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The American Psychological Association offers support, guidance and information to both practitioners and the public. The APA has set worldwide standards for scientific writing and research methods. One of the highlights of the organisation is an annual meeting at which hundreds of psychologists from around the world present lectures and workshops featuring the newest research in the field. |
| This web site is carefully divided into sections for psychologists, the public, and students. Each is well supported and contains regular features on various subjects, from books to research, from computer software to education materials. A definitive and continually updated resource for anyone interested in psychology. | |
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The Canadian Psychological Association is a voluntary organisation, that represents the interests of all aspects of psychology in Canada and which promotes unity, coherence and a sense of identity across the diverse scientific and professional interests. The elected governing body represents science, education, practice, gender, geography, language and culture. The CPA not only is a strong national lobby group on behalf of Canadian psychologists, but also represents their interests worldwide. An annual meeting of CPA members has become one of the Canadian highlights in psychological research presentation. | |
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CPA website is an effective resource for psychologists, but may not
be as useful to the public as the APA site. The site includes information
on jobs in psychology, the annual convention, publications, links, and
some excellent information for psychology students, much of which can
be applied to countries other than Canada. For information on specific
illnesses, however, sites like APA and NIMH provide much more information.
This site is available in both English and French. |
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Founded in 1988, APS's mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, and the improvement of human welfare. APS's membership includes the United States' foremost psychological scientists and academics. Members cover the entire spectrum of basic and applied psychological science. |
| One of the best designed sites in the psychology field, this web site contains plenty of updated information about current research, upcoming psychology conventions, public interest journals (both online and in print), student information, employment adds, political lobby updates, and one of the most complete links pages compiled by a mental health site. Although primarily targeted for psychology professionals or soon-to-be professionals, there is plenty of information for the general public, continually updated and well explained. |
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The Canadian Register has been organized as a non-profit corporation to provide a standard for the education and training of psychologists and to identify those health service psychologists who meet or exceed those standards. It also promotes professional standards by encouraging continuing education and research in the field. |
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site is designed primarily to help the public locate a health service
psychologist either by name, area of expertise, or location in Canada.
For the Canadian public, this site is invaluable and well designed.
It is, however, limited to Canadian psychologists. For more complete
listings internationally, search databases at the APA or NIMH web sites.
For professionals, this site is primarily designed to provide basic
infomation about CRHSPP and allow registration as a member. There is
a moderate links page which may be of use to both the general public
and professionals, and an excellent, freely copyable page addressed
to the general public which describes health service psychology. This
site is available in both English and French. |
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The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) is the alliance of state, provincial, and territorial agencies responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout the United States and Canada. ASPPB was formed in 1961 to serve psychology boards in the two countries. Much of the impetus for its founding related to mobility for practitioners. By consensus, the first step was to create and maintain a standardized written Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). ASPPB has done so since 1965. |
This
site provides valuable information for the general public, psychology
students, licensed psychologists, and member boards. The site lists
contact information for all 62 member boards, including links to their
web sites. The Consumer portion of the site includes detailed information
for members of the public about psychology, the ethical standards required
of psychologists, and options for seeking treatment, finding a psychologist,
or filing a complaint. A well written and clearly navigable site. |
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| Frequently Asked Questions for Parents Dealing with Divorce | These pages, by Terry Hillman and Mitchell Baris from the US Divorcecentral.com website, have much helpful advice for parents who are divorcing. They cover issues including where the children should live, handling discipline with shared custody and how to talk to the children about an impending divorce. |
| Frequently Asked Questions on Surviving the Emotional Trauma of Divorce | This site by Dr. Mitchell A. Baris provides good basic information concerning the likely consequences of divorce and some suggestions about how to deal with them. It is primarily about the impact on the divorcing individual and does not have information concerning children. |
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National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | This site has not yet been reviewed. |
| Dealing With Disaster: Frequently Asked Questions | This site, maintained by the National Center for PTSD, provides brief information concerning reactions to disasters such as the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Included are links to other information from the National Center, as well as to many other sites with information concerning stress and anxiety. |
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Veterans Affairs Canada Information on War-Related Stress and PTSD |
A detailed and helpful site provided by the government of Canada. Although this is primarily verterans and their families, the information on PTSD and other trauma-related stress or anxiety is valuable for anyone looking for additional information. |
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QuackWatch | Quackwatch Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. It provides information about quackery, which is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. |
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