Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html details the American Psychological Society, which emphasizes the experimental areas of psychology.

http://www.apa.org is the American Psychological Association, the first and largest association devoted to psychology in the United States (also has many members from Canada and other countries).

http://www.cmhc.com is the web site for a company that develops and provides technology and management information systems for mental health centers.

http://www.mentalhealth.com is the web site for Internet Mental Health, which provides resources and some full length articles of psychological disorders, medications, an other important research.

http://www.mhsource.com is a general resource provided by Mental Health InfoSource.

http://www.nami.org is the web site for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, an advocacy organization for people with mental illness and their families.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov is the web site for the National Institute of Mental Health (a division of the National Institutes of Health), which offers information about diagnosis and treatment of numerous mental health disorders and other useful references.


Chapter 2: Models of Abnormal Behavior

http://www.apa.org is the site for The American Psychological Association

http://gablab.stanford.edu/brainiac The site is designed to help you learn about fMRI scanning and SPM statistical analysis.

http://www.rebt.org is the site for the Albert Ellis Institute, where you can find additional information on Ellis' rational emotive behavior therapy.

http://www.apsa.org is the American Psychoanalytic Association's Web page

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/behavior/bares.htm is the web site for Behavior Analysis Resources, and provides excellent resources on behaviorism and learning.


Chapter 3: Assessment and Classification of Abnormal Behavior

http://www.apa.org is The American Psychological Association home page.

http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dsm4TRclassification.htm This site contains terms and definitions of DSM criteria.

http://searcheric.org is the Web site for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, which gives you information about assessment of all types.

http://www.apa.org/science/lib.html is an APA site that consists of terms and definitions included in the DSM series This site defines and describes all behaviors that are considered to be abnormal by the American Psychiatric Association.


Chapter 4: The Scientific Method in Abnormal Psychology

http://www.apa.org is the American Psychological Association's home page

Good sites for discussions of casual relationships and experimental research, including on-line demonstrations (as well as experiments your students may wish to participate in) are:

http://psiexp.ss.uci.edu UCI Cognitive Science Experiments

http://psychexps.olemiss.edu/Exps/labexperiments.htm (this site has many lab experiments for use in the classroom, but you'll need to download Macromedia's WebPlayer, which is free)

http://writing.colostate.edu/references/research/experiment/pop2b.cfm These sites may be useful in designing your lectures for this chapter.


Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders

http://www.algy.com/anxiety/ is the Anxiety Panic internet resource. This site has a discussion group, which students may join on-line.

http://www.apa.org is the American Psychological Association's home page. This site contains information on anxiety disorders.

http://www.lexington-on-line.com/naf.html is the west site for the National Anxiety Foundation.

http://www.thehealthcenter.info to find links to anxiety and other disorders of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, including therapy and other resources.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov is the National Institute of Mental Health home page, which offers information about diagnosis, treatment, and research into anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias.




Chapter 6: Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders

http://www.sidran.org/ is the Web site for The Sidran Foundation, which focuses on trauma and trauma-related disorders. It provides a glossary of dissociative disorder terms, a brochure on dissociative identity disorder, as well as tips for survivors and an article on the effects of dissociative identity disorder on children of trauma survivors.

http://mental-health-matters.com is the Mental Health Matters home page, which offers information and links for mental health, self-help, and psychology information and resources.

http://familydoctor.org/162.xml includes material on the somatoform disorders, including etiology, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section15/chapter186/186a.jsp This is chapter 186 of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment that deals with somatoform disorders.

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/v22/v22n5/dysmorph.html is a text only site that defines and discusses treating body dysmorphic disorder.


Chapter 7: Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions

http://www.pslgroup.com/ is an organization based in Australia that has developed the "Doctor's Guide to the Internet." Type "psychological factors" in the search box and search in "medical news" to find interesting articles about the connection between psychological factors and medical conditions.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 the home page for The American Heart Association, which has an extensive listing of materials on heart disease and stroke.

http://www.takeheart.co.uk at this site individuals can check their own risk for developing coronary heart disease, and learn more about symptoms, course, risk factors, prevention, etc.


Chapter 8: Personality Disorders and Impulse Control Disorders

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ is the Web site of The National Library of Medicine

http://huizen.dds.nl/~laura_d/ is the home page of a Dutch woman diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She describes herself, her theory of the disorder.

http://www.bpdcentral.com/ is Borderline Personality Disorder Central.

http://mental-health-matters.com is the Mental Health Matters home page, which offers information and links for mental health, self-help, and psychology information and resources.

http://www.mentalhealth.com has an index feature to explore all the personality disorders.


Chapter 9: Substance-Related Disorders

http://www.health.org/ is the Web site for the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCALI) a government agency that provides a wealth of information.

http://www.nida.nih.gov is another government source, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

http://www.jointogether.org/ has information on funding, public policy, community action programs, a national forum on drug abuse prevention and treatment (The Coffee House), and searches for documents on all the above.

http://www.ca.org/ is a site for Cocaine Anonymous (CA) and http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/ is for Alcoholics Anonymous.


Chapter 10: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/index.html, called "Go Ask Alice", is a sexual health question and answer service by Columbia University.

http://www.tgfmall.com/tgfr.html is the Transgender Forum's Resource Center.

http://www.forbiddensexuality.com is a website about sexual deviation.

http://www.gmu.edu/facstaff/sexual/rapesas.html is the Rape and Sexual Assault Information Page, which has a large listing of links on rape and sexual assault

http://www.impotence-guide.com/ is a Comprehensive Guide to Impotence, which provides a 15-item quiz, information about drugs and other treatments for male and female sexual problems, and other useful information.

http://www.qrd.org/QRD/orgs/NAMBLA/journal.and.research.reports is a text-only site that includes an extensive longitudinal study on pedophilia in Germany.


Chapter 11: Mood Disorders

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.genetics.html offers links to articles concerning the genetics of depressive illnesses.

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec07/ch101/ch101b.html is one of several sections on depression offered by The Merck Manual of Medical Information, which lists the symptoms, causes, and different types of treatment for depression. Childhood depression is discussed at http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec23/ch286/ch286g.html.

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depres.html is an on-line depression screening test.

http://www.thehealthcenter.info/ a site with information about mental health illnesses and issues


Chapter 12: Suicide

http://www.rochford.org/suicide/ is a general information page that answers some frequently asked questions about suicide.

http://www.save.org/ is the Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education home page.

http://crystal.palace.net/~llama/psych/ contains information about self-injury programs.

http://www.helpline.org is a suicide help line on the Internet.

http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html provides an extensive listing of links for research information, help lines, bibliographies, and other resources concerning suicide


Chapter 13: Schizophrenia: Diagnosis and Etiology

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr20.html is a major site for the understanding a variety of psychological disorders including schizophrenia. This site contains many links on this topic.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schizophrenia.html is the Medline Plus site for information about schizophrenia.

http://www.schizophrenia.com is a massive site with many links to all aspects of schizophrenia

http://members.aol.com/leonardjk/USA.htm contains a listing of support organizations in the U.S. for people with schizophrenia and their families.


Chapter 14: Cognitive Disorders

http://www.alz.org./ is the official home page of the Alzheimer's association.

http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu is the Neurosurgical Service of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This link provides an extensive list of national associations involved with stroke, paralysis, spinal cord injury, and other neurological conditions from The National Stroke Association.

http://www.stroke.org/ has a five-item quiz on the facts and risk factors involved in stroke.

http://www.alz.uci.edu/ is the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, a collaborative effort of the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine.

http://www.mentalhealth.com/ search for Alzheimer's disease to find descriptions, treatments, research references, and other links to the topic of dementia of the Alzheimer type.

http://www.sfcrc.com/html/alzheimers.htm is The San Francisco Alzheimer's and Dementia Clinic one of the institutions in the United States devoted to the investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of Alzheimer's.


Chapter 15: Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

http://www.chadd.org/ is the web page of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD).

http://www.autism-society.org is the web site for the Autism Society of America

http://www.bedwetting.ferring.ca is a web site sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian company that produces DDAVP (desmopressin), a drug used to treat enuresis

http://www.thehealthcenter.info/ provides a link to ADHD where you can learn more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a problem usually diagnosed in children but that can last throughout adolescence into adulthood

http://www.thehealthcenter.info/ to check out the types of medication prescribed for ADHD

http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/cdd/index.asp is the University of Iowa's Health Care Center for Disabilities and Development, which offers information about the causes and treatment of encopresis

http://www.wetbuster.com a site for parents and children (as well as adults with enuresis) who experience problems with bedwetting


Chapter 16: Eating Disorders and Sleep Disorders

http://nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337 is the web site for the National Eating Disorders Association, which among other things offers advice on "listening to your body" and links to other resources

http://www.apa.org is the web site for the American Psychological Association, where a search can be performed for the various eating disorders

http://www.edauk.com is the web site for the Eating Disorders Association (EDA) in the United Kingdom; it presents a great deal of information as well as how to get help and poetry written by young people with eating disorders

http://www.mentalhealth.org is the web site for The Center for Mental Health Services; this site, which is under the United States Department of Health and Human Services, offers a variety of resources, including search capability to learn about eating disorders

http://www.raderprograms.com discusses the eating disorders presented in the text, as well as other related issues and solutions (the site is sponsored by Rader Programs, which specializes in treating eating disorders)

http://www.thehealthcenter.info/ mental health and link to eating disorders

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepdisorders.html is a Medline site with information about sleep disorders, including research from the National Institutes of Health, general information about the disorders, treatment, and ways to cope.

http://www.neurologychannel.com/sleepdisorders/ is a patient education resource that provides information about different types of sleep disorders, their causes, symptoms, and treatment.


Chapter 17: Therapeutic Interventions

http://www.rebt.org is the web site for the Albert Ellis Institute, which contains information on rational emotive behavior therapy

http://www.mentalhealth.com/fr30.html which provides an extensive list of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders, including dosage, warnings, effects, and side effects

http://helping.apa.org/articles/article.php?id=52 offers helpful information about when you might need a therapist and how to choose one



Chapter 18: Legal and Ethical Issues in Abnormal Psychology

http://www.fbi.gov/ includes the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives, as well as employment opportunities and general information on the FBI.

http://www.priory.com/forpsy.htm is useful for the study of forensic psychiatry with a number of links to articles on topics associated with the field.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7429/psychlaw.html is a large resource page with many links, court cases, and journal references.

http://www.aapl.org/ethics.htm is the Web site for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, which is dedicated to the highest standards of practice in forensic psychiatry.