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advocacy
general mental health
humor
international
miscellaneous links
products
publications
radio interviews
toilet links


 

advocacy
Monster.com list of state Equal Employment Opportunity Agencies -- List of links to each state's EEO agency
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems -- Comprehensive directory to state protection and advocacy agencies

general mental health
National Mental Health Information Center -- A US Government website with useful general mental health information
Anxieties.com -- A highly recommended website for help with anxiety disorders
Anxiety Coach -- Excellent website for helping people with anxiety disorders
Very Shy Web Site -- Help for people who are very shy
Parcopresis Website -- A website for those dealing with "shy bowel syndrome"
Shyness and Social Anxiety Treatment Australia
Social Anxiety Disorder - Shyness -– Articles, novel, newsletter and a Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder Directory
www.mentalhealth.com -- Internet Mental Health website
www.algy.com/anxiety -- The Anxiety Panic Internet Resource website
www.npadnews.com -- National Panic & Anxiety Disorders News website
www.anxietynetwork.com -- The Anxiety Network International website
www.Health6.com -- Comprehensive Health Directory website
www.socialanxietyinstitute.org -- Social Anxiety Institute – An International Outreach website
www.socialphobia.org -- Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association website
www.anxman.org -- The International Association of Anxiety Management website
www.anxiety-disorder.net -- Anxiety Disorder-Resources & Information For Those with Anxiety Disorders website
www.healthyplace.com -- Mental Health Communities-Healthy Place website
www.hvcct.com -- Hudson Valley Center for Cognitive Therapy, Upper Nyack, NY website
www.healthfinder.gov -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Health Information Center
National Anxiety Foundation -- Located in Lexington, KY


humor
Urinal Game -- A urinal game (in Flash) that shows we aren't the only ones that think this
A Men's Room Monologue by Alex Salsberg -- PokeGravy Studios presents "A Men's Room Monologue" cartoon.
Female Restrooms.com -- Poke Gravy Studios presents a ladies room monologue cartoon.
A Men's Room Monologue -- by Alex Salsberg

international
Australian Paruresis website
Chinese Paruresis Chat Board-One
Chinese Paruresis Chat Board-Two
Finnish website
French Paruresis website
Germany website
Italian Paruresis website
Russian Paruresis website
Russian Forum
Spanish website
United Kingdom website

miscellaneous links
Dr. Gabe Mirkin -- Excellent source of unbiased health information
Selective Mutism Group/Childhood Anxiety Network -- Children who have difficulty speaking, primarily in schools
Male Pelvic Pain Network -- Information on chronic prostatitis and related conditions that sometimes accompany paruresis
The Prostatitis Foundation -- Authoritative web site on prostatitis
When is Prostatitis Not Prostatitis? -- An article on biofeedback treatment for prostatitis or levator ani syndrome 
Urinary System:  Normal Anatomy and Physiology -- An excellent, though technical, explanation of how the urinary system works
UrologyHealth.org-- Online patient information resource
National Association for Continence -- World's largest and most prolific consumer advocacy organization dedicated to public education and awareness about the causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments, and management alternatives for incontinence
U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services -- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
National Women’s Health Resource Center --
The Simon Foundation for Continence --
Incontinence & Medical Links Library --
American Urological Association Foundation --
Bowl and Bladder Foundation --

products
Stadium Pal -- Product allows urination without visiting the restroom

publications
Shy Bladder Syndrome -- Your Step-By-Step Guide to Overcoming Paruresis
Phobease Book and Course -- Well respected materials from Doctor Howard Liebgold, MD
Bathrooms Make Me Nervous:  A Guidebook for Women with Urination Anxiety -- Written by Carol Olmert, IPA’s Women’s Coordinator and recovered paruretic. For more information, visit the official website

radio interviews
ABC Australia Interview Mar. 24 -- Broadcast on March 24, 2003
Triple J Australia Radio Interview -- Broadcast 2006

toilet links
Project CLEAN -- Cleaning up public school bathrooms in the U.S.
World Toilet Association -- Dedicated to improving the world's facilities
Architects and Paruresis -- Ideas for proper design and employee comfort
Toilets . . . Bathrooms . . . Dignity -- Clean restrooms around the world
International Center for Bathroom Etiquette -- Everything you need to know about how to do it

 

 


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