Psychology Resources

The APA Monitor Online
A magazine with articles for professionals working in the mental health field. Lots of interesting articles are available on their front page.

Hypnosis In Media
Interesting collection of examples of how the mass media portray hypnosis; includes references in fiction, comics, movies, television, cartoons, and other sources.

Internet Mental Health
A free, online encyclopedia of mental health, including areas for disorders, diagnosis, medications, and many other resources. The "Disorders" section is a good starting place, which leads to a variety of information on various mental health problems, which covers: description, diagnosis, treatment, plus links to booklets and articles on the disorder.

Mental Health InfoSource
Browse the files for a variety of articles related to mental health topics.

National Academy for Child Development
Lots of information on diseases of the young, including; Learning Disabled, Dyslexic, Distractible, ADD, ADHD, Hyperactive, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Tourettes Syndrome, Rhetts Syndrome, Fragile X, Developmentally Delayed, PDD, Autistic, Cerebral Palsy, Brain Injured, Comatose, Retarded, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Normal, Accelerated, and Gifted.

Online Dictionary of Mental Health
From the Medical School of the University of Sheffield, Great Britain. "Therefore there are no definitions here; instead there are links to many sites offering different viewpoints on issues in mental health, which are accessible using the A-Z links...."

Psychiatry/ Mental Health
Lots of links to Internet resources related to Psychiatry/Mental Health from this site organized by the University of Iowa.

Specific Mental Disorders (Not Secret At NIMH)
National Institute of Mental Health: To learn more about a specific mental disorder, look through the topics listed. You will find discussions of symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as information on how and where to find help. See the section:  Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
Descriptions and definitions of various mental health disorders are available from this University of Chicago page, created for its students.

American Psychological Association Searcher
Many documents related to psychology are available through this search engine, offered by the American Psychological Association.