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PAGET'S DISEASE

The Paget Foundation

New York, NY

800-23-PAGET (800-237-2438)

212-509-5335

www.paget.org


PAIN RELIEF

American Pain Foundation

Baltimore, MD

888-615-PAIN (888-615-7246)

www.painfoundation.org


PARKINSON'S DISEASE

American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. (APDA)

Staten Island, NY

800-223-2732

718-981-8001

www.apdaparkinson.org/


National Parkinson Foundation (NPF)

Miami, FL

800-327-4545

305-243-6666

www.parkinson.org


Parkinson's Action Network (PAN)

Washington, DC

800-850-4726

202-638-4101

www.parkinsonsaction.org


Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF)

New York, NY

800-457-6676

212-923-4700

www.pdf.org


POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION (PPD)

(see also DEPRESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE)

Postpartum Support International (PSI)

Santa Barbara, CA

800-944-4PPD (800-944-4773)

805-967-7636

www.postpartum.net


POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

(see also DEPRESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE)

Hope For Healing.org

www.hopeforhealing.org/ptsd.html


National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

White River Junction, VT

802-296-6300

www.ptsd.va.gov


PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)

Sarasota, FL

800-926-4797

941-312-0400

www.pwsausa.org


PREGNANCY

(see CHILDBIRTH/PREGNANCY)

PROSTATE DISORDERS

(see also CANCER & OTHER TUMORS)

Prostatitis Foundation

Smithshire, IL

888-891-4200

309-325-7184

www.prostatitis.org


PSORIASIS

National Psoriasis Foundation

Portland, OR

800-723-9166

503-244-7404

www.psoriasis.org


PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE

(see also DEPRESSION)

Mental Health America

Alexandria, VA

800-969-6642

703-684-7722

800-443-5959 (TTY)

www.nmha.org


National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Arlington, VA

800-950-NAMI (800-950-6264)

703-524-7600

www.nami.org


National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Bethesda, MD

866-615-6464

301-443-4513

866-415-8051 (TTY)

www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml


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