Selected Internet Sites

Clinical Psychology

Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS)
An "alliance of leading, scientifically oriented, doctoral and internship training programs in clinical and health psychology in the United States and Canada. Academy membership is open to doctoral and internship programs with strong commitments to, and established records of, successful clinical science training."

Beginner's Guide to Abnormal Psychology
"This site is specific to the field of abnormal psychology. Here you will find different perspectives regarding the interpretation of abnormal behavior, many of the common types of disorders, as well as some information on treatment for certain types of disorders."

Center for Mental Health Services: Mental Health Statistics
"The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) provides guidance and technical assistance to decision makers at all levels of government on the design, structure, content, and use of mental health information systems, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of mental health programs and services delivery. CMHS operates the only program in the Nation that focuses on the development of data standards that provide the basis for uniform, comparable, high-quality statistics on mental health services, making it a model in the health care statistics field."

DSM-IV-TR (text revision)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. "This revision of the fourth edition of the manual published by the American Psychiatric Association to set forth diagnostic criteria, descriptions and other information to guide the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders was published in 2000 replacing DSM-IV. It is expected that DSM-V will replace DSM-IV-TR sometime in the future."

Mental Health Net
This site is "dedicated to educating the public about mental health, wellness, and family and relationship issues and concerns. Designed and maintained by Clinical Psychologists since it first launched in November 1995, the site provides scientifically accurate and up-to-date coverage while maintaining an independent editorial stance. News, articles, reviewed links, interactive tests, book reviews, self-help resources, therapist and job listings and even videos make up the varied content to be found in Mental Help Net's many topic centers."

Online Dictionary of Mental Health
Provides an alphabetical index and a subject index to resources "covering all of the disciplines contributing to our understanding of mental health."

Cognitive

Artificial Intelligence
Explores the development of AI, "the area of computer science focusing on creating machines that can engage on behaviors that humans consider intelligent."

Cognitive Neuroscience Society
"The Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition."

Dictionary of Cognitive Science
Defines the basic concepts of cognitive science.

General Psychology Resources

AllPsych Online: Psychology Dictionary
"The REVISED Online Psychology Dictionary currently defines nearly 400 terms, over 150 recently added."

AmoebaWeb: Psychology Directory
Links to online psychology resources in various categories.

APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, 2002
Provides either a 16-page PDF version or a hyperlinked version of the APA Ethical Principles document.

APA Help Center
The American Psychological Association (APA) offers information on finding help with life's problems.

Athabasca University Psychology Resources
Links to psychology resources.

Community Psychology Network
This site provides a "comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research."

Consciousness and the Brain
An annotated bibliography of research.

Encyclopedia of Psychology
Directory of links divided into categories.

Glossarist
Provides links to online glossaries and dictionaries of psychology terminology.

Gogprints: Psychology
A collection of self-archive papers.

History of Psychology
Provides a timeline and links to key figures in the history of Psychology.

Library Research in Psychology
"This pamphlet was created by the American Psychological Association (APA) Science Directorate to help students and non-psychologists find relevant research on psychological topics of interest. This ranges from newspaper articles on current topics to detailed articles found in scientific journals. It is intended to provide a head start in finding where psychological research is published, how it is indexed, and where to go in the library to find different resources."

PCYCHLINE: Guide to Psychology Journals Online
A comprehensive and up-to-date index of psychology and social science journals on the web.

Psi Cafe: A Psychology Resource Site
" The Psi Cafe is committed to providing links to (high quality) web sites that emphasize psychological issues. It is the vision of the Psi Cafe to operate as a gateway to the vast amount of information and resources that can be found on the Internet about the general field of psychology; the various sub fields; classic, as well as current, theories/research in psychology; psychology programs, institutes, associations, and organizations; as well as application of psychological issues in everyday life."

Psych Central
"Professionally-reviewed support groups, articles, Web sites and more, organized by topic."

Psychology Experiments on the Internet
This "online cognitive and social psychology laboratory site. . . consists of a set of interactive experiments, a cumulative data archive, download utilities for both data and experiment source code, downloadable Excel macros for analyzing data from the experiments, and support materials for those who want to use and/or develop experiments at the site."

Psychology Information Online
"Psychology Information Online provides information for Consumers, Psychologists, and Students. The National Directory of Psychologists will help you locate a local psychologist. Our Self-Help Psychology Bookstore will help you locate books about psychological topics Students and Professionals like our Continuing Education and Graduate Training Programs, Mental Health Professionals use our Resource Listings (Books and Supplies) and Job Listings."

Psychology Online Resource Central
Links to online resources divided by subject category.

Psychology Virtual Library
The Psychology Virtual Library keeps track of online information as part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library.

Simply Psychology
Examines approaches to psychology and research methods.

SOSIG Psychology Gateway
The Social Science Information Gateway "provides access to psychology resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised using the APA PsycINFO coding scheme. The main focus of coverage in SOSIG is on areas of psychology relevant to the social sciences."

Yale University Library Psychology Guide
Guide to bibliographies, pathfinders, and subject guides.

Journals

American Psychologist
Official Journal of the American psychological Association.

Biofeedback Webzine
Biofeedback products and resources for home users.

Evolutionary Psychology
An "open-access peer-reviewed journal that aims to foster communication between experimental and theoretical work on the one hand and historical, conceptual and interdisciplinary writings across the whole range of the biological and human sciences on the other."

Human Nature Review
Online publication featuring articles, book reviews, and links with the goal of bringing "into communication the variety of approaches to the understanding of human nature which have a regrettable tendency to be less in touch with one another than they might."

Journal of Family Psychology
This print journal's websites offers Table of Content listing from December 2002, plus online selected articles.

Psychiatry On-line
Medical journal online since 1994.

Psychological Bulletin
This print journal's website provides Table of Content listings from Nov. 2002

Psychologist
Monthly publication of the British Psychological Association. Search issues from January 1998. Unrestricted access to all issues over 6 months old.

PSYCLINE: Guide to Psychology Journals Online
A comprehensive and up-to-date index of psychology and social science journals on the web.

PsyContent PsyJournals
Searches and accesses the full content of 25 psychology journals.

Literature

Classics in the History of Psychology
Full-text online resources.

The Happiness Formula
Articles and videos from BBC News on the idea of happiness.

Neuroscience

Brain and Behavior
Interactive exhibits, articles and links relating to neuroscience and psychology.

BrainNet
"BrainNet distributes or assists in the distribution of information related to the central nervous system and various neurological disorders. What make us unique is that most of the information we distribute cannot be found on the Internet."

Neuropsychology Central
Links to online resources.

Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Directory of links in the categories of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Psychoanalysis.

Neurosciences on the Internet
"A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet: Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases."

Organizations

American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
"Pastoral Counseling is a unique form of psychotherapy which uses spiritual resources as well as psychological understanding for healing and growth. Pastoral Counselors are certified mental health professionals who have had in-depth religious and/or theological training."

American Psychologial Society
"The American Psychological Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level."

American Psychological Association
"Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With more than 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide."

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
"In an effort to establish more complete and valuable information to impact violence-related policies, programs, and practices, CSPV works from a multi-disciplinary platform on the subject of violence and facilitates the building of bridges between the research community and the practitioners and policy makers."

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
"Founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, NAMI today works to achieve equitable services and treatment for more than 15 million Americans living with severe mental illnesses and their families . Hundreds of thousands of volunteers participate in more than one thousand local affiliates and fifty state organizations to provide education and support, combat stigma, support increased funding for research, and advocate for adequate health insurance, housing, rehabilitation, and jobs for people with mental illnesses and their families."

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The leading Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders.

Psychotherapy

About Psychotherapy
Home page designed to explain psychotherapy in clear and accesible language.

Social Psychology

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture
The Center for Cross-Cultural Research provides access to fulltext articles in the field of cultural and social psychology.

Social Psychology Network
Contains more than 5,000 links.

Theory and History

American Psychological Association Historical Database
Provides "a collection of dates and brief descriptions of over 3100 events in the history of psychology." Searchable by date or keyword.

Behaviourism: The Early Years
An article by Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College.

Classics in the History of Psychology
Full text of numerous articles.

Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer
An article by Leda Cosmides & John Tooby providing an introduction to evolutionary psychology.

History of Psychology Archives
Biographies of selected people influential in the developoment of psychology.

Personality Project
Guide to academic research literature in personality and personality theory.

Story of a Mental Hospital: Fulbourn, 1858-1983
E-book describing the shanges in mental health care between 1858 and 1983.

The History of Psychology
Links to primary source e-Texts on the Web from ancient times to the present.