International Paruresis Association

 

 

International Paruresis Association

PO Box 65111
Baltimore, MD 21209

1-800-247-3864
410-367-1253 (phone)
410-367-1254 (fax)

info@paruresis.org

 

 

Articles in the Press

Web MD -- Article on paruresis
Can you Pee in Public? -- About.com article
Bashful Bladder -- Salon.com Article
Why Men Choke at the Bowl -- MSN.Slate.com article on shy bladder
For Some, Drug Tests Next to Impossible -- Nice New York Times article on drug testing in the workplace.  If prompted to log in, use "ipauser" as the member ID, "ipatalk" as the password  
Sydney Morning Herald -- Good Australian article
Inmate Punished; Couldn't Urinate for Test -- From DesMoines, IA; an inmate spends a week in solitary confinement due to shy bladder
Workshop Has No. 1 Priority -- Article in Las Vegas Sun about our Workshop
Urine tests make paruresis sufferers lives miserable -- Tom Smith story
Agony but no Sympathy for Bashful Bladder -- Article from Canada
Fairness vs. Phobias -- Dr. Soifer's commentary in St. Louis Post-Dispatch re: Drug Testing
"A Shy Bladder Can Be a Job Liability" -- Nice article from CNN (taken from Court TV)
"A Shy Bladder Can Be a Job Liability" -- Original Court TV story
Can you Pee in Public? -- From Leonard Holmes, Ph.D., Your Guide to Mental Health Resources , contains some incorrect infomation
"Toilet Phobia Tackled" -- From Fay Burstin, Herald Sun Australia, February 9, 2005
"Medical condition keeps some from drug tests - and jobs" -- By Deborah L. Shelton, St. Louis Post-Distpatch, 07/17/2006
If you gotta but can't, sometimes it's costly -- Published on April 24, 2006, Page A1, The Kansas City Star (MO)

Looks easy enough... but not for everyone -- By John Gascoigne, April 18, 2007, From theage.com.au
Grand tour of BART's bathrooms -- from the pristine to the pathogenic -- By Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer, July 16, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle

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WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: This website is NOT a substitute for medical or legal advice and does not constitute the practice of law, medicine, psychiatry, clinical psychology, clinical social work, or any other mental health profession.  If you are having trouble urinating, you should always contact a physician since difficulty with voiding can be a symptom of a serious medical condition. We are a group of professional people and people who have suffered with paruresis. We have assembled a board and a board of advisors to help people cope with urinary dysfunction that has a psychological or social origin. On this website, we are NOT practicing medicine, psychiatry, clinical psychology, clinical social work or any other mental health profession. You should have your doctor evaluate your condition before diagnosing yourself, and seek the appropriate necessary mental health counseling if warranted. IPA, Inc. disclaims any and all legal liability whatsoever.