Youth Sites: General Health, Mental and Behavioral Health

The external links to web sites provided here were supplied by other parties to the Society for Adolescent Medicine. These sites are unmoderated forums containing the personal opinions and other expressions of the persons who supplied the entries. The Society for Adolescent Medicine does not control, monitor or guarantee the information contained in these sites or information contained in links to other external web sites, and does not endorse any views expressed or products or services offered therein. In no event shall the Society for Adolescent Medicine be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Go Ask Alice!
Go Ask Alice! is a health Q&A site for older teens and college-age youth from the Columbia University Health Service.  It provides in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist young people in decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Topics include relationships; sexuality and sexual health; emotional health; fitness and nutrition; tobacco, alcohol and other drugs; eating disorders; and general health.

Internet Public Library - Teen Division (Health)
The Internet Public Library, under the aegis of the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, is a consumer site for a wide variety of health information resources. This URL is the page for teens and young adults with links to site relating to body image and eating disorders, diseases, exercise, hygiene, mental health, nutrition, puberty, sex, and substance abuse.

KidsHealth
Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, this site provides teens with a wide range of online health, mental health, and social information.  Topics include nutrition, drugs, STDs, contraception, sports, homework, baby sitting, volunteering, stress management, and safety, among others.

Teen Advice Online
TAO, a site for teens, is organization and produced by a worldwide network of peer volunteers with most being older adolescents and college-age youth.  Advice is provided by means of both articles and Q&As. Topics cover such issues as relationships and dating, parents and family, personal issues, depression, sex and sexuality, homosexuality, and friendship.  In general, the information is uncensored, nonjudgmental, and unbiased with a compassionate and constructive tone.

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