Recommended Web Sites

Dating Violence - Learn what behaviors are signs of abuse.

Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children - FamilyDoctor.org has provided these tips.

Domestic Violence Towards Women - The Mayo Clinic explains the idea of domestic violence and gives advice on how to get out of a bad relationship.

Safety Planning List - Check this list and be sure you have everything you need when it is time for you to leave the relationship.

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence - This website provides valuable information about a wide-range of domestic violence issues and extensive links to other resources and organizations.

Are You Being Abused? - Take this quick quiz if you think you are in an abusive relationship.

The Domestic Violence Handbook - From the Oakland County Coordinating Council Against Domestic Violence, this handbook covers topics such as: abusers, victims, cycle of abuse, creating a personalized safety plan and legal issues.

Domestic Violence in Gay and Lesbian Couples - A description of relationships and abuse for all types of couples, but specifically about gay and lesbian couples.

Domestic Violence Resources - The mission of the Support Network for Battered Women is to empower battered women and their children to rebuild their lives free of violence, and to end domestic violence in our society.

Domestic Violence Safety Plan - Scroll down on this page from the American Bar Association for some excellent tips on protecting yourself.

Intimate Partner Violence - The CDC has produced this fact sheet.

Let's Talk Facts About Domestic Violence - The American Psychiatric Association has created this pamphlet.

MEDLINEPlus:Domestic Violence - The National Library of Medicine has gathered these links to quality resources.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - NCADV is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and therefore is committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children.

National Domestic Violence Hotline - Important information and contacts for women who need help in their domestic situation. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) - The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., operates America's only national hotline for victims of sexual assault. The hotline-800.656.HOPE - offers free, confidential counseling and support 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the country.

Safe Horizon - This site provides a tour of a domestic violence shelter as well as information on domestic violence.