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The information that is offered on this page is divided in to two categories: 'Professional' and 'Public.' The professional material can be viewed by anyone. However, it is intended for psychologists in practice, and is of a more technical nature. 

The Professional files directly below are offered as general advice on professional, legal and ethical matters. They are not the opinion of the Cape Fear Psychological Association, or its individual members. You should always consult an appropriate professional to help you further understand how such ethical, professional and legal standards may apply to the particulars of your own situation. If you do not have a PDF reader, a free copy of Adobe Acrobat can be downloaded.

The 'Public' Links and Articles offered below are intended for everyone to use.

Psychological Supervisors for Wilmington, NC region

Professional

Adolescent brain development podcast

Aetna Health - Practitioner Manual

Alcohol & Drugs, HIV & AIDS: Confidentiality

Alcohol/Drug Screening Questions & Resources, Adolescents

Alcohol/Drug Screening Questions & Resources, Adults

APA

APA Ethics

APA Monitor

New Developments in Autism Spectrum Disorders podcast

Best Practices Guidelines: ADHD (UBH)

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Children with Anxiety Disorders

Best Practices: Assessment of the Family

Best Practices: Autism (UBH)

Best Practices: Childhood Assessment (UBH)

Best Practices: Childhood Bipolar (UBH)

Best Practices: Conduct Disorder (UBH)

Best Practices: Childhood Custody Evaluations (UBH)

Best Practices: Childhood Depression (UBH)

Best Practices: Eating Disorders (Magellan)

Best Practices: Child & Adolescent Forensic Evaluations

Best Practices: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Best Practices: Language & Learning Disabilities (UBH)

Best Practices: Major Depressive Disorder

Best Practices: Childhood Medication (UBH)

Best Practices: Mental Retardation & Comorbid Disorders

Best Practices: Childhood OCD (UBH)

Best Practices: OCD (Magellan)

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Children with OCD

Best Practices: ODD (UBH)

Best Practices: Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children & Adolescents

Best Practices: Childhood PTSD (UBH)

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Reactive Attachment Disorder

Best Practices: Forensic Evaluation of Children who may have been Physically or Sexually Abused

Best Practices: Schizophrenia

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Children with Schizophrenia

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Sexually Abusive Children

Best Practices: Substance Abuse (Magellan)

Best Practices: Suicide (Magellan)

Best Practices: Assessing & Treating Suicidal Behaviors (Value Options)

Best Practices: Assessment & Treatment of Youth in Juvenile Detention Centers

Bipolar Disorder - Childhood Onset podcast

Blue Cross - Provider Manual 2008

Chart Documentation - Aetna Health

Chart Documentation - Blue Cross

Chart Documentation - administrative standards - Tricare

Chart Documentation Standards - UBH

Child Abuse: North Carolina law

Child & Adolescent Mental Health - national survey

Child Sexual Abuse - medical information podcast

Combat Exposure Scale - assessment of combat intensity in Gulf War veterans

Depression in the Elderly podcast

Depression Screening (PHQ-9; multiple languages available)

DSM4 Disorders in the U.S.: prevalence, diagnosis & treatment

Domestic Violence Screening

DSS in NC, by county

Emailing clients - ethical considerations

Ethics - Development and Practice

Ethics & Practice Guidelines

Forensic Specialty Guidelines - APA 2011

Geriatric Dementia, Delirium & Depression podcast

HIPAA explained in English: CD or training manual

HIPAA vs. North Carolina Law

HIPAA Security - Computer files & email encryption software

Involuntary Hospitalizations: Mental illness and Dangerousness, rules

Involuntary Hospitalizations - Legal Form to Use

Magellan - Practitioner Manual

Malpractice & Licensing Pitfalls - a defense attorney's list

Medicaid Billing Codes for Behavioral Health Services

Medicaid Billing - Rules & Regulations

Medicaid Electronic Billing Guidelines - 9/09

MH Resources for all NC Counties (including LME's, DSS, psychiatric hospitals)

Minors: Definition, Confidentiality and Release of Information

National Provider ID -- on-line application

NC General Statutes (see #122C for MH, DD, and substance abuse laws)

NCPA

NC Psychology Licensing Board

Pediatric Symptom Checklist (screening tool of Mass. General Hospital)

Psychology Licensing Boards & Laws - North America

Psychology Regulations - North Carolina

PTSD Checklist - Gulf War Veterans

Record Keeping Requirements for NC Psychologists

Release of raw psychological testing data & related legal issues - Psych Corp's/Pearson's position

Release of raw psychological test data - The Clinical Neuropsychologist

Appendix to releasing raw test data, TCN

Subpoenas

Suicidal Risk

Suicidal Risk Assessment & Documentation

Suicide in Schools: Prevention, Intervention & Postvention - Maine's model

Tarasoff: Duty to Warn in North Carolina

TBI: 3 Question Screen for Gulf War Veterans

Teens & heavy use of electronic media - research by Kaiser Foundation

Tricare - Practitioner Manual

Tricare - Hx, MSE, & Tx Record Form guidelines

UBH Network Manual - 2011

Children & Families of Combat Veterans podcast

Dot Mil Docs: military children coping with change podcast

Practice Guidelines for the Military: management of bipolar adults

Practice Guidelines for the Military: post deployment health evaluation

Practice Guidelines for the Military: PTSD management

Value Options Provider Handbook, 2011

Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: PTSD & Substance Abuse

Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: PTSD & Substance Abuse, part 2

Treating the Invisble Wounds of War: therapy for war-related trauma - 5 central principles podcast

Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: treating female veterans of war podcast

Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: welcoming home those who served & treating families podcast

Public

AA Meetings - Cape Fear, NC region

AA Meetings - NC & SC region

ACoA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) Support Groups

Al-Anon meetings - Wilmington, NC region

Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

ADHD (attention deficit disorder)

ADHD podcast

ADHD - The Relief of Being Diagnosed podcast

ADHD - To Take Medication or Not podcast

ADHD - Is Your Medication Working? podcast

ADHD - Nontraditional Treatment separating the wheat from the chaff podcast

ADHD Children Outcome in Adulthood podcast (Russell Barkley)

"Taking Charge of ADHD: The complete, authoritative guide for parents" by Dr. Russell Barkley

"Healing ADD: The breakthrough program that allows you to see and heal the 6 types of ADD" Daniel Amen, M.D.

"Making the System Work for your Child with ADHD: how to cut through red tape and get what you need from doctors, teachers, schools and healthcare plans "  by Peter S. Jensen, M.D.

"ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life"  Judith Kohlberg, Kathleen Nadeau, PhD

"Smart but Scattered: boost any child's ability to get organized, resist impulses, stay focused..." Peg Dawson, EdD & Richard Guare, PhD

ADHD/LD kids: camps in NC

Aging: "Preventing Alzheimer's" by Drs. William Shankle and Daniel Amen

AIDS/HIV

Alcohol Abuse

Get Your Loved One Sober with CRAFT podcast

10 Signs of Alcoholism podcast

Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's e-newsletter, free

The Alzheimer's Store

Alzheimer's Support Groups in eastern NC

Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990

Anger Management podcast

Helping Children Manage Anger podcast

"What to do When Your Temper Flares: a kid's guide to overcoming problems with anger," by Dawn Huebner, PhD

Anorexia & Bulimia

Antidepressants: how effective are they? podcast

Anxiety Disorders

Child & Adolescent Anxiety podcast

Anxiety & Depression: "Healing Anxiety and Depression: The revolutionary brain based program that allows you to see and heal the 7 types of anxiety and depression", by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Anxiety Disorders & OCD Support Group - Wilmington, NC

Asperger's Syndrome

"Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals" by Tony Atwood

"The Asperger's Answer Book: professional answers to 275 of the top questions parents ask" by Susan Ashley, PhD

Assessment: "Straight talk about psychological testing for kids" Drs. Ellen Braaten and Gretchen Felopulos

Auditory Processing Disorders

"When the Brain Can't Hear: unraveling the mystery of auditory processing disorder"  Teri James Bellis, PhD

Autism - accepting the diagnosis podcast

Autism - detection of early warn signs

Autism Society - NC

Autism Society - SC

Autism Support Group - Cape Fear region - 2011/2012

"A parents guide to Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism" Sally Ozonoff, Geraldine Dawson

"More than words: helping parents promote communication & social skills in children with autism spectrum      disorder" Fern Sussman

"Navigating the social world" Jeanette McAfee

"Solving behavior problems in autism" Linda Hodgon

"Understanding the nature of autism" Janice Janzen

"Visual strategies for improving communication: practical supports for school and home" Linda Hodgon

Behavior problems in kids

Bereavement: talking to children about death podcast

"Bipolar Disorder for Dummies" Candida Fink, MD

"The Bipolar Teen: what you can do to help your child & your family" David Miklowitz, PhD & Elizabeth George, PhD

Bipolar disorder in children

Bipolar disorder in children - links

Borderline Personality

"Borderline & Beyond, Revised" Laura Paxton

"Borderline & Beyond: Workbook and Personal Journal, Revised" Laura Paxton

Boys and Risk Taking Behaviors podcast

Brain Function & Structure: "Mapping the Mind"   Rita Carter

Brain Injury Association

Bullying podcast

Bullying in School

Surviving Bullies - exercises and video (for Windows)

Surviving Bullies - exercises and video (for Mac)

Camps for kids - by specialty

Camps for kids - Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall

Cancer

Cancer - coping after chemotherapy podcast

Smarter Cancer Care: emotional impact of diagnosis podcast

Smarter Cancer Care: negotiating the system podcast

Women undergoing treatment for cancer - free house cleaning

Cape Fear Mental Health Association

Cape Fear Psychological Association - 2012 brochure listing members 11 x 17

Cape Fear Teens - tricounty region

Chat Rooms - Psychological & Medical Disorders - by Mass. General Hospital

If Your Child Has Been Abused podcast

Child & Adolescent Problems - Facts for Families

Child Bipolar Disorder podcast

Raise Your Kids, Not Your Voice: the relationship rule podcast

Child Sexual Abuse podcast

Cognitive Therapy

"Messages: the communications skill book, 2nd edition" Matthew McKay, PhD, Martha Davis, PhD, Patrick Fanning

"How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk"  Faber & Mazlish

Conflict: "The Kids' Guide to Working out Conflicts - how to keep cool, stay safe, and get along" by Naomi Drew, M.A.

Corporal Punishment podcast

"The Girls' Guide to Guys: straight talk for teens on flirting, dating, breaking up, making Up, & finding true love"  Julie Taylor

"The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide: the real deal on girls, growing up, and other guy stuff" Jeremy Daldry

NC Dept. of Health & Human Services (including kids, families, older adults, health, Medicaid, Disability)

Depression podcast

Breaking the Patterns of Depression podcast

Families for Depression Awareness - signs of depression podcast

Depression & Bipolar

Depression - including standard & alternative treatments

Depression as a Risk Factor Heart Disease podcast

"Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" David Burns, MD

"The Feeling Good Handbook" David Burns, MD

"Winter Blues, Revised Edition" Norman Rosenthal

Winter Blues (seasonal affective disorder) podcast

Depression in Veterans podcast

"Help Me, I'm Sad: Recognizing, treating and preventing childhood and adolescent depression" David Fassler, M.D. and Lynne Dumas

"ASAP: ages, stages & phases - from infancy to adolescence" Patricia Fosarelli, M.D.

DBT (Dialectical behavior therapy)

Divorce podcast

"The Co-Parenting Survival Guide: letting go of conflict after a difficult divorce" Elizabeth Thayer, PhD and Jeffrey Zimmerman, PhD

"Does Wednesday Mean Mom's House or Dad's? Parenting Together while Living Apart" Marc Ackerman

"Why did you have to get a divorce? And when can I get a hamster? A guide to parenting through divorce" Anthony Wolf, PhD

Domestic Abuse podcast

Domestic Violence - North Carolina

Domestic Violence - National

Dr. Daniel Amen's brain research

Drug Abuse - Parents

Drug Abuse - Teens

Dyslexia

(Text)book recordings - for blind and dyslexics

Speech-to-text/text-to-speech software - for dyslexics

"The Gift of Dyslexia" by Ron Davis

Eating Disorders podcast

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters podcast

Elder Abuse

Eldercare: resources for caregivers podcast

Eldercare: evaluating driving skills podcast

Eldercare: personal emergency response systems podcast

Elder Medication podcast

Eldercare: to move, or not podcast

EMDR

EMDR podcast

EMDR podcast, #2

Epilepsy

Epilepsy: out of the shadows podcast

"Epilepsy: patient & family guide, 3rd edition" Orrin Devinsky, M.D.

Estate Planning for your Aging Parents podcast

"The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes & the Civilized Mind" Elkhonon Goldberg

Exercise

Exercise & the Brain: health; cognitive performance; aging; ADHD - podcast

Exercise and the impact on cognitive functioning podcast

Exercising with Arthritis podcast

Dealing with the Explosive/Challenging Child podcast

Family Communication

NC Family Law FAQ's

Family relationships

Food: Healthy Foods Kids will Eat

Helping Your Child Make Friends podcast

Gambling

Gastric bypass - pros & cons

Gay & Lesbian Health

Gender Identity

General Medical and Psychological

Generalized Anxiety Disorder podcast

Girl Power

Grief

What Happy Women Know podcast

Health Insurance - comparing plans

Health Insurance - consumer's guide to getting & keeping it

Hospice

Infants & Toddlers: for families including military, and professionals

Insurance for Kids - low cost or free, by State

Internet Addiction - Information

Children on the internet podcast

Internet Filtering podcast

Kids Health - Kids

Kids Health - Parents

Latino Clinic, Wilmington, NC

Learning Disabilities

Stay Happily Married: Anger Management podcast

Stay Happily Married: the effects of marital conflict on your children podcast

Stay Happily Married: how to cope with your child's behavior podcast

Stay Happily Married: creating more intimacy podcast

Stay Happily Married: how to choose a marriage counselor podcast

Stay Happily Married: Will Your Marriage Last Forever? podcast

Stay Happily Married: secrets to great marriages podcast

Medicaid - national listings

Medication

Medication: "Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medication for Kids, Revised Edition" Timothy E. Wilens, M.D.

Medication - Consumer Reports

Medication - Free or low cost through drug companies

Meditation

Mental Health Screening (free: agencies, schools, military, public, workplace

Military Post-Deployment: becoming a couple again

Military Branches & VA - websites

Military deployments - for young children ('Talk, Listen, Connect' by Sesame Street)

Military Family Support - links

Military Personnel & Families - Mental Health Resources online

Vet to Vet: talk, online chat, assessment, resources, support for vets & their family (855 VET TALK/838-8255)

Military: PTSD information for veterans, families & professionals

Successful Deployment Reunions: 6 rules of thumb

Military suicide risk self assessment (warning signs, outreach center, chat online)

Military: summer camps for kids

"Courage After Fire: coping strategies for troops returning from Iraq & Afghanistan and their families"

Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, and Paula Domenici

Military families: quick facts on TBI & PTSD

Mililtary families: helping kids cope with deployment

"You and Your Military Hero: building positive thinking skills during your hero's deployment. Adult

guided activities and games for ages 5-12"  Fritz, Jones-Johnson, and Zitzow

Military families: understanding post-deployment stress symptoms in your loved one

Mind Body Medicine - Dr. Bernie Siegel podcast

NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) - NC

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings - NC & SC

Natural Approaches to Mental Health Treatment podcast

NC Health Choice

New Hanover Regional Hospital

Non Verbal Learning Disability

"The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders" by Sue Thompson

Nursing Home Abuse

OCD (Obsessive-compulsive disorder)

OCD Foundation

OCD & PANDAS? podcast

OCD podcast

Oppositional Defiant & Conduct Disorder

"The Pocket Parent: Help! What to do when your 2-5 year old has tantrums, bites a friend, keeps

interrupting, uses bad words, won't use the potty, and more...  Hundreds of fast answers"  Reichlin & Winkler

Effective Parenting podcast

"Healing Parents: helping wounded children learn to trust and love" by Orlans and Levy

Parenting: is time out really effective podcast

Parenting: setting limits podcast

"No More Misbehavin': 38 difficult behaviors and how to stop them - discipline of kids from 3-12"

Michele Borba, Ed.D

"Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority & Reclaim Love" Scott P. Sells, PhD

"Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs - raising the bar of expectations" Judy Winter

Pastoral Counseling

Perinatal & Postpartum Mood Disorders podcast

Health benefits of pets podcast

Pet loss & bereavement

Psychological Disorders

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

PTSD Coach: free app, available for iPhone, iPad, and Android (assess, learn, manage symptoms, find support)

PTSD podcast

PTSD podcast, #2

Resurrection After Rape podcast

Rape - a man's guide to a woman who has been raped

Rape - a parent's guide to a daughter who has been raped

Relaxation: guided imagery - iTunes

Relaxation - guided imagery #2, iTunes

Relaxation: guided imagery #3, iTunes

Relaxation: military insomnia - iTunes

Seizures: video on the different types

Seizures: video on their diagnosis

Seizures: video on their causes

Self-injurious behavior podcast

Sexting podcast

Sexual abuse in children

Sexuality - Teens

Sibling Rivalry podcast

Single Moms & Dads

Single Parenting podcast

Sleep

Sleep Disorders

Sleep Hygiene podcast

Living Longer, Living Better - Sleep the forgotten key to health and wellness podcast

Tips for a Great Night's Sleep podcast

Sleeping pills and alternatives podcast

Trouble Sleeping podcast

"Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: what every parent should know" Patricia Hamaguchi

Sports Psychology/Peak Performance podcast

SSI Disability - NC

Statistics on Teens: alcohol, driving, drugs, sex

Step Families

What's Up with Step-Mothers podcast

Step Family Network

Stress podcast

Stress, depression, anxiety & drug use

Stress: guided imagery podcast

Stroke Basics podcast

Suicide

National Suicide Prevention Line - Hotline: 800 - 273 - TALK (8255) or 800 - SUICIDE

Suicide - Child & Teen

Suicide podcast

Suicide podcast, #2

Suicide and Suicide Prevention podcast

TEACCH - Autism spectrum disorders - NC

"Get out of my Life, but first could you drive me & Cheryl to the mall?: a parent's guide to the new teenager" Anthony Wolf, PhD

"Reality Gap: alcohol, drugs and sex - what parents don't know, and teens aren't telling" Stephen Wallace

Teens: all kids drink, right? podcast

Teens: cutting podcast

The Teenage Brain - podcast

Teenage Depression podcast

Teens: disciplining your teenager podcast

Teens: them's fighting words! podcast

Late Teenage Substance Abuse podcast

Teens: video game addiction podcast

Teen Driving

Teen Health - Wilmington

Teens & heavy use of electronics - NY Times article

The Troubled Teen Industry: wilderness camps podcast

Teen Sexuality podcast

Talking to Teens without blame, guilt or miscommunication podcast

Text to Speech iPhone app - ProLoQuo2Go podcast

Tourette's

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) podcast

Tricare - military health insurance

Unplugging Kids podcast

"Playstation Nation: protect your child from video game addiction" Olivia & Kurt Bruner

Violence Prevention

Voc. Rehab. - NC

Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: helping children cope with deployment & trauma podcast

Cut the Fat Weight Loss: how to increase your metabolism podcast

Cut the Fat Weight Loss: motivation & achieving your goals podcast

Cut the Fat Weight Loss: 17 Reasons That You Are Not Losing Weight podcast

Cut the Fat Weight Loss: Removing 7 Weight Loss Obstacles podcast

Do Fad Diets Work podcast

Weight Loss Support Groups - southeastern NC

Weight Management

Weight Management - National Registry

Women's Issues

"Toxic Workplace! managing toxic personalities & their systems of power" by Mitchell Kusy & Elizabeth Holloway

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 Articles

ADHD

Assessment - what makes for inaccuracy of test scores

Assessment - understanding psychological test scores

Autism: Myths vs. Facts

Binge Eating Disorder

Confidentiality

EMDR

Memory & Aging

Panic Attacks

Pastoral Counseling

TBI (traumatic brain injury)

Violence in the Workplace

Workplace Violence - Awareness & Prevention (OSHA)

The following individuals may be available to provide supervision to other psychologists for the Wilmington, NC region.

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