1-800-Therapist.com - "A referral organization which has licensed therapists who personally match you with an expert sensitive and experienced in the dealing with the issues you are facing. Site also provides many self help tools, articles, and information to assist in the process of locating a local mental health specialist."
4Therapy.com - "Provides the trustworthy and reliable way to confidentially
identify and select a psychotherapist ideally suited to your needs."
American Psychology Association: Help Center - This site by the American Psychology Association provides information on how psychology can help with problems such as stress, depression, and serious illness. Resources are also available to help you decide when and how to access psychological services and how to find a psychologist where you live (in the U.S. and Canada).
Body-Mind QueenDom - "This site offers a variety of personality, intelligence and health-related tests, plenty of personal stories and advice columns, numerous articles on mental and women's health and much more."
Choice in Dying - provides advance directives,
counseling, and educational information on end-of-life
issues. You may download a state specific "advance
directives package" (PDF) which contains forms for a
living will and a medical power of attorney (which may
also be called a "health care proxy" or "appointment of
a health care agent").
Classics in the History of Psychology - full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. There are now over 20 books and over 100 articles and chapters on-line.
Conduct Disorder - Index of resources on childhood conduct disorder and its causes, treatment, and outcomes.
Depression - This brochure on depression from the National Institute of Mental Health, gives descriptions of major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder (manic depression). It lists symptoms, gives possible causes, tells how depression is diagnosed, and discusses available treatments. The brochure provides help and hope for the depressed person, family, and friends.
Families Under Construction -A place where users will find carefully crafted tools that provide practical solutions for building,
maintaining, and repairing families.
For the Public: Mental Health Information - This site offers information from the National Intitute of Mental Health about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and other educational materials.
Free IQ Tests - This site by the International High IQ Society, offers seven tests that can measure different aspects of intelligence. Each online test is free and results are available immediately upon completion. If you score 126 and above can become a member of the society.
Implicit Association Test - Yale University - a new method that demonstrates public-private and conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. It also displays the method in a do-it-yourself demonstration form. This new method is called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT for short.
Internet Mental Health - Effective, well-researched treatments exist for most mental disorders, yet the majority of people who have severe mental illness are not treated. Our goal is to improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness throughout the world.
Med-Psych Network - collection of summaries of new
research articles on topics where medicine and psychiatry overlap, along with a large collection of mental health links.
Mental Help - Site includes news, a glossary of mental health terms, a symptoms list, info on common disorders and treatment, an archive of previous articles, and help in finding treatment.
Mentalwellness.com - general information and current news on mental health issues. Special focus on schizophrenia.
National Institute of Mental Health
Sites offers information from NIMH about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, fact sheets, and other educational materials
Psychology of Color - Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. And even in Western societies, the meanings of various colors have changed over the years. But today in the U.S., researchers have generally found the following the facts presented on this site by InfoPlease to be accurate.
Psychology of Imprisonment - This site features an extensive slide show and information about this classic investigation into the psychology of prison life. What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions posed in this simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University.
PsychNet - UK - "An independent Psychological Web Site developed as a jump-off point, thereby allowing mental health professionals to access other psychologically based sites quickly and easily. Our mission is to search and integrate all available World Wide Web information sources, relevant, and of interest to mental health professionals in all the various disciplines and specialities."
Psych Central - Extensive collection of articles, commentaries, and lists pertaining to mental health.
Psychwatch - "The Online Resource for Professionals in Psychology and Psychiatry."
Stress Management Techniques - This site helps you to understand stress and what causes it, and introduces the idea of your 'optimum stress level.' The articles presented show you how to analyze and plan to control stress as well as examining good stress management techniques available.
