Psychopath and Narcissist Survivors Support Group

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Coping with the Narcissistic/Psychopath Child

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Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm.
Brian Masters

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Books on At-Risk and Affected Children
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?visgrp=nonfiction&N=485082&Ne=204584+206923+207193+485082&z=y

and
http://www.amazon.ca/s?ie=UTF8&index=books-ca&field-keywords=Mentally%20ill%20children&page=1

Disruptive Behaviour Disorders
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/newsletter/FPN_3_7.html

Behavioral Education Alliance
http://www.edalliance.org/index.php?section=article&album_id=8

Yahoo Video on Dialectic Behaviour Therapy and interviews with BPD
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1934000505271973137

Family Guidelines (BPD) downloadable documents
http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/guidelines.shtml

Behavioral Tech
http://behavioraltech.org/index.cfm

Assessing what factors contribute to the development of internalizing and
externalizing problems in children
http://dmail.psychiatrymatters.md/cgi-bin2/DM/z/mcRD0Krc4b0KY20BMT80FG

Can fledgling Psychopaths be spotted in childhood?
http://64.202.182.52/crimetimes/97c/w97cp3.htm

Scroll down a bit at this site and click on the video on handling the 'suicide' threat problem and other conflicts of raising and managing the out of control youth.
http://www.yoursocialworker.com/video.htm

What Makes Teenagers Get so Angry? Dr. M. Connor
http://www.crisiscounseling.com/Articles/AngryChildren.htm

How to Help Children at Risk for Developing Borderline or NPD
http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc50.html

Super Predators - Juvenile Ps
http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/SocialIssues/Political%5CStudy_on_Juvenile_Psychopaths-128.htm

What to say to an Angry Child
http://members.aol.com/AngriesOut/parents2.htm

Psychopath Children - Born to be Bad
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/160/160105_psychopath_children_born_to_be_bad.html

Mental Illness - How to Recognize and Cope Factsheet
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/11.cfm

Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.healthyplace.com/site/childhood_psychiatric_disorders.asp
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/disorders/dis_category.php?catID=11

Young Minds - Children's Mental Problems
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/briefings/03_12_13.php

Not my Kid
http://www.notmykid.org/

Child and Adolescent BiPolar
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolarupdate.cfm

The Courts and Mentally Ill children (Missouri site)
http://www.moga.state.mo.us/statutes/C200-299/2110000202.HTM

Divorce and Stepparents
http://www.divorceonline.com/articles/f69836.html

Verbal Responses to Angry Child
http://www.grandtimes.com/troubled.html

10 Steps to Successful Step Parenting
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5231.html

Resources for Step Parents
http://dmoz.org/Home/Family/Parenting/Step_Parents/

Conduct Disorders and Helping the Oppositional Defiant Child (Lecture Series)
http://www.thecjc.org/genlect.htm

When Personality Goes Awry
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar04/awry.html

Laing House for mentally ill 17-24 years of age
http://www.lainghouse.org/

Family Functioning and Peer Affiliation in Children of Fathers With Antisocial Personality Disorder and Substance Dependence: Associations With Problem Behaviors
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/159/4/607

SUMMARY OF THE PRACTICE PARAMETERS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CONDUCT DISORDERS
http://www.aacap.org/clinical/Condct~1.htm

RESOURCES for Parents of BPs (Step-Parents, Grandparents also welcome)
NUTS - (parents Needing Understanding, Tenderness and Support to help their child with BPD)

A number of specialized private email support lists "for parents who are suffering over broken dreams and lives of turmoil; welcome to a place of refuge where beacons of light will guide you to a safe harbor filled with understanding, comfort, and hope."
Registration with the moderator requested in order to join, at: nuts@thgi.org

Borderline Tempest for Parents of BPs
A board specifically for parents of BPs. Registration with Yahoo required to post.

Mental Health Sanctuary Parents' Board
Another board specifically for parents of BPs. You may read and post as a guest.

WTOParentsofBPs
Registration with Yahoo required to post.

WTOGrandparentsofBPs
Specifically for grandparents of BPs. Registration with Yahoo required to post.

Off Our Rockers...Grandparents being parents, AGAIN!
Specifically for grandparents raising grandchildren due to difficult bio-parental circumstances. No registration required to participate. Wonderful supportive forum run by Elaine Shelton.

Grand's Place
Specifically for grandparents raising children due to inability on the part of the bio-parent. Very supportive message boards, also for Special Others (aunts, uncles, siblings raising relatives' children)! Grand's holds a chat every night at 9:00pm EST. No registration required to read and post.

Assessing Suicidal Youth With Antisocial, Borderline, or Narcissistic Personality Disorder
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2003/june/links.asp

Life on the Border
A very active list for parents of BPs.

MSN Group about helping parents cope
http://groups.msn.com/Helpingoneanothertocope/_whatsnew.msnw
Parenting Within Reason: Relief for Hurting Parents

Parents of Dissociative Children Support Board
Registration with EZBoards required to post. Also has a chat forum.

Time Out for Families
"Parenting a Child with Special Mental Health Needs"
A very supportive group run by a mother of a Bipolar child. No registration required to post.

Parents of Bipolar or at-risk for Bipolar children
"For an open discussion of the joys and challenges of raising a child or teenager with bipolar disorder."
No registration required to post. Special topic forums for dads, media reviews, treatment, etc.

Attachment Disorder Support Board
For parents of children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
RAD is often considered a precursor to BPD, with extremely similar symptomology: read the symptoms here No registration required to post. Since BPD is generally not professionally diagnosed until the child reaches 18, this is an excellent source of support for parents prior to that time [fyi: board lingo: RAD children are referred to as 'radishes', sibling non-RAD children are 'turnips', for sake of brevity]

Another RAD board for parents of younger children with these symptoms. No registration required to post.

RADkid.org Articles, links and texts for parents of RAD children, run by a couple raising a RAD child. Offers an active support forum for parents of kids with RAD.

Relationships with Abusive Narcissists

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Psychological and Verbal Abuse Resources

Verbal and Emotional Abuse on Suite101

Abusive Relationships Q&A's

Articles about abusive relationships are available here:
Emotional, Verbal, and Psychological Abuse, Domestic and Family Violence and Spousal Abuse
What is Abuse?
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/abuse.html
Danse MacabreThe Dynamics of Spousal Abuse
http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/abusefamily.html

Identifying NPD in Pre-Adolescent Children by Jean-Marc Guile, MD
http://www.cpa-apc.org/French_Site/Publications/Archives/PDF/1996/Aug/guile.pdf

Young people with personality disorders at increased risk of substance misuse
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pressparliament/pressreleases-1/pr778.aspx

Befriending The System
http://samvak.tripod.com/abusefamily11.html