Abnormal, Clinical, and Counselling

A Beginner's Guide to Abnormal Psychology: Site provides concise summaries of anxiety, mood, personality, sexual, delusional, substance use, somatoform, and dissociative disorders.
APA Diagnostic Classification DSM-IV: This is the online text of the DSM-IV which is a diagnostic tool used in diagnosing psychological disorders.
Alliance for Medical and Psychosocial Support: "Alliance is resource for free support within the community, online, and through traditional care. With increasing numbers of people unable to access or maintain health care there is an increasing need for community involvement. Many people merely need a volunteer, support group, or mentor. Support is often hard to find, but it is available regardless of income. Whether you are interested in being a volunteer to support someone else, or you are someone in need of help, the Alliance is here for you.".
Anger and Aggression: Site discusses theories and facts about anger and aggression, anger in intimate relationships, prejudice, and how to deal with aggressive people.
Behavior Online: Conversations with and discussions about notable psychotherapists.
Bereavement in Adult Life: Article looks at the components of grief, the normal course of grief, and complicated grief.
Bereavement in Childhood: Article looks at separation and loss in childhood, the long term effects of bereavement, the effects of the death of a sibling, and how to help bereaved children.
Brain Disorders Network: Site from the National Foundation for Brain Research includes a helpful page on Brain Disorders and RX Info.
Child Abuse Crisis: The Disintegration of Marriage and Family: Article discusses how children are more likely to be victims of child abuse if they come from a broken family. Some of the effects of child abuse are discusses as well.
Civilization and Insanity: This article discusses how people believed that mental illness increased in frequency based on how primitive an ethnic group's brain was and by how civilized they were.
CyberPsychologist: One of several emerging on-line self-help services.
Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page: Contains extensive resources for clinical psychologists, clients, and students; cites many special-interest internet psychology newsgroups and mailing lists.
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: This online book discusses topics that include the behavior and chemistry of the brain, psychopharmacological concepts, fear and anxiety, pain, depression, schizophrenia, arousal, tolerance, drug abuse, and habitual behaviors.
Existential Theory of Carl Rogers: This article discusses Carl Rogers' client centered therapy focusing on its three key points of congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding.
Fetal Brain Tissue Grafts as Therapy for Brain Dysfunctions: Article discusses the use of neural grafts to correct brain dysfunctions.
Guide to the Internet for professionals in child mental health: "This paper offers an overall guide to the Internet and more specifically describes what is available to psychologists, psychiatrists and other professionals in child mental health. Ways in which the Internet can be accessed are outlined and comment is made on the place of the Internet in the future of child psychiatry and psychology. A glossary of terms used in this article is provided.".
Health Psychology Library: Site provides links to a number of web sites concerning health psychology.
History of Chlorpromazine: Site briefly describes the discovery of this antipsychotic drug and how it came to be an accepted form of treatment for mental disorders.
IPS Employee Assistance: Provides information about employee assistance programs in which employers provide psychological assistance to their employees.
International Kraepelin Society: Site provides a biography of Emil Kraepelin and a number of related links.
Internet Mental Health: A magazine/encyclopedia of mental health information.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology: APA journal is a key outlet for papers in this field.
Journal of Counseling Psychology: APA journal for counselling psychologists.
Mental Health Resources: The About Mental Health Resources page provides access to a variety of resources about health and mental health as well as a very well-designed user interface.
Mental Health Terms Glossary: Site provides the definitions to a list of words relevant to mental health.
Mental Help Net: Excellent site contains a vast number of mental health resources, from popular articles to specialized resources for professional psychologists.
NetPsych.com: Site explores the issues associated with the Internet-based delivery of therapy and other psychological services.
Nonverbal Learning Disorders on the Web: Site provides information and resources about nonverbal learning disorders.
Psychology in Daily Life: Site provides links to articles about anger, dealing with the aftermath of disaster, how to achieve good mental health, stress, women and depression, and the benefits of exercise.
Psychometric Assessment: This site provides a brief description of ability, aptitude, and personality testing. It also discusses how tests are constructed.
Remembering Dangerously: This article discusses the possible dangers in recovering repressed memories.
SALMON Study and Learning Materials On-Line for Physiological Psychology: Site provides information about neurotransmission, depression, hormones and stress, sexual behaviour, sex differentiation, ethology, aggression, learned helplessness, drug tolerance, and drug addiction.
Shrink Tank Web Site: Has lots of downloadable software for clinical applications, testing, etc.
Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site: Contains the writings of Stanton Peele on various aspects of addiction.
The Wounded Healer: Provides resources for partners, allies and surviors of sexual assault.
Transference, Schema, and Assimilation: Article discusses "the relevance of Piaget to the psychodynamic theory of transference."

Addictions

Addictions: This comprehensive website provides information about various substance addictions, populations, treatment, prevention, social issues, organizations, statistics, the war on drugs and more.
Alcohol and the Brain: This article takes a brief look at the possible mechanisms by which alcohol effects the brain. It looks at the lipid theory, the protein theory, and the various neurotransmitters which may facilitate the absorption of alcohol.
Animations: How Drugs Work: This excellent set of demonstrations show how drugs work in the body and in the brain. There is an animation showing how brain cells communicate, and there are demonstrations depicting the effects of alcohol, cocaine, and opiates in the brain.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA): Provides information relevant to minimizing the harm that may result from the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Cocaine Abuse and Addiction: Site provides information about cocaine including what it is, how it works, the short term and long term effects of cocaine use, and the effects of maternal use.
Dual Diagnosis Website: Site is concerned with psychological disorders accompanied by substance abuse disorders.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Site provides publications, databases, and other resources about alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
Treatment of Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: This online book provides information about substance abuse disorders in adolescents and about various treatment issues and options.
Youth Drinking: Risk Factors and Consequences: Article presents a number of developmental and psychosocial risk factors for youth drinking and substance use as well as some of the possible consequences.

Counselling

21st Century Process Consultation: An overview of current process consultation is provided in this article.
Adlerian Society of Wales: Presents information about Adler and Adlerian counselling.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): The home page of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) provides information about the tenets of their organization, the effects of alcoholism on family members, personal stories of people coming to grips with their alcoholism, and much more.
American Counseling Association: This is the homepage for the American Counseling Association. It provides resources for students, information about ethics, and much more.
American Counselling Association (ACA) Resources: This site presents the American Counseling Association's code of ethics, provides frequently asked questions about counseling, suggests how to cope with crisis, and more.
An Introduction to Counselling in Canada: Provides a range of information, both general and specific, to counselling in Canada.
Beginning Therapy With Clients: A Primer: A number of suggestions for counselors who are meeting a client for the first interview are provided in this article.
Bowen Center for the Study of the Family: The home page for the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family includes descriptions and illustrations of the major tenets of Bowen family systems theory.
Campus Blues: Site provides a collection of articles discussing issues that college students frequently face. Some issues discussed are academic problems, social adjustment problems, loneliness, and abuse.
Career Development eManual: This online manual provides information about planning your career. Topics covered are self assessment, research, decision making, networks and contacts, work, and life/work planning.
Career Development for Meaningful Life Work: This article discusses the work-meaning connection, job satisfaction, career happiness, and developments in career development theory.
Community Consultation Tool Kit: This tool kits presents a "how-to" manual for community consultation. It uses the example of the Western Valley Development Authority to show how community consultation can be done successfully.
Group Psychotherapy: An overview of group psychotherapy is provided at this site along with links to other online articles and resources.
More Psychologists are Finding that Discrete Uses of Humour Promote Healing: Article discusses how one clinician has found an effective use for humour in healing his clients.
National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC): This is the homepage of the National Board of Certified Counselors. It offers information about their organization and the services they provide.
Research Methods Knowledge Base: This comprehensive web-based textbook discusses sampling, measurement, research design, data analysis, validity, reliability, and ethics, as well has how to develop a research question and write a research paper.
T-Groups: This article about T-groups or training groups presents the objectives of T-groups, a description of the method of T-groups, and possible problems stemming from T-groups.
The Therapeutic Relationship: This article discusses the therapeutic relationship between counsellors and their clients. It includes a discussion of the personal aspect of counseling, resistance, regression, and transference.
Women for Sobriety, Inc.: Women for Sobriety was created in response to the finding that male alcoholics were more likely to recover than female alcoholics. Therefore, Women for Sobriety is specifically focused on helping women recover from alcoholism. This site provides information about the organization and a collection of articles discussing women and alcoholism.

Eating Disorders

A Genetic Link to Anorexia: A possible genetic link was found on chromosome 1 which indicates that genetic predisposition may exist for anorexia.
Anorexia and Bulimia: This article discusses the symptoms, consequences, causes, and treatment for anorexia and bulimia.
Binge-eating Disorder: What's the Best Treatment?: In this article, researchers debate whether the best treatment approach for treating binge eating disorder is to address the psychological or weight issues first.
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center: Site provides information on all types of eating disorders and treatment resources.
Eating Disorder Site: Information about the diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Eating Disorders: Site provides news, articles, stories, and information about eating disorders. Also includes articles concerning how males are affected by eating disorders.
Eating Disorders Shared Awareness: Good advice about various facets of eating disorders and links to other sites; based in Sudbury, Ontario.
Partners in Illness: Patients Trading Thiness Tips: Article discusses how patients with eating disorders can learn different weight loss methods from other patients which they then begin to use, which impedes their treatment.
Promising Treatments for Anorexia and Bulimia: A form of family therapy to treat anorexia and bulimia has been developed and is discussed in this article.
The Centre for Eating Disorders: Site at the St. Joseph's medical center has information about bulimia, anorexia and binge-eating disorders.

Mood Disorders

All About Depression: Site provides information about depression, its causes, diagnosis, treatment, medication, special topics, and resources.
American Association of Suicidology: Site provides information and resources about suicide.
Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally Ill Patient: Article discusses some of the barriers to recognizing depression in terminally ill patients. In order to illustrate the points made, case studies are provided along with examples of how to diagnose and treat depression.
Biological Theories of Manic-Depression: Article discusses the genetic and bio-chemical theories concerning the causes of manic-depression.
Bipolar (Manic Depressive) Disorder: Site provides links to a number of other online articles and web sites that concern bipolar disorder.
Depression: An interview featuring Dr. Edwin H. Cassem and Dr. Joseph T. Coyle provides a discussion describing depression as an illness, the role serotonin plays in the onset of depression, and how common the illness is.
Depression Central: Dr. Ivan provides a wealth of resources on this topic including varieties of depressive disorders, psychotherapeutic and drug therapies, famous people with mood disorders, suicide and its prevention, first-person accounts of depression and more.
Depression and Self-Concept: Site discusses depression and low self-esteem, theories about the causes of depression, and methods for coping with depression.
Depression and the Birth and Death of Brain Cells: Article discusses how the death of brain cells, stress, glucocorticoids, the hippocampus and serotonin contribute to the onset of clinical depression.
Depression in the Workplace: This article describes what depression is, how it affects work, how unsatisfactory work conditions cause depression, and what can be done to correct the problem.
Online Depression Screening Test: Online test from New York University's Department of Psychiatry provides a preliminary indicator of clinical depression. It also provides psychological self-help information and advice.
Pendulum Resources: Bipolar Disorders Portal: Site provides information about bipolar disorder and major depression such as diagnostic criteria, treatments, and links to other related articles and websites.
Suicide Awareness: Information, resources, and practical advice about suicide prevention.
Suicide Information and Education Centre: Canada-based centre provides a wide variety of resources in suicide prevention; site has won several awards.

Panic and Anxiety Disorders

Agoraphobia: This site answers some common questions that people have about Agoraphobia.
Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder: Article discusses the symptoms of a panic attack; and the causes, side effects, and treatment of panic disorder.
Anxiety Network: Links to three different sites that offer information about social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and panic.
Clinical Geriatrics: Anxiety Disorders: Article provides a discussion of some common anxiety disorders in the context of how they affect the elderly. Comorbidity and management techniques are presented as well.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Article describes the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.
OCD Center of Los Angeles: Site provides a brief description of obsessive compulsive disorders and descriptions of OCD spectrum disorders such as body dysmorphic disorders, hypochondriasis, phobias, social anxiety, and panic disorders. A suggested reading list and links to a number of related sites are also included.
Social Anxiety Disorder: Site provides information about the symptoms, causes and treatment of social anxiety disorder.
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association: This association provides a definition of social phobia, as well as practical examples of what it's like to live with a social phobia or anxiety disorder. Treatment for these two disorders is also discussed.

Personality Disorders

Antisocial Personality Disorder: Site provides information about antisocial personality disorder including how to diagnose it and treat the disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder: Site provides a brief description of borderline personality disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder Articles: Site provides a list of articles concerning borderline personality disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder Central: Site provides a description of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people who have Borderline Personality Disorder.
Dependent Personality Disorder: Article provides a good description of dependent personality disorder. It also discusses how the disorder can be treated, even when it is comorbid with an addiction.
Dual Diagnosis and the Antisocial Personality Disorder: Article provides a good description of antisocial personality disorder, a discussion concerning how it can be treated, and also a discussion regarding how to treat a person who has antisocial personality disorder and an addiction.
Dual Diagnosis and the Borderline Personality Disorder: Site provides a description of borderline personality disorder, discusses how it can be treated, and discusses what happens when the disorder is comorbid with an addiction.
Dual Diagnosis and the Paranoid Personality Disorder: Article provides a description of paranoid personality disorder, various methods of treating the disorder, and also a description of how to treat the disorder when it is comorbid with an addiction.
Laura's Story of Borderline Personality Disorder: Laura shares her first hand account of what life is like with borderline personality disorder and how she has been working to overcome it.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Article discusses the features of the narcissistic personality disorder, and the implications the disorder has on the people's self image, views of others, relationships, and treatment.
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: Site provides an in-depth description of the obsessive compulsive personality disorder including how it can be treated. It also discusses how to treat a person who has the disorder and also an addiction.
Schizoid Personality Disorder: Article provides a good description of the schizoid personality disorder and its treatments. It also includes a discussion regarding how to treat a schizoid personality disorder that is comorbid with an addiction.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Article provides a description of the symptoms and treatment of schizotypal personality disorder. It also provides a discussion about treating the disorder when it is comorbid with an addiction.

Psychological Disorders

Asperger's Syndrome: The Geek Syndrome: Article discusses Asperger's syndrome and why there is an increased incidence in Silicon Valley.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Site provides a description of obsessive compulsive disorder and provides links to online resources.

Schizophrenia

Etiology of Schizophrenia: Site lets you manipulate the variables of this experiment to test the etiology of schizophrenia.
Eugen Bleuler: Site provides a brief biography of Eugen Bleuler. He was the first to use the term "schizophrenia."
Schizoaffective Disorder: Site provides information about the Schizoaffective Disorder including a description, the treatment, and research about the disorder.
Schizophrenia: Site provides a vast amount of information regarding schizophrenia. It includes information about the causes of schizophrenia, its symptoms, how it can be treated, resources for coping, and personal accounts of the illness.
Schizophrenia: Article provides a concise summary of the types, symptoms, and classes of schizophrenia.
Stories of Recovery and Personal Experiences: Site provides a number of personal stories concerning how people recovered from mood disorders and schizophrenia.
The Experience of Schizophrenia: Site provides Ian Chovil's first hand experience of what life is like when you have schizophrenia. Charts, links, and information about schizophrenia can also be found on this website.

Sexual Variants and Dysfunctions

A New Generation of Issues for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual Clients: A number of new issues are springing out in the LGBT community. Some of these issues stem from generation gaps, aging gay men, coming out, parenting, gender blending, and fluid identities.
Is Impotence Only a Biological Problem?: Article suggests that psychology may play as big a role in impotence as biology.
New Data on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Mental Health: The studies discussed in this article have found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people do seem to have more mental health problems than heterosexuals.

Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

Munchausen Syndrome: This article describes a case study of a lady who has Munchausen Syndrome and then discusses what the characteristics of Munchausen Syndrome are. Munchausen Syndrome is a factitious disorder where people pretend to have an illness in order to be treated medically.
The Problem of Somatization: Article discusses how the conditions of our society might foster somatization to occur.
The Spectrum of Dissociative Disorders: Site provides "an overview of the diagnosis and treatment" of dissociative disorders.

Stress and Adjustment Disorders

A Guide to Grief: Site provides a summary of the grieving process and it focusses on the emotions that people typically feel while grieving.
Child Trauma Academy: Site provides a number of articles concerning many issues related to child abuse.
Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Disasters: Site provides a summary of what should be done and the issues that should be considered when people are recovering from disasters and other traumatic events.
Rape Trauma Syndrome: Article describes a number of the symptoms that may appear at the various stages of the rape trauma syndrome.
Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Fears, and Psychosomatic Disorders: Site provides information about sources and types of stress, theories explaining stress and anxiety, ways of handling stress and anxiety, and treatment of specific anxiety problems.
Trauma Info Pages: Information about the management of traumatic stress.
Trauma Treatment Manual: Article describes what a person can do to help someone deal with a trauma that they have experienced.

Therapy

About Psychoanalysis: Provides information about psychoanalysis including child and adolescent psychoanalysis. It also discusses who can benefit from psychoanalysis.
Applied and Interactive Theater Guide: Contains information and links concerning drama therapy.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Includes information about journals, special interest groups, and ABCT membership.
Carl Rogers: Article provides an overview of Rogers' theories such as incongruity, defenses, fully-functioning people, and client-centered therapy.
CounselorLink Home Page: Main purpose is to educate the general public about counselling, psychotherapy, and mediation; has links to other counselling sites.
Efficacy of Psychotherapy: Article discusses study done by Consumer Reports in their effort to determine the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
Electroconvulsive Therapy: Article discusses how effective electroconvulsive therapy is and the risks and adverse effects associated with it.
Eliza: Talk to Eliza and get a demonstration of artificial intelligence and nondirective psychotherapy.
Empowering Clients: Site provides a list of 17 ways to empower clients.
Family Therapy: Article discusses family therapy, marriage, divorce, anger, domestic violence, child abuse, communication, and death and dying.
Music Therapy: The Power of Music: Examines the power of using popular music in therapy. Also provides links to web-based and print-based resources pertaining to music therapy and related mental health topics.
Personal Counseling in Secondary School Education: Article discusses how to counsel adolescents.
Philosophy of Psychiatry Bibliography: Extensive book list on psychotherapeutic topics is linked to amazon.com, an online bookstore, to facilitate access to the recommendations.
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Dr. Richard Corelli provides information regarding several types of psychological disorders.
Psychological Self-Help: Online book describes the nature and practical use of self-help methods to induce changes in behaviour.
Psychotherapy: Site provides information about many aspects of psychotherapy including what goes on in a psychotherapy session, what the different types of psychotherapy are, a brief description of personality, and when its time to stop going to psychotherapy.
Self Psychology Page: Site provides links, papers, and reprints about contemporary psychoanalysis.
Self-Help Sourcebook Online: Serves as a guide for finding self-help groups for individuals and families affected by a variety of psychological and medical disorders.
Systematic Desensitization: Site provides a guide to self-administer systematic desensitization.
The Gestalt Therapy Page: Links to a variety of resources in Gestalt therapy; jointly sponsored by the Gestalt Journal and the International Gestalt Therapy Association.