (Laurel Leaf). The story about the summer that 15-year-old Vicky's grandfather dies of leukemia.

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