Review a wide range of weblinks.

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Chapter 1: Abnormal Behavior

• http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.html provides links to psychologically related experiments, organized by general topic area.
• 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 website for a company that develops and provides technology and management information systems for mental health centers.
• http://www.mentalhealth.com is the website for Internet Mental Health, which provides resources and some full-length articles of psychological disorders, medications, as well as other important research.
• http://www.mhsource.com is a general resource provided by Mental Health InfoSource.
• http://www.nami.org is the website 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 website 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.

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/ The University of California, Irvine Cognitive Science Department sometimes has experiments open for willing participants.
• http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~wagner/ is Stanford Professor Anthony Wagner's lab, with links to current memory research and opportunities to participate in on-going research.
• 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 understanding the basic concepts of experimental and quasi-experimental research discussed in this chapter.
• http://www.appi.org provides brief descriptions of articles in recent issues of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric News, and Journal of Psychotherapy: Practice and Research.

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, the primary source for information about 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 website 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://pareonline.net is the website for Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, a peer-reviewed electronic journal that allows users free access to search its data base for information about all types of assessment.
• 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: Anxiety Disorders

• http://www.algy.com/anxiety/ is the Anxiety Panic internet resource.
• 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 website site for the National Anxiety Foundation.
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html to learn more about phobias and other anxiety disorders and to get information about treatment and clinical trials.
• 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.
• http://www.rebt.org is the website for the Albert Ellis Institute, which contains information on rational emotive behavior therapy
• http://www.mentalhealth.com/p30-note.html which provides an extensive list of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders, including dosage, warnings, effects, and side effects

Chapter 5: Dissociative Disorders and Somatoform Disorders

• http://www.sidran.org/ is the Website 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://www.psyweb.com/Mdisor/somatd.html is the website for PsyWeb, which offers information about the different types of somatoform disorders, as well as different forms of treatment and a useful diagnostic flow chart; the site also has links to other disorders, information about the brain, and current studies and tests.
• http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter186/186a.htm 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.
• http://www.mentalhealth.com/p30-note.html which provides an extensive list of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders, including dosage, warnings, effects, and side effects

Chapter 6: 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."
• http://www.americanheart.org 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 7: Personality Disorders

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ is the Website 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/p.html has an index feature to explore all the personality disorders.

Chapter 8: Substance-Related Disorders

• http://www.health.org/ is the Website 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 9: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

• http://www.tgfmall.com/tgfr.html is the Transgender Forum's Resource Guide.
• http://www.geocities.com/stheory/ provides information on sadomasochism.
• http://www.impotence.com/ is the Online Guide to Impotence, which provides a screening quiz for erectile dysfunction (ED), plus information about impotence and its treatment and a physician's referral list for evaluation and treatment.
• 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.
• http://www.genderweb.org/medical/psych/ contains diagnostic information on transsexualism, gender identity disorder, and transvestic fetishism.
• http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat6.html, called "Go Ask Alice", is a sexual health question and answer service by Columbia University.

Chapter 10: Mood Disorders and Suicide

• http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.genetics.html is the site of Genetics of Depressive Illnesses, an extremely thorough clearinghouse for information on all mood disorders.
• http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm at this website for the Mayo Clinic you can do a search for depression to learn about this common complaint of many individuals. If your mood is interfering with your life, it may be due to one of the problems discussed at this site.
• http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depres.html is an on-line depression screening test.
• http://www.uetigers.stier.org/library/mentalillness.htm a site with a host of resources and links to information about mental illnesses.
• 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
• http://www.rebt.org is the website for the Albert Ellis Institute, which contains information on rational emotive behavior therapy
• http://www.mentalhealth.com/p30-note.html which provides an extensive list of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders, including dosage, warnings, effects, and side effects

Chapter 11: Schizophrenia: Diagnosis and Etiology

• http://www.mentalhealth.com/p20-grp.html is a major site for the understanding of schizophrenia. This site contains many links on this topic.
• http://www.uetigers.stier.org/library/mentalillness.htm a website that consists of a thorough listing of offerings on mental health issues; check out those that apply to schizophrenia (antipsychotic medications, diagnosis and treatment, positive and negative symptoms, etc.) by linking as appropriate
• 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.
• http://www.rebt.org is the website for the Albert Ellis Institute, which contains information on rational emotive behavior therapy
• http://www.mentalhealth.com/p30-note.html which provides an extensive list of drugs used in the treatment of psychological disorders, including dosage, warnings, effects, and side effects

Chapter 12: Cognitive Disorders

• http://www.alz.org/ is the official home page of the Alzheimer's association.
• http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu provides an extensive list of national associations involved with stroke, paralysis, spinal cord injury, and other neurological conditions.
• http://www.stroke.org/ provides information 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/ Do a search on dementia to get a description of the illness, information on treatments, research references, books, magazine articles, and related links.
• 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 13: 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 website for the Autism Society of America
• http://www.bedwetting.ferring.ca is a website sponsored by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian company that produces DDAVP (desmopressin), a drug used to treat enuresis
• http://www.add.org/index.html the website for the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, where you can get information about treatments for ADD and you can also find other helpful resources about this disorder, which is usually diagnosed in children but can last throughout adolescence into adulthood
• http://www.wetbuster.com is a site for parents and children (as well as adults with enuresis) who experience problems with bedwetting

Chapter 14: Eating Disorders

• http://nationaleatingdisorders.org is the website 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 website for the American Psychological Association, where a search can be performed for the various eating disorders
• http://www.edauk.com is the website 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 website 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://mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index where you can do a search for eating disorders

Chapter 15: 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.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14789949.asp is The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, which provides a leading forum of communication for professionals working in this field: psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, social workers, criminologists, and sociologists.
• http://www.aapl.org/ethics.htm is the Website for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, which is dedicated to the highest standards of practice in forensic psychiatry.
• http://helping.apa.org/brochure/index.html offers helpful information about when you might need a therapist and how to choose one
• http://www.grohol.com/therapist.htm offers helpful information about when you might need a therapist and how to choose one.