Health & Safety

General BDSM Safety Advice

• Facts and Myths About BDSM Safety by Hans Meijer
• Some Notes on Safety for Meeting Online and Off by Ambrosio (from the "Dating and Communication" section)

First Aid

• First Aid from the Mayo Clinic

Dungeon Monitoring at Parties

Please see the articles under the "Dungeon Monitoring" category in the Civics section of this site.

Medical Advice from Health Professionals and Lay People

• Coronary Heart Disease: Angina & Heart Attack: Its Impact Upon the BDSM Lifestyle by Mistress Tammy, RN
• Diabetes Mellitus: Its Impact Upon the BDSM Lifestyle by Mistress Tammy, RN
• Information from the Safer SM Education Project at The AIDS Committee of Toronto
• "D/s Medical Advice: Prevention and Treatment of Injuries / Adverse Conditions" attributed to Yaldahtvah
• "Emergency Training for SM Practicioners" by Jay Wiseman
• Jay Wiseman on Safety
• How to handle a seizure by Jay Wiseman
• The Medical Realities of Breath Control Play by Jay Wiseman
• blossom's Suggestions for a First Aid Kit
• Medical Advice from the subDOMinion Note: It's not clear if this information was provided by medical professionals.
• Is Masochism Addictive? by Ambrosio
• See also Anatomy for Flogging: The Back in this site's General. section

Emotional Health and Psychological Issues

• "Ask the Therapist" by William A. Henkin, Ph.D.
  • Ask the Therapist: SM and Kids: A Therapist answers the questions "How do you know when your children are ready to discuss SM, and how do you do it?"
  • Ask the Therapist: Alternate Personas and Multiple Personalities by William A. Henkin, Ph.D.
• BDSM Background Information, a series of articles from the POWERotics Foundation
  • How to tell your children
  • Help! My spouse is into EPE
• SM And Child Abuse: For Some, A Difficult Connection With The Past by Guy Baldwin (April 23rd, 2007)
• For material on BDSM relationship break ups visit my list of "Breaking Up" links in the "Relatonships (Dating and Communication)" section of this web site.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Including Hepatitis

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) -- also called Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) -- include Herpes, HIV/AIDS, Chlamydia, Genital Herpes, Gonorrhea, Human Papillomavirus, Genital Warts, Syphilis, Vaginitis, and Hepatitis.

• Safer Sex by Sir Bamm!
• Febrile, Headachy Public Health Rambling by Catmoney
• The American Social Health Association (ASHA)
• STD Prevention --- information, statistics, and treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases --- from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of STD Prevention.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases from the The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID.)
• Hepatitis C information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.>

Find a Doctor

• The Kink Aware Professionals List: a national list of Doctors, Lawyers, and Professionals who are knowledgable and friendly toward the scene. It was started by Race Bannon but is now maintained by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.
• Find a Provider from the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
• Kink Therapy"Respark Therapy & Associates provides high-quality therapy and coaching throughout all of Colorado, Texas, and Washington with multiple offices in Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas. .... At Respark, all our therapists receive 200+ hours in sex therapy with training in couples therapy issues from one of the biggest comprehensive training programs in the world, Sexual Health Alliance. Additionally, many Respark therapists have done post-graduate training in couples therapy."
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