The Psych Central Report

What's New for October 2005

by John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
November 2005
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A roundup of new resources, articles, and information on Psych Central.

Just a reminder...

Poetry Book Project

Our first-ever poetry collection is still available, and it makes a great holiday gift! Silent No More is now available for purchase from our publishing partner, Lulu, for only $12.95. Proceeds go back into the PsychCentral.com self-help community.

53 New Internet Resources Added

We've added a gangbuster 53 new resources to our Internet resource directory in the past month. Some highlights include:

Stamp Out Stigma!
A community advocacy and educational outreach program dedicated to eradicating the stigma associated with mental illness. Stamp Out Stigma is unique in its anti-stigma approach, by creating a forum in which individuals with mental illness share their personal experiences with the community at large.

Stop Calling Us Mentally Ill
Combating the stigma of mental disorders, this organization's mission hopes to eliminate the name "mental illness" from our culture.

PersonalityLab.org
Offers free personality feedback on tests developed by research psychologists at UC Berkeley. Visitors to PersonalityLab.org can learn about their own personality, get feedback about the life goals they value most, find out if they're skilled at predicting which couples will break up versus stay together, and more. PersonalityLab.org is completely non-commercial and contains no ads of any kind.

Clinically Psyched
Clinically Psyched is dedicated to bringing readers breaking news on clinical psychology, abnormal psychology, neuroscience, psychopharmacology, biopsychology, psychobiology, neurotheology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, mental illness, clinical diagnosis, psychiatry, psychopathology, sociopathology and other fields relating to biological psychology. Clinicallypsyched.com is aimed towards psychology students, researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists and anyone with an interest in the field of clinical or biological psychology.

Auties.org
First global on-line employment service run by people on the autistic spectrum for those with autism spectrum conditions.

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