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About Psychotherapy ^{Top Rated}
Everything you always wanted to know about psychotherapy, the different types, and what it is (and isn't) is here, punctuated by great stories and thoughtful commentary.
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Child Psychology Center
Psychology information for teenagers, students, parents and professionals on a variety of topics including eating disorders, self injury, youth violence etc.
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Crazy Meds! ^{Top Rated}
An unconventional mental health resource, created and updated by an individual who's had some extensive experience with different psychiatric medications (both personally and through others' stories). The resource is mainly for patients and features informal commentaries on personal experiences with psychiatric medications.

Discussion pages include: 12 Steps to Staying on Medications, Support Groups - Why You Need to Belong to One, Where to Find Them, Crazy Meds Support Forum, and many pages on various medications.

Sometimes has some strong language.
Preview Website - 14-May-2006 - Hits: 1932 - Rate This | Details

Films Portraying Mental Illness
A site that lists movies and films that portray mental illness on the big screen, categorized by disorder.
Preview Website - 29-Nov-2001 - Hits: 3902 - Rate This | Details

HalfDoctor Underground Psychology Forum ^{Top Rated}
Contains discussion forums for abuse, addiction, dreams, depression, fear, medications, sexuality, and suicide. There's nothing quite like it on the Web today.
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MedWeb: Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology ^{Top Rated}
Hundreds of resources in mental health, psychiatry and psychology brought to you by the MedWeb directory, one of the older specialized directories online.
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The Stress Doc ^{Top Rated}
Featuring stress-relieving humor, and a great deal of well-written, timely articles on stress relief, breaking habits, burnout, blaming, and much more. An eclectic site that offers something different and new every time you visit!
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Trauma Info Pages ^{Top Rated}
A great set of resources that focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. Kept up-to-date regularly and the amount of useful information found in them is sometimes overwhelming. But with a simple and logical organization combined with a pleasant reading background, they are a joy to discover. The information is written by a licensed psychologist, so it's trustworthy and accurate.
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1-800-THERAPIST Network
1-800-THERAPIST is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of mental illness. We provide information and treatment resources for all forms of mental health issues.
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24 Languages
Electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages, including (Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, and Vietnamese).
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Access Counseling Referral Network ^{Top Rated}
A site with 150+ topic areas and a wide variety of resources, including information on its network of therapists. Includes special sections to assist Mental Health Professionals and Educators.
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Alternative Mental Health Online ^{Top Rated}
The largest internet site on alternative mental health, containing articles, testimonials, a bookstore, and the net's only directory of alternative mental health practitioners.
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Army Behavioral Health
The Army Behavioural Health Website is provided by the US Army Medical Department for soldiers, their families, the public and news media. It is basically a collection of articles on a variety of issues specific to soldiers heading into or returning from combat. The range of articles is extensive ranging from dealing with deployment to appropriate mental health assessment post-deployment. Visitors will find content on PTSD, suicide prevention, coping with combat stress, helping children cope with trauma, and issues around family and friends. Resources are in a variety of formats from pdf articles to videos and weblinks. There is also some interesting content on the Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT), a team of health professionals deployed to war zones to assess the mental and behavioural health of soldiers. This site is obviously of most use to soldiers and their families, although health professional working with military personnel may find some useful content on the site.
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Assessing Fitness-for-Duty
Employees with mental health problems can present complex issues for human resource departments, administrators, supervisors, and disability claims representatives. In some situations, such as police and fire departments, mass transit companies, nuclear power facilities, or construction projects involving dangerous equipment, mental health problems can pose a direct threat to the safety of the employee or the public. In other cases, the stakes may not be as high, but employees with mental health problems can have a profound effect on organizational effectiveness, productivity and staff morale.
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Bad Alice Music
Bad Alice is an acoustic duo that promotes awareness of mental illness - including self-harm, depression, psychosis and recovery -through music. It also challenges the issues that the young of today are forced to face within our society. Bad Alice comprises of Suzy Johnston (author of The Naked Bird Watcher, the autobiography on managing mental illness and self-harm - www.thecairn.com) and Lindsay Robertson
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BDDCentral ^{Top Rated}
This site on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) was created by a support group full of BDD sufferers, for other sufferers and their family members. It includes both clinical type information, and personal information, which cannot be found anywhere else. A well-designed, useful site.
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Billing Software for Mental Health Care Practices ^{Top Rated}
This website lists many places to buy software for mental health care professionals.
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Cape Cod Institute
Offers annual symposia every summer on keeping mental health professional up-to-date with the latest online mental health resources, the Psychology of the 'Net, etc.
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Center for Psychological Advice
The site offers online email advice, articles, resources, reading list, etc. Benefits of On-line Advice There are several benefits to on-line advice: * It's less expensive! An hour of psychotherapy typically costs between US$85 and US$200 per 45-50 minute hour. Even with insurance, copays usually run US$20 per hour. Our service costs only US$15 per email enquiry. * It's totally confidential! You don't have to worry about who will see you in the waiting room. In addition, your insurance company, and possibly your employer, need not know about your request for services. * It's convenient! You can email at any time of the day or night. You don't have to take time off from work or your other obligations. * It's quick! You don't have to wait weeks to get an appointment. A response to your email enquiry will be sent within 48 hours. * Written records. The response to your email enquiry is sent by email, giving you a permanent record of the advice given. You do not need to take notes during a "session."
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Cinematherapy.com
One of the most complete sites on the Web today regarding the serious use of film in therapy for healing and growth.
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Clarocet Encyclopedia ^{Top Rated}
An encyclopedia of emotions related to anxiety and depression. Each chapter offers insight into how specific emotional disturbances work and how to find help. Covers the following topics: alienation, anger, anxiety, boredom, delusions, depression, helplessness, irrational fears, loss of pleasure, meaninglessness, memory problems, mood fluctuations, obsessions and compulsions, perfectionism, physical complaints, procrastination, self-destructiveness, shyness and sleep difficulties.
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Clinically Psyched ^{Top Rated}
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.
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CornellCARES ^{Top Rated}
CornellCARES.com offers innovative yet sensible practice tools, information, and resources to make geriatric mental health and psychosocial assessments and interventions easier and more effective for all health care and social service practitioners. The providers of this site hope that it helps you in your efforts to improve the health, well-being and quality of life of older adults.
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Crescent Life
Addressing mental health and social issues from the perspective of Islamic Psychology.
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Disaster Mental Health
This page (and material in selected links to other web sites) provides lots of information about disaster mental health (DMH) concepts, techniques, disaster preparedness, and about volunteering with the American Red Cross DMH team. The site includes detailed material on phases of response to disaster, typical reactions to traumatic events, defusing and debriefing techniques, self-care tips that can help victims and relief workers, and planning checklists to help manage relief operations. The site's information is also helpful to those processing other non-disaster traumatic life events (e.g., serious accidents, sudden loss of family, friends, or pets, health crises, and crime victimization) covering loss, grief, and bereavement. There is also an extensive bibliography.
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Dr. Michael Rayel
Drrayel.com offers helpful mental health articles and books.
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DragonPack.Com®
Information and support for depression, dissociation, and trauma recovery. Witness the healing journey of two multiples through essays, art, and poetry.
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Ecopsychology
Interesting site about connecting with nature via psychology:
1. The emerging synthesis of ecology and psychology
2. The skillful application of ecological insight to the practice of psychotherapy
3. The study of our emotional bond with the Earth
4. The search for an environmentally-based standard of mental health
5. Re-defining "sanity" as if the whole world mattered

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Encyclopedia of Human Illnesses and Behavioral Health
The Encyclopedia of Human Illnesses and Behavioral Health contains detailed articles about a variety of conditions and treatment advice. Very informative!
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Ethnic Counselors Community & Provider Network
Promotes culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health services. Resources for ethnic, cultural, race, religion, or nationality specific counseling. Provides a free address book of professional counselors, trainers, consultants and agencies from diverse backgrounds in the United States snd Canada. Free to join and use for providers, agencies, students, consumers, counselors, consultants, trainers etc.
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