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Sub-categories
- General
- Addictions
- Counselling
- Eating Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Panic and Anxiety Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual Variants and Dysfunctions
- Stress and Adjustment Disorders
- Therapy
- A Beginner's Guide to Abnormal Psychology
- Site provides concise summaries of anxiety, mood, personality, sexual, delusional, substance use, somatoform, and dissociative disorders.
- Behavior Online
- Conversations with and discussions about notable psychotherapists.
- Biofeedback Webzine
- This Web magazine presents information about biofeedback, including current research, clinical applications, and techniques for treating stress disorders.
- Brain Disorders Network
- Site from the National Foundation for Brain Research includes a helpful page on Brain Disorders and RX Info.
- Canadian Traumatic Stress Network
- Provides information and links to resources in managing excessive stress.
- CyberPsychologist
- One of several emerging on-line self-help services.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Addictions
- Dual Diagnosis Website
- Site is concerned with psychological disorders accompanied by substance abuse disorders.
- Quit Smoking Support
- Excellent quitting smoking support and advice to help you to quit smoking.
Counselling
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
Personality Disorders
- Borderline Personality Disorder Articles
- Site provides a list of articles concerning borderline personality disorder.
Schizophrenia
- Eugen Bleuler
- Site provides a brief biography of Eugen Bleuler. He was the first to use the term "schizophrenia."
- 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.
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.
Stress and Adjustment Disorders
- 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.
- Trauma Info Pages
- Information about the management of traumatic stress.
Therapy
- Efficacy of Psychotherapy
- Article discusses study done by Consumer Reports in their effort to determine the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
- Eliza
- Talk to Eliza and get a demonstration of artificial intelligence and nondirective psychotherapy.
- Personal Counseling in Secondary School Education
- Article discusses how to counsel adolescents.
- Self Psychology Page
- Site provides links, papers, and reprints about contemporary psychoanalysis.
- 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.
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