Recent economic and world events have created a tremendous amount of stress for many individuals as well as families. For that reason it is a good idea to avail yourself of reliable sources of information which educate and give practical suggestions.

An excellent resource via the Internet is "The American Psychological Association" web site at; www.apa.org. Here you will find articles on topics such as;

Anger	Emotional Health
Children	Workplace issues
Bipolar Disorder	Sleep
Eating Disorders	Stress
Hypnosis	and more...

Other helpful sites include;

The California Psychological Association at; www.cpapsych.org. Here you will find consumer resources such as;

Patient Bill of Rights

About Psychology

How Psychologists are trained and licensed

and more

The National Institute of Mental Health at www.nimh.gov and The National Institute of Health at www.nih.gov. These sites are excellent reliable sources of information about medical and mental health issues.

WebMD at www.webmd.com is also a reliable site for medical and mental health information.

American Red Cross at www.RedCross.org has helpful information regarding handling disasters.