Psychology Links of Interest

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Psychology Professional Organizations

http://www.apa.org/
American Psychological Association homepage.  Includes an extensive section for
students, which has various info including stuff on different careers in psychology, different
search engines and a bunch of other stuff

http://www.psych.org/
American Psychiatric Association homepage.  Under Clinical Resources information on the DSM is provided.  Under Public Information, a search engine for obtaining info on different psychiatric medications and other info

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.html
American Psychological Society homepage

APA Code of Ethics for Psychologists (Recent Draft)

Psychology Resources On the Web

http://www.vanguard.edu/psychology/amoebaweb.html
Check out this Web Compendium of Psychology Information

http://www.psychgrad.org/
Information on Psychology Graduate School Progams and Admissions

http://www.mindcampus.com/
Guide to Getting into Psy Clinical Graduate School

Classics in the History of Psychology
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm

Sigmund Freud Website
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/

Psychological Disorders (General)
http://www.vanguard.edu/psychology/webdisorders.html
A variety of Web Sites organized by Disorders

Psychological Disorders from the perspective of those who suffer
Webring: Beyond Madness
 

Anxiety Disorders

http://www.healingwell.com/anxiety/info.htm#anxiety
Information on most anxiety disorders

http://www.anxieties.com/home.htm
 page dedicated to anxiety disorders.  Has more of a self-help approach, but offers some good information.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxiety/index.htm
 offers detailed info. on all the anxiety disorders

http://www.algy.com/anxiety/index.shtml
huge anxiety disorder site.  Lots of info on the disorders, treament, and a large links page.

http://site.health-center.com/brain/obsessivecompu/default.htm
 extensive info on OCD

http://site.health-center.com/brain/anxiety/default.htm
extensive info on Generalized Anxiety
 
 

PTSD

Approaches to Treatment of PTSD
by van der Kolk

Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders

http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/mental/hypoc01.htm
hypochondriasis info

http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html
online pamphlet regarding Dissociative Identity Disorder, also discusses qualities of dissociation in general, mentions PTSD

http://www.sidran.org/glossary.html#disfugue
brief description of dissociative fugue and DID

http://www.sidran.org/glossary.html#disamnesia
brief description of dissociative amnesia

http://www.sidran.org/glossary.html
glossary that includes info on all the dissociative dxs

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/000954.htm
info on conversion disorder, symptoms, treatment, etc..

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/000955.htm?Topic=TOP00000000000000000000000001638 info on somatazation disorder, symptoms, treatment

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/001236.htm?Topic=TOP00000000000000000000000001919 info on hypochondriasis, symptoms, treatment

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/elliott.htm
Atlantic Monthly article on people who want a healthy limb amputated
 
 

Mood Disorders

http://www.appstate.edu/~hillrw/bipolar/bipolarindex.html
Information on Bipolar Disorder including Epdemiology and Dx criteria

http://members.aol.com/faery116/dsm.html
 DSM criteria for the mood disorders

http://www.pendulum.org/criteria/diagnostic_criteria.htm
diagnostic criteria for a manic, hypomanic, major depressive, and mixed episode

http://www.frii.com/~parrot/bip.html
a non-professional site that discusses the Bipolar disorders in laymen terms

http://site.health-center.com/brain/bipolar/default.htm
extensive info on Bipolar disorder

http://site.health-center.com/brain/depression/default.htm
extensive info on Major Depression

http://www.appstate.edu/~hillrw/mechanism.html
how do antidepressant or antipsychotic medications work?

Sexual Disorders

http://eee.oac.uci.edu/96s/class/p121da/dysfunc.html#ole_fsad
information on all of the male and female sexual dysfunctions

http://www.transgender.org/tg/gic/awptext.html
some basic info on Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism

http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/philias.html
describes the sexual disorder category in detail and briefly goes over sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias

http://www.baylor.edu/~Joy_Pfannstiel/descriptions.html
brief descriptions of all of the paraphilias
 
 

Psychological Factors Affecting Health

    http://biofeedbacktherapies.com/default.htm
biofeedback information with related links

http://www.uams.edu/department_of_psychiatry/syllabus/STRESS/Stress97.htm
detailed information on how stress effects the body

http://is.dal.ca/~hlthpsyc/hlthfaq.htm
General information on health psychologists and what they do.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/mhsgrpt/chapter2/sec3.html#biosocial
explanation of biopsychosocial model of disease
 
 

Eating Disorders

http://site.health-center.com/brain/eatingdisorder/default.htm
extensive information on the causes, symptoms, and treatments of anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.

http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/anorexia.html
some basic facts concerning anorexia

http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/sx2t.htm
comprehensive review of the treatment of anorexia

http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/sx3t.htm
comprehensive review of the treatment of bulimia

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/fr21.html    DSM-IV criteria for anorexia

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/fr21.html    DSM-IV criteria for bulimia

http://www.mentalhealth.com/rx/index.html
eating disorder index that allows you to explore the disorders and their treatments
 
 

Personality Disorders

http://www.adam.com/mental_health/thought_behavior.htm
basic info on all the personality disorders

http://site.health-center.com/brain/personality/default.htm
extensive information on each of the personality disorders

http://personalitydisorders.mentalhelp.net/
offers information on the treatment and symptoms of all of the personality disorders

http://www.appstate.edu/~hillrw/narcissism/index.html
Detailed web site on Narcissistic Personality Disorder (by Dr. Melissa. Barth, ASU)

http://www.monumental.com/arcturus/dd/schtypal.htm
in depth look at Schizotypal P.D.

Schizophrenia

http://site.health-center.com/brain/schizophrenia/default.htm
excellent resource that includes descriptive information on symptoms, causes, treatments, meds.

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr20.html
includes links to both general diagnostic and causal information, plus a large number of links to journal articles related to specific schizophrenia topics

http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/sx31.htm
summary of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, includes the different types of schizophrenia

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/000928.htm
general overview of the disorder, to the left of the page are links to symptoms, treatment, and prevention

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-ps05.html
DSM-IV criteria for schizoaffective disorder
DSM-IV criteria for schizophreniform disorder

http://www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter/buckets/diag.html
a number of different links to articles regarding different schizophrenia topics

http://www.schizophrenia.co.uk/research/research.html
links to recent research regarding schizophrenia
 
 

Childhood Disorders

http://site.health-center.com/brain/adhd/default.htm
extensive info on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) including symptoms, treatment, links, the disorder in adulthood and various other sources of info

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/001542.htm?Topic=TOP00000000000000000000000002224
overview of Seperation Anxiety Disorder, to the left are links to symptoms, treatment, and prevention

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr20.html
diagnostic criteria for Conduct Disorder

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr20.html
diagnostic criteria for Oppositional Defiant Disorder

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/Clinical%20Psychology/Clinical%20Psychology%20Child%20Psychology2.htm
links to info on childhood depression, enuresis, behavioral and conduct problems

http://www.ldonline.org/abcs_info/articles-info.html
general information on learning disabilities

http://www.edutechsbs.com/adhd/
links to information on ADHD

http://health.excite.com/content/article/1728.55184
article on childhood anxiety disorders

http://health.excite.com/partner_search?query=Conduct+disorder
numerous links to articles on various childhood disorders
 
 

Mental Retardation and Autism

http://www.autism-info.com/autism.html#Autism
begins with thorough description of Autism and goes on to describe symptoms, causes, and prevalence in great detail

http://www.autism-info.com/orgautsa.html
journal article that discusses possible genetic causes of Autism

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/index.html
a detailed look at Asperger Syndrome, including the DSM-IV criteria

http://adam.excite.com/info/?id=001523
general information on Mental Retardation, includes links to info on symptoms, treatment, and prevention

http://members.aol.com/MRandDD/introhx.htm
offers the history of MR in the United States

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr20.html
DSM-IV criteria for Autism

http://www.adam.com/ency/article/001523.htm
more on definition and causes of MR

Comprehensive Resources

http://site.health-center.com/brain/
offers a ton of detailed info on a vast variety of different psychopahology and has an extensive pharmacy section

http://www.psychwww.com/
a lot of great resources. click on departments and it offers links to an extensive list of psych department homepages for a variety of colleges and universities. Info on careers in psychology. Links to various psychology journals. Great links page to tips on pursuing graduate study in psychology.

http://mentalhelp.net/
comprehensive site offering info on a wide variety of psychopathology and treatment

http://www.mentalhealth.com/
provides info on a number of different disorders, medications, diagnosis criteria, organized links by disorder type

http://www.adam.com/mental_health/mental_health.htm  info on various different disorders

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/Table%20of%20Contents.htm
extensive links page to a wide range of psychology topics
 

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