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We strongly recommend the INTERNET HEALTHCARE COALITION which is setting the standards in the e-healthcare industry. You can access the first draft of the e-Health Code of Ethics at their website. The Internet Healthcare Coalition is an umbrella organization representing a broad range of industry, academic, advocacy, and other organizations and individuals providing Internet-based healthcare information and services worldwide. The mission of the Internet Healthcare Coalition is Quality Healthcare Resources on the Internet, by developing and promoting ethical principles relevant to the fast expanding area of online, interactive health care communications, through the consensus of industry, academic, government, patients and consumer leaders.

We also recommend the NATIONAL BOARD FOR CERTIFIED COUNSELORS Standards for the Ethical practice of Webcounseling which has been formally endorsed by the ISMHO.

Statistics:

• Schizophrenia has a lifetime prevalence of 1%

• Major Depression has a lifetime risk of 5-12% for men and 10-25% for women; only 25% of depressed patients seek treatment; about 15% of depressed patients commit suicide. The onset of depression is usually at 20 - 50 years of age ( mean age 40) but can also begin in childhood or old age. Most frequently depression is seen in separated, divorced, people without close relationships

• Bipolar Disorder ( Manic-Depressive Disorder ) has a lifetime prevalence of 1%; 10-15% of Bipolar patients commit suicide. The onset of the disease is from 5 years of age to 50 years of age ( mean onset age is 30). The disease is more frequent in single or divorced people

• Generalized Anxiety most commonly starts during third decade of life. This disease has a lifetime prevalence of 45% and it is twice as common in women than in men. Generalized Anxiety Disorder often coexists with social anxiety, specific phobia, panic disorder, or depression. Only a third of patients with this disease seek psychiatric treatment.

• Panic Disorder has a 3%-5% lifetime prevalence and is twice as common in women. The mean age of onset for Panic Disorder is 25. Panic disorder can be associated with Agoraphobia and is frequently comorbid with depression, other anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance related disorders.

• Agoraphobia has a lifetime prevalence of 0.6%- 6%. Agoraphobia is frequently comorbid with depression, other anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance related disorders. 98% of patients with Agoraphobia also have Panic Disorder

• Social Anxiety occurs in 3% of population. It occurs equally in men and women.

• OCD ( Obsessive Compulsive disorder ) occurs in 2-3% of population

• PTSD ( Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) occurs in 1-3% of population; 30% of Vietnam veterans have PTSD.

• Most commonly used and abused substances are : Caffeine - 75%, Alcohol - 50%, Nicotine - 30%, Marijuana - 10% and Cocaine 3%.

• Alcoholism is the third largest health problem in USA. 51% of US residents are current alcohol users. 10% of women and 20% of men qualify for a diagnosis of Alcohol Abuse ( recurrent alcohol use that interferes with person's life, e.g. legal problems, work/school/home problems etc.). 5% of women and 10% of men qualify for a diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence ( person becomes tolerant to alcohol, has withdrawal symptoms when not drinking, has substance seeking activities etc.)

• About 1 in 30,000 men would like a sex change

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder occurs more often in women. Most common age of onset of this disorder is 15-20 years. The disease commonly coexists with depression or anxiety disorder. Most commonly the patients are concerned about their: hair, nose, skin, eyes, face, body build etc

• Anorexia Nervosa occurs in 0.5% - 1% of adolescent girls and it is 10-20 times more frequent in females than in males. The most common age of onset is mid-teens.

• Alzheimer’s Dementia is the most common form of dementia and is more common in women. The frequency of the disease increases with age, i.e. 5% for 65 years old to 20% for 85 years old. 40% of patients with this disease have a family history of Alzheimer's dementia.

• ADHD ( Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ) occurs in 3-5% of children aged 5-12 years; is about 5 times more common in boys

• Conduct Disorder occurs in 6-16 % of boys and 2-9% of girls younger than 18 years of age

• Oppositional Defiant Disorder occurs in 16-22% of school age children

• 1-5% of children have Sleepwalking Disorder

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