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Go Ask Alice! Wikipedia

This article is about the health website. For the book, see Go Ask Alice.

Go Ask Alice! is a Q&A service provided by Columbia University for both students and the general public with questions or curiosity about health topics. The name of the site came to a site producer in a dream and is not a reference to the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit." The site also has no affiliation with the book Go Ask Alice by Anonymous, edited by Beatrice Sparks, Ph.D.http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/about.html#9

Go Ask Alice! started in the fall of 1993 at Columbia University's Health Education Program (now called Alice!). In the fall of 1994, the website went global. A book, The Go Ask Alice! Book of Answers, was published in 1998.

Each week, the site posts new questions and answers and/or updated answers to older questions in the archive. In addition to these questions, the site updates also include a poll, reader responses to older questions, and a "theme of the week" section that includes selected archived questions and answers.

Go Ask Alice! receives about 2000 questions per week. Currently, there are about 3000 questions and answers in the archive.

Go Ask Alice! usually takes a progressive stance on more controversial topics like homosexuality, premarital sex, abortion, and sex education. Readers are given information about the topic at hand, then encouraged to both continue to inform themselves and make their own decisions, taking into account their personal moral, cultural, and/or religious beliefs.

The service usually provides a fair amount of background information, references, and quotes from experts for those unfamiliar with the subject being addressed.

The Go Ask Alice! archive puts questions into seven categories. These and their respective subcategories are:
#Alcohol and Other Drugs
#*Alcohol
#*Nicotine
#*Marijuana
#*Club drug|Club Drugs
#*Hard drug|Hard Drugs
#*Inhalants
#*Medical prescription|Prescription and Over-the-counter substance|Over-the-Counter Drugs
#*Caffeine and Energy-Boosting Drugs
#*Helping and Getting Help
#*Miscellaneous
#Physical fitness|Fitness and Nutrition
#*Fitness
#*Optimal Nutrition
#*Weight Gain and Loss
#*Food Choices and Health
#*Eating disorder|Eating Disorders
#*Body image|Body Image
#*Miscellaneous
#Mental health|Emotional Health
#*Stress (medicine)|Stress and Anxiety
#*Depression (mood)|Blues and Clinical depression|Depression
#*Suicide
#*Communication Concerns
#*Obsessive-compulsive disorder|Obsessive and Compulsive Behavior
#*Child abuse|Child Abuse
#*Grief|Grief and Loss
#*Psychotherapy|Counseling
#*Psychiatric medications|Medications
#*Miscellaneous
#General Health
#*Body Maintenance
#*Common cold|Colds, Aches, Pains, and Other Ailments
#*Stomach and Other Gastrointestinal tract|Gastrointestinal Rumblings
#*Cancer
#*Injuries
#*Alternative medicine|Complementary Medicine
#*Skin#Aging and Disease|Skin Conditions
#*Hair
#*Oral Health
#*Eye|Eyes
#*Sleep
#*Body art|Body Decoration
#*Miscellaneous
#Sexuality
#*Sex organ|Genital Wonderings
#*Sexual Questions
#*Kiss|Kissing
#*Masturbation
#*Orgasm|Orgasms
#*Sexual Secretions
#*Sex toy|Tools and Toys
#*Fetishism|Fetishes and -philia|Philias
#*Erotica and Pornography
#*Sexual Permutations
#*Miscellaneous
#Sexual Health
#*Pregnancy|Reproduction
#*Birth control|Contraception
#*Pregnancy Options
#*Sexually-transmitted infection|Sexually Transmitted Infections
#*Men's Sexual Health
#*Women's Sexual Health
#*Miscellaneous
#Interpersonal relationship|Relationships
#*Relationship Stuff
#*Relationship Boosters
#*Long-distance relationship|Long-distance and On-line Relationships
#*LGBT|Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, or Questioning
#*Culture, Race, and Religion
#*Nonconsensual Relationships
#*Talking with Parents
#*Friendship
#*Roommate Rumblings
#*Friends or Lovers
#*Miscellaneous

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• http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/ The Go Ask Alice! service

Last Modified:   2005-12-19