Psychology on the Internet

Increasingly, the Internet is becoming a place people turn to in an effort to acquire information rapidly and conveniently. In the discipline of Psychology, the Internet offers a substantial number of sites that can be used by enterprising students for reference or research. The purpose of this page is to make finding these sites simple and straightforward. In addition, the sites included here meet the criteria of providing access to additional sites of interest. Remember, the sites are for Educational purposes only and are not to be used as a substitute for Professional diagnosis and care.

Psych Web is a good place to begin when looking for psychological information on the Web. It has numerous links such as Scholarly Resources and Megalists of psychology resources. Psych Web is quite extensive and an excellent resource.

Mental Health Net is a vast and well organized site. It covers , Disorders and Treatments and has a Professional Resources Index.

Psych Central complied by Dr. John Grohol includes a Psychology Web Pointer which links to a wide variety of sources. The diversity of these sources is illustrated by the Attention Deficit Disorder WWW Archive and Dual Diagnosis by Kathleen Sciacca. Psych Central also has a Symptom List that was compiled from the American Psychological Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, copyright 1994. In addition, Psych Central links to a very informative Self Injury Page.

The National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network has a large over-arching page with statistics, Online Databases, and links to KEN Publications/Catalogs which, in turn, links to KEN's Publications List. Another very helpful area is the Mental Health Links page which leads to additional Mental Health Resources on the Internet.

Internet Mental Health is a very good site. It is also very easy to use. It has many interesting sections such as Disorders and Medications that provide excellent discussions of the materials they index.

The Online Dictionary of Mental Health is an excellent resource. It is well organized and easy to use.

David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages covers many aspects of recovery from traumatic events. It has covers topics such as About Trauma and Trauma Resources.

Specifica links to a variety of health related websites and has many excellent links to sites devoted to Mental Health and Mental Health issues.

Mental Health Infosource provides good fundemental information and statistics. It has sections such as Disorders, which has an alphabetical list of disorders and links to articles on each, and Mental Health Information and Statistics which, naturally, has a great deal of statistical data. The Mental Health Infosource also has a nice pull-down menu with links to categories such as MH Directory of Web Sites.

To learn more about Animal Assisted Therapy go to the Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation, Animal-Assisted Therapy, or Pets and People: Companions in Therapy and Service.

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