New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse

In NJ, dial: 1-800-367-6274 ...That’s 1-800-FOR-M.A.S.H. (Mutual Aid Self-Help)

SELF-HELP CLEARINGHOUSE

TAXONOMY OF CATEGORIES

ABUSE Child Abuse (Physical/Emotional) Sexual Abuse/Incest/Rape Spousal Abuse/Domestic Violence ADDICTIONS/DEPENDENCIES Alcohol Abuse Codependency / Dysfunctional Families Debt/Overspending Drug Abuse Dual Diagnosis – Alcohol/Drug Addiction & On Psych Medication Gambling Overweight/Overweight Sex/Love Addiction Smoking/Nicotine BEREAVEMENT Death Of A Child/Fetal Loss General Bereavement Suicide Survivors Widows / Widowers DISABILITIES Amputation/Limb Differences Autism/Asperger Syndrome Blind/Visually Impaired Brain Injury/Coma Burn Survivors Cerebral Palsy Deaf/Hearing Impaired/Tinnitus Disabilities (General)/Spinal Cord Injury Intellectual Disabilities/Down Syndrome Learning Disabilities/Attention Deficit Disorder FAMILY/PARENTING Adoption Cesarean Birth Childbirth/Breastfeeding/Pregnancy Foster Families Grandparenting Marriage/Family Parenting (General) Parents of Children with Behavioral Problems Parents of Children with Disabilities/Ill Parents of Premature/High Risk Infants Parents of Twins/Triplets/Multiples Separation/Divorce Single Parenting Step-parenting HEALTH Aarskog Syndrome Acid Maltase Deficiency/Pompe Disease Acidemia Acne Scars Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)/HIV Infection Addison's/Adrenal Disease Aicardi Syndrome/Infantile Spasms Alagille Syndrome Albinism Allergy Alopecia Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia Amniotic Banding Syndrome Amyloidosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/Lou Gehrig's Disease Androgen Insensitivity Anemia Angelman Syndrome Ankylosing Spondylitis Anophthalmia/Microphthalmia Anorchidism Anorectal Malformations Anosmia/Parosmia Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Aphasia Apnea, Sleep Apraxia/Dyspraxia Arachnoiditis Arterio Venous Malformation Arthritis Arthrogryposis Asherman’s Syndrome Ataxia Atresia/Microtia Auditory Processing Disorder Autoimmune Disorders Barth's Syndrome Batten Disease Benign Essential Blepharospasm Beckwith Wiedemann Behcet's Syndrome Benign Fasciculation Syndrome Bladder Exstrophy Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Brachial Plexus Injury/Erb's Palsy Brain Tumor Bronchiectasis Cancer Cavernous Angioma Celiac/Gluten Intolerance Cerebellar Disorders Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease/Peroneal Muscular Atrophy/Hereditary Motor .....Sensor Neuropathy Charge Syndrome Chemical Hypersensitivity/Environmental Illness Chiari Malformation Chordoma Chromosome Disorders Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cleft Palate/Cleft Lip Club Foot Cockayne Syndrome Coffin-Lowry Syndrome Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Congenital Central Hypoventilation/Ondine’s Curse Cornelia De Lange Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration Costello Syndrome Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Cri Du Chat (5p-) Syndrome Crouzon Syndrome Cushing's Disease Cystic Fibrosis Cystinosis Dancing Eye Syndrome/Kinsbourne Syndrome/ Opsoclonus Myoclonus/ .....Myoclonic Encephalopathy Of Infants Dandy Walker Syndrome Degos Disease (Malignant Atrophic Papulosis)/ Kohlmeier-Degos Disease Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy Diabetes Dravet Syndrome/Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy In Infancy Duane's Retraction Syndrome Dubowitz Syndrome Dysautonomia Dystonia Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Eating Disorders (Anorexia/Bulimia) Ectodermal Dysplasias Eczema Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Encephalitis Endometriosis Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome Epilepsy/Convulsive Disorders Erythromelalgia

Essential Tremor Fabry Disease Facial Differences Factor V Leiden/Thrombophilia Fatty Oxidation Disorder Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FG Syndrome Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Fibromyalgia Floating Harbor Syndrome Fragile X Syndrome Freeman-Sheldon Galactosemia Gastrœsophageal Reflux Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Gaucher Disease Genetic Disorders Glycogen Storage Disease Glycoprotein Storage Disease Gorlin Syndrome/Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome Granulomatous Disease, Chronic Graves' Disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome Headaches Heart Disease Hellp Syndrome Hemangioma Hemifacial Spasm Hemiplegia Hemochromatosis/Iron Overload Disease Hemophilia Hepatitis Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia/Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome/Chediak Higashi Syndrome Herpes/Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hip Replacement Histiocytosis-X Holoprosencephaly Human Papilloma Virus/Genital Warts Huntington's Disease Hydrocephalus Hyperacusis/Sensitive Hearing/Misophonia Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Hypoparathyroidism Hypospadias And Epispadias Ichthyosis Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Immune Deficiency Incontinence/Nocturnal Enuresis/Diurnal Incontinentia Pigmenti Infectious Illness, General Infertility/Childlessness Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Irritable Bowel Syndrome/Colitis/Crohn’s.Disease/Diverticulosis Intestinal Multiple Polyposis Interstitial Cystitis Inverted Duplication 15 Joubert Syndrome Kabuki Syndrome/Niikawakuroki Syndrome Kallmann Syndrome/Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism Kawasaki Disease Kennedy's Disease/Spinal And Bulbar Muscular Atrophy Kernicterus/Hyperbilirubinemia Kidney Disease Klinefelter Syndrome Klippel-Trenaunay Laryngectomy Lead Poisoning Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Leukodystrophy Life Threatening/Chronic Illness Liver Disease Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome Lowe Syndrome Lupus Lyme Disease Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Lymphedema Malignant Hyperthermia Maple Syrup Urine Disease Marfan Syndrome Marinesco-Sjogren Syndrome Mastocytosis McCune-Albright Syndrome/Fibrous Dysplasia Meningioma Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome/Steely Hair Disease Metabolic Disorders Metatropic Dysplasia Dwarfism Microcephaly Miller's Syndrome Mitochondrial Disorders Mœbius Syndrome Motility Disorders Movement Disorders (General) Mucolipidosis Type 4 Mucopolysaccharidoses/Morquio's Syndrome/Mucolipidosis Mullerian Anomalies Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Multiple Hereditary Exostoses Multiple Myeloma Multiple Sclerosis Muscular Dystrophy Myasthenia Gravis Mycosis Fungoides Myeloproliferative Disease Myositis Myotonia Congenita Myotubular Myopathy Nager Syndrome Nail Patella Syndrome Narcolepsy Necrotizing Fasciitis/Flesh Eating Bacteria Nemaline Myopathy, Congenital Neuro-Cardiogenic Syncope Neurodegeneration With Brain Iron Accumulation Neurofibromatosis Neurological Disorders Neuropathy Nevus, Congenital Niemann Pick Disease Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia Noonan Syndrome Nystagmus Odor (Body/Breath) Opitz-G/BBB Syndrome Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome Orthopedic (Knee, Hip, Back, Shoulder) Osteogenesis Imperfecta Osteonecrosis/Avascular Necrosis Osteoporosis Ostomy Oxalosis And Hyperoxaluria Paget's Disease Pain, Chronic Pancreatitis Panhypopituitarism Panniculitis Papillomatosis Parkinson’s Disease Parry-Romberg Syndrome/Progressive Facial Hemiatrophy Pemphigus Periventricular Leukomalacia Peter's Anomaly Pheochromocytoma Pierre Robin Pink Disease/Babyhood Mercury Toxicity Pituitary Disorders Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris Plagiocephaly Polio Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Porphyria Prader-Willi Syndrome

Precocious Puberty Primary Lateral Sclerosis Progressive Multifocal Leukœncephalopathy (PML) Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Proteus Syndrome Pseudo-Obstruction Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum Psoriasis Pulmonary Hypertension Rare Disorders, General Raynaud's Disease Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome Respiratory Disease/Emphysema Restless Legs Syndrome Rett Syndrome Reye's Syndrome Robinow Syndrome/Fetal Face Syndrome Rosacea Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome Russell-Silver Syndrome Sarcoidosis Scleroderma Scoliosis Selective Mutism Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder Septo Optic Dysplasia Shingles Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Sickle Cell Disease Sjogren's Syndrome Skin Disorders Smith-Lemli-Opitz (RSH) Syndrome Smith-Magenis Syndrome Sotos Syndrome Spasmodic Dysphonia Spasmodic Torticollis Spastic Paraparesis Spina Bifida Spinal Muscular Atrophy Stevens Johnson Syndrome Stickler Syndrome Stiff Person Syndrome Stroke Sturge-Weber Syringomyelia/Chiari Malformation Takayasu's Arteritis Tay-Sachs Disease Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ) Thyroid Tourette Syndrome Tracheo Esophageal Fistula Tracheostomy Transplant Recipient, Organ Transverse Myelitis Treacher Collins Syndrome Trigeminal Neuralgia/Tic Douloureux Trisomy Tuberous Sclerosis Tube Feeding Turner Syndrome Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome Undiagnosed Illness Urea Cycle Disorders Vaccine VATER Association Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Ventilator Users Vestibular Disorders Vitiligo Vomiting, Cyclic Von Hippel Lindau Vulvar Disorders Wagr Syndrome Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Wegener's Granulomatosis Williams Syndrome Wilson's Disease Woman’s Health Worster-Drought X-Linked Hyophosphatemia/Vitamin D Resistant Rickets Xeroderma Pigmentosum MENTAL HEALTH Anxiety Attacks/Phobias/ Panic Attacks/Agoraphobia Depression/Bipolar/ Post Partum Depression Dual Diagnosis – Alcohol/Drug Addiction & On Psych Medication Families/Parents/Caregivers Of Those With A Mental Illness Or Emotional Disorder Mental Health Consumers/Psychiatric Survivors/Schizophrenia/Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Health (General) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder/Trichotillomania/Body Dysmorphic Disorder MISCELLANEOUS Accident Victims Aging/Older Persons Artistic Creativity Bullying Caregivers/Families of Nursing Home Residents Crime Victims/Offenders Cults Education/Higher Learning Employment / Unemployment Food Safety/Food Borne Infectious Diseases Holistic Health Holocaust Survivors Housing Lightening/Shock Men’s Issues Messiness Near Death Experience Network for Ill/Disabled Patient’s Rights Police Officers Prejudice Procrastination Prostitution/Sex Industry Religious/Clergy Self-Abuse/Self-Mutilation Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Short/Tall Singles Speech/Stuttering Spirituality Meditation Trauma/Post-Traumatic Recovery Support Veterans/Military Women’s Issues Workaholics Youth/Students LOCAL, State & National toll-free HELPLINES "Mutual support groups, involving little or no cost to participants, have a powerful effect on mental and physical health... The psychological and physical health importance of this diffuse community is striking... The self-help movement, both in face-to-face and virtual arenas, has tremendous therapeutic potential." - from American Psychologist feature article "Who Talks?: The Social Psychology of Illness Support Groups" by K. P. Davison, J. W. Pennebaker, & S.S. Dickerson, (55) 2, pp. 205-217, 2000.

The New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse is a program of Saint Clare’s Health System and is made possible by funding from the NJ Division of Mental Health Services. This website is made possible through the generous support of Medical Education Fund