This confidential, professionally facilitated group offers support for women age 18 or older who have one or both problems: 1)  they have been victims of stranger or acquaintance rape or who have been raped by their husbands and/or 2) they are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.  For more information, contact the Rape Crisis center at United Family Services by calling their 24-hour hotline: 704-375-9900. If you call after regular business hours, you will be asked to leave a confidential message and a staff member will promptly follow-up with you at a safe time.  (Click for overview of Sexual Abuse and Rape Recovery resources)

This confidential, professionally facilitated group designed only for students, faculty, and staff at UNC-C focuses on helping women who are survivors of abuse during childhood or adulthood develop coping skills and share support in a safe environment.  For more details, call the UNC-C Counseling Center at 704/687-2105 Monday through riday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Click for overview of Sexual Abuse and Rape Recovery resources)

Incest Survivors Anonymous (1996) (no alternative group known -- please phone us)
Fearless Words (2007)  (no alternative group known -- please phone us)
The Hope Group (Healing of Past Experiences) (2008) (813)
Male Survivors of Incest (1993) (no alternative group known -- please phone us)
MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) (1997) (no alternative group known -- please phone us)
Non-offending Parents of Incest (1993) (no alternative group known -- please phone us)
Support of Survivors (2008) (no alternative group known -- please phone us if you have interest) 
Survivors of Incest Anonymous (The Phoenix Group)(no alternative group known -- please phone us)
Teen Victims of Assault (2008) (no alternative group known -- please phone us if you have interest) 

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

  Rape Abuse & Incest National Network  of 4

Click here to view a national organization's web site.  Although there is some self-promotion on the site, there are links to excellent information on everything from What Should I Do, Finding a Crisis Center, Rape Drug(s), Impact of Rape, etc. etc.  Last checked on 7/29/08 and originally posted here on 4/29/03.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.