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Psychologist Links to Mental Health Sites:
The Internet can be an excellent resource for information. It also has overwhelming amounts of information and occasional pitfalls. The North Carolina Psychological Association wants to help you find what you are looking for. To do this, we have chosen some of the best links to resource guides, which have been reviewed and selected as useful mental health web sites. Included here are the links from the general public and student areas as well as additional links pertinent to psychologists.

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Resources Useful for Psychologists

  1. The American Psychological Association: www.apa.org/sitemap.html.
  2. The North Carolina Psychology Board: www.ncpsychologyboard.org.
  3. American Societyof Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: www.aacap.org.
  4. The American Psychiatric Association: www.psych.org.
  5. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: www.bazelon.org.
  6. National Institute for Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov. While primarily a research oriented site. This site contains a lot of useful updates for clinicians. Also provides information on funding opportunities and clinical trials open to patients.
  7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: www.samhsa.gov. SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services for substance abuse and mental illnesses. Extensive links and information resources.
  8. Online discussions for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals: www.behavior.net.
  9. Mental Health Infosource, www.mhsource.com, is a well-tuned commercial CME site. It has extensive links to disorder-specific resources, offers free CME, and an interactive "ask the expert" section. Offers searchable treatment information linked to CE and CME activities.
  10. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, www.ahcpr.gov, provides information on evidence-based practice, treatment outcomes & effectiveness, technology assessment, and information on preventive services. Also includes a Spanish language section.
  11. www.mentalhealth.org provides mental health information for professionals and the general public.
  12. CyberPsych hosts mental health organizations and individuals with information about psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and special topics to the public and the professional mental health community: www.cyberpsych.org.
  13. The SOSIG Psychology Gateway provides access to psychology resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized using the APA PsycINFO coding scheme.www.sosig.ac.uk/psychology
  14. The North Carolina General Assembly: www.ncleg.net.
  15. The Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage.
  16. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: www.jcaho.org.
  17. Library of the National Medical Society: www.medical-library.org.
  18. The National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov.
  19. The National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov.
  20. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: www.dhhs.state.nc.us.
  21. U.S. Government Printing Office: www.access.gpo.gov/index.html.
  22. More Psychology-related internet sites: http://www.westerncarolinacenter.org/psychology_sites_on_the_intern.html.
  23. Current Concepts in Psychology: www.fenichel.com/Current.shtml. This site is a compendium the best articles, websites and research tools identified by Dr. Michael Fenichel for online reference.

Disclaimer:
These sites were reviewed by the North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) for quality, however, NCPA is not responsible for the validity or accuracy of the material presented on the links provided. Use of NCPsychology constitutes understanding and acceptance of these provisions.

Online resources are not meant to replace the training or judgement of a specially trained health care professional. NEVER make changes to your treatment or medication without first consulting your physician or therapist

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