APPENDIX :A
Internet Sites
Listed here are a variety of sites about mental illness description, causes, and treatment,
psychopharmacology, neuroscience, and other topics related directly or indirectly to abnormal
psychology. Students can be encouraged or instructed to visit these sites for either class activities or
assignments. Several sites have links to electronic journals and other resources that students may use
to research a writing assignment.
These pages can be photocopied and distributed to students at the beginning of the course. This list
comprises primarily general sites that are excellent starting points for an Internet search on a specific
topic. A brief list of recommended specific sites with information about particular disorders or topics
reflected in each chapter is also provided. At the time of publication of this IRM, all these sites were
“live.”
General Psychology Sites
http://www.apa.org
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) home page contains a wealth of information about
the APA, the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United
States, and includes numerous links to information about mental illness and its treatment. See
http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/library-research.aspx for the basics of library research for
psychology studies.
http://www.apa.org/news/psycport/index.aspx PsycPORT was developed by the American
Psychological Association (APA) and is intended to provide quality psychological and mental health
information and resources on the Web.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org
The Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) home page contains information on this
organization, including schedules for conventions and teaching, research, and other psychological
society information.
http://www.nmha.org
Through its national office and more than 300 affiliates nationwide, Mental Health America is
dedicated to improving the mental health of all individuals and achieving victory over mental
illnesses.
,http://www.nih.gov
The major government funding agency for the study of health issues, including mental health,
addictions, and aging. National Institutes of Health (NIH) comprises several institutes, including the
National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, and the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, which deal with particular mental health issues.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
This is the home page of the National Institute of Mental Health, a component of NIH. NIMH is the
federal agency that conducts and supports (funds) research on mental illness and mental health.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/index.shtml This Web site, provided by the National
Institute of Mental Health, supplies downloadable links to PDF files and booklets on a variety of
mental health topics.
http://www.nami.org
The home page of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has links to other sites and
searchable indexes of mental disorders.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/home/ Internet Mental Health is an extensive and fairly comprehensive
site full of mental health information. It includes a glossary of terms used in pharmacology,
descriptions of all the disorders, and a long list of links to other English-language Internet sites. This
site provides extensive information about all of the DSM disorders and is a very useful starting page
for Internet searches.
http://psychcentral.com
Psych Central is “the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network.” The
resources page has an extensive listing of sites related to abnormal psychology.
http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/library-research.aspx
Created by the American Psychological Association (APA) Science Directorate, this online pamphlet
was designed to help students and nonpsychologists find relevant research on psychological topics of
interest.
http://www.psichi.org
This is the Web site for Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology undergraduates.
http://psibeta.org/site/
This is the Web site for Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community and junior
colleges
http://www.alleydog.com
“The Psychology Student’s Best Friend,” this site provides glossaries, forums, and “class help.”
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsy.html This site was developed by Dr. C. George Boeree, a
professor at Shippensburg University. It provides a brief introduction to general psychology, with
links to major themes and aspects in psychology that are often dealt with in textbooks.
Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
,http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/timeline/
This site provides a timeline of mental illness and its treatment from 400 B.C. through 1992.
http://elvers.us/hop/welcome.asp
The History of Psychology Web site provides a “gateway for teachers and students to over 1000
World Wide Web resources related to the history of psychology.”
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml This is the home page of the National Institute of Mental
Health, a component of NIH. NIMH is the federal agency that conducts and supports (funds) research
on mental illness and mental health.
Chapter 2: Models of Abnormality
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
The Whole Brain Atlas—information, images, and QuickTime movies all related to the brain.
Included is a discussion on the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. This is a complete reference to the
brain.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
The Visible Human Project is creating a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional
representation of both the male and female human bodies.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehceduc.html
An extremely detailed site that consists of links for neuroscience education, this site is large enough
to spend several days exploring.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/simplepsych/204.html
This site offers general information on psychodynamic therapy—what it is, duration of treatment,
training, and so on.
http://www.abct.org/Home/ This site is the home page for the Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies, a “professional, interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of
a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition.”
http://www.rebt.org
A form of cognitive-behavior therapy created in 1955 by Dr. Albert Ellis, rational emotive behavior
therapy (REBT) is an action-oriented approach that stimulates emotional growth by teaching people
to replace their self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and actions with new and effective thoughts.
http://www.ahpweb.org
The Association for Humanistic Psychology is “the voice of ordinary people with an extraordinary
vision for a more conscious and humane global society.”
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/assessment.aspx
Created by the American Psychological Association’s Science Directorate, this site offers
information on the process of psychological testing and assessment.
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/testing.htm
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/diagnos.htm
These Web sites, part of the main site—A Guide to Psychology and Its Practice—are maintained by
Dr. Raymond Lloyd Richmond and cover the process of psychological testing and diagnosis clearly.
, http://www.queendom.com
http://testyourself.psychtests.com/ These two sites, run by the same parent company, offer many
versions of different psychological tests. Some tests mirror more famous (and expensive) assessments
and tout solid psychometrics, while others are strictly for fun. There is a fee to use some of the more
detailed measures.
Chapter 4: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related
Disorders
http://www.ocfoundation.org
This comprehensive site, the home page of the obsessive compulsive foundation, details both
research and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
https://iocdf.org/ This International OCD Foundation Web page contains information about OCD and
related disorders and how to differentiate the disorders from one another.
http://anxietynetwork.com/generalized-anxiety
The Anxiety Network International’s Generalized Anxiety Page is filled with information about the
disorder.
https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/ This site is the home page of the Social Phobia/Social Anxiety
Association.
Internet Sites
Listed here are a variety of sites about mental illness description, causes, and treatment,
psychopharmacology, neuroscience, and other topics related directly or indirectly to abnormal
psychology. Students can be encouraged or instructed to visit these sites for either class activities or
assignments. Several sites have links to electronic journals and other resources that students may use
to research a writing assignment.
These pages can be photocopied and distributed to students at the beginning of the course. This list
comprises primarily general sites that are excellent starting points for an Internet search on a specific
topic. A brief list of recommended specific sites with information about particular disorders or topics
reflected in each chapter is also provided. At the time of publication of this IRM, all these sites were
“live.”
General Psychology Sites
http://www.apa.org
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) home page contains a wealth of information about
the APA, the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United
States, and includes numerous links to information about mental illness and its treatment. See
http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/library-research.aspx for the basics of library research for
psychology studies.
http://www.apa.org/news/psycport/index.aspx PsycPORT was developed by the American
Psychological Association (APA) and is intended to provide quality psychological and mental health
information and resources on the Web.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org
The Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) home page contains information on this
organization, including schedules for conventions and teaching, research, and other psychological
society information.
http://www.nmha.org
Through its national office and more than 300 affiliates nationwide, Mental Health America is
dedicated to improving the mental health of all individuals and achieving victory over mental
illnesses.
,http://www.nih.gov
The major government funding agency for the study of health issues, including mental health,
addictions, and aging. National Institutes of Health (NIH) comprises several institutes, including the
National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, and the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, which deal with particular mental health issues.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
This is the home page of the National Institute of Mental Health, a component of NIH. NIMH is the
federal agency that conducts and supports (funds) research on mental illness and mental health.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/index.shtml This Web site, provided by the National
Institute of Mental Health, supplies downloadable links to PDF files and booklets on a variety of
mental health topics.
http://www.nami.org
The home page of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has links to other sites and
searchable indexes of mental disorders.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/home/ Internet Mental Health is an extensive and fairly comprehensive
site full of mental health information. It includes a glossary of terms used in pharmacology,
descriptions of all the disorders, and a long list of links to other English-language Internet sites. This
site provides extensive information about all of the DSM disorders and is a very useful starting page
for Internet searches.
http://psychcentral.com
Psych Central is “the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network.” The
resources page has an extensive listing of sites related to abnormal psychology.
http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/library-research.aspx
Created by the American Psychological Association (APA) Science Directorate, this online pamphlet
was designed to help students and nonpsychologists find relevant research on psychological topics of
interest.
http://www.psichi.org
This is the Web site for Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology undergraduates.
http://psibeta.org/site/
This is the Web site for Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community and junior
colleges
http://www.alleydog.com
“The Psychology Student’s Best Friend,” this site provides glossaries, forums, and “class help.”
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsy.html This site was developed by Dr. C. George Boeree, a
professor at Shippensburg University. It provides a brief introduction to general psychology, with
links to major themes and aspects in psychology that are often dealt with in textbooks.
Chapter 1: Abnormal Psychology: Past and Present
,http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/timeline/
This site provides a timeline of mental illness and its treatment from 400 B.C. through 1992.
http://elvers.us/hop/welcome.asp
The History of Psychology Web site provides a “gateway for teachers and students to over 1000
World Wide Web resources related to the history of psychology.”
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml This is the home page of the National Institute of Mental
Health, a component of NIH. NIMH is the federal agency that conducts and supports (funds) research
on mental illness and mental health.
Chapter 2: Models of Abnormality
http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
The Whole Brain Atlas—information, images, and QuickTime movies all related to the brain.
Included is a discussion on the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. This is a complete reference to the
brain.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
The Visible Human Project is creating a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional
representation of both the male and female human bodies.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehceduc.html
An extremely detailed site that consists of links for neuroscience education, this site is large enough
to spend several days exploring.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/simplepsych/204.html
This site offers general information on psychodynamic therapy—what it is, duration of treatment,
training, and so on.
http://www.abct.org/Home/ This site is the home page for the Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies, a “professional, interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of
a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition.”
http://www.rebt.org
A form of cognitive-behavior therapy created in 1955 by Dr. Albert Ellis, rational emotive behavior
therapy (REBT) is an action-oriented approach that stimulates emotional growth by teaching people
to replace their self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and actions with new and effective thoughts.
http://www.ahpweb.org
The Association for Humanistic Psychology is “the voice of ordinary people with an extraordinary
vision for a more conscious and humane global society.”
Chapter 3: Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/assessment.aspx
Created by the American Psychological Association’s Science Directorate, this site offers
information on the process of psychological testing and assessment.
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/testing.htm
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/diagnos.htm
These Web sites, part of the main site—A Guide to Psychology and Its Practice—are maintained by
Dr. Raymond Lloyd Richmond and cover the process of psychological testing and diagnosis clearly.
, http://www.queendom.com
http://testyourself.psychtests.com/ These two sites, run by the same parent company, offer many
versions of different psychological tests. Some tests mirror more famous (and expensive) assessments
and tout solid psychometrics, while others are strictly for fun. There is a fee to use some of the more
detailed measures.
Chapter 4: Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related
Disorders
http://www.ocfoundation.org
This comprehensive site, the home page of the obsessive compulsive foundation, details both
research and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
https://iocdf.org/ This International OCD Foundation Web page contains information about OCD and
related disorders and how to differentiate the disorders from one another.
http://anxietynetwork.com/generalized-anxiety
The Anxiety Network International’s Generalized Anxiety Page is filled with information about the
disorder.
https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/ This site is the home page of the Social Phobia/Social Anxiety
Association.
