Best Web
Sites in Psychology
By William E. Benet, PhD, PsyD
AlleyDog.com
Psychology sites, journals and resources for
colleges, teachers and students.
American
Psychological Association |
Topics
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The professional association of American
psychologists
(Capsule comment: authoritative,
well-documented)
American Psychological Society
Dedicated to the advancement
of scientific psychology
AmoebaWeb
Psychology on the Web
by Douglas Degelman, PhD
(Capsule comment:
comprehensive, includes featured sites)
Assessment Psychology Online
Ψ
by William E. Benet, PhD,
PsyD
(Capsule comment:
comprehensive, assessment & testing,
HON-accredited)
Classics in the History of Psychology
by Christopher D. Green, PhD
(Capsule comment:
seminal full-text psychology classics)
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Ψ
Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State
University
(Capsule comment:
comprehensive, well-maintained)
Internet Mental Health
by
Phillip W. Long, MD
(Capsule
comment: comprehensive list of behavioral
science journals)
KSPope.com -
Articles, Research & Resources
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by Kenneth S. Pope, PhD, ABPP
(Capsule comment:
eclectic, with an emphasis on assessment &
ethics)
Mental Help
Net
Ψ
A CenterSite
information resource
(Capsule
comment: comprehensive, well-organized,
HON-accredited)
Mental Health
America
Formerly National
Mental Health Association
National
Institute of Mental Health
Ψ
National Institutes of Health
(Capsule
comment: comprehensive, authoritative,
HON-accredited)
PsychCentral
Ψ
by John
Grohol, PsyD
(Capsule
comment: comprehensive, well-documented,
HON-accredited)
Psychology Directory
Categorized links by topics
in psychology
Psychology Information Online
by Donald
J. Franklin, PhD
(Capsule
comment: includes nation-wide practitioner
directory)
Psychology Online
by Marcia Wehr, PhD
(Capsule comment:
eclectic, interesting, list of Top Ten
sites)
Psychotherapy.net
Psychotherapy videos,
articles, humor, CE credits
by Victor Yalom, PhD
Psych Web
Ψ
by Russell A. Dewey, PhD
(Capsule
comment: comprehensive, with resources for
students)
Social Psychology Network
Ψ
by Scott Plous, PhD
(Capsule comment:
primarily social and personality psychology,
comprehensive and well-organized)
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
Ψ
UK Resource Discovery Network
(Capsule comment:
selective, for researchers and
practitioners)
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Top 10 Psychology Web
Sites
A survey by
Simon Rego, PhD, Internet Section
Editor
APA Division 12 Clinical Psychology
The Clinical
Psychologist
(APA Division 12) 60
(2), p. 7, lists the
results of a survey to
identify the top 10
psychology
Web sites used by
psychologists.
Simon Rego, PhD, the
Division's Internet
section editor, posted a
message on a number of
psychology Internet
lists asking members to
send him their favorite
'go to' websites for
information and
resources in psychology.
Here are the results:
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Kenneth S. Pope, PhD
This site provides
free full-text
articles and other
resources on
assessment, therapy,
and forensics.
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National Institute
of Mental Health
This site provides
information from the
Federal agency that
conducts and
supports research on
mental illnesses.
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American
Psychological
Association
Official web site of
the world's largest
professional
association of
psychologists.
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PsychCentral
By John M. Grohol,
Psy.D., this site
claims to be the
Internet's largest
and oldest mental
health social
network created and
run by mental health
professionals to
provide reliable,
trusted information
and support
communities for
consumers.
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WebMD
Describes itself as
"The leading source
for trustworthy and
timely health and
medical news and
information."
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Anxiety Disorders
Association of
America
This site offers
complete information
on anxiety, as well
as a special section
on teen anxiety.
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Academy of Cognitive
Therapy
This site offers
information about
cognitive therapy
and training, and
how to become
certified as a
cognitive therapist.
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Association for
Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies
This site provides
CEU, CME, and other
educational
opportunities;
journals for
research and
clinical practice in
behavioral therapy
and
cognitive-behavioral
therapy; and
referrals for those
seeking
psychological
therapy.
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Obsessive Compulsive
Foundation
The OCF is an
international
not-for-profit
organization
composed of people
with obsessive
compulsive disorder
(OCD) and related
disorders, and their
families, friends,
professionals and
other concerned
individuals.
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Wikipedia
Describes itself as
"The biggest
multilingual
free-content
encyclopedia on the
Internet. Over two
million articles and
still growing."
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Selected
Mental Health Web Sites
Rank ordered
by number of web pages with
domain name citations using
Google Search*
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Mental Health
Web Sites
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Domain
Citations
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American
Psychological
Association
Ψ
apa.org
Psychology Today
psychologytoday.com
PsychCentral
Ψ
psychcentral.com
National
Institute of
Mental Health
Ψ
nimh.nih.gov
American
Psychological
Society
psychologicalscience.org
American
Psychiatric
Association
psych.org
Mental Health
America
nmha.org
Encyclopedia of
Psychology
Ψ
psychology.org
Internet Mental
Health
mentalhealth.com
Mental Help Net
Ψ
mentalhelp.net
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504,000
432,000
383,000
254,000
101,000
64,300
61,800
45,200
42,000
26,800
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*updated October, 2008
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