All in the Mind: A BBC Radio Series
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/allinthemind.shtml
This BBC Radio Four series is presented by Dr Raj Persaud, a psychiatrist. The ongoing programme purports to be a chance to meet the people at the cutting edge of research and developments on all aspects of the mind and brain from around the world. You will need RealPlayer to listen to the archive broadcasts. The series should be useful to both students and teachers.
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Anosognosia
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3157373037314023921
In this video, hosted by Google Video, Dr Xavier Amador - an adjunct professor in Clinical Psychology at Teacher's College, Columbia University in New York City - describes anosognosia, a condition whereby sufferers of mental illness lack insight into their condition. The talk is almost two hours in length. It should be useful for students, teachers and researchers.
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Army behavioral health
http://www.behavioralhealth.army.mil/
This website, run by the US Army for its personnel and their families, provides articles and resources on psychological topics relevant to the military, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the readjustments required for civilian life. Many articles are provided in PDF format. The site should be useful for students and teachers.
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Back Row: The portrayal of mental illness and learning disabilities in the cinema
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/backrow/backrow_20020504.shtml
This BBC Radio Four show, entitled 'Back Row', is billed as a contemporary filmic arts review programme. In this episode, the presenter, Andrew Collins, examines the portrayal of mental illness and learning disabilities in the cinema. Users will need RealPlayer to listen to the recording. The programme will be useful to both students and teachers of psychology as a starting point for discussion on these issues.
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Behavior online
http://www.behavior.net/
This site is collection of resources and discussions on behavioural science with a US-bias. The discussions focus on various highly specialised areas of psychology, especially mental health, therapies, and specific theories of social behaviour. The discussions are not moderated. These resources should be useful for students and teachers.
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Behavioral Healthcare and Telehealth Resources on the Web
http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/psyjumps.html
This site, compiled by Dr Myron Pulier, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry,University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is a resource guide in the fields of mental health and telemedicine. It includes: a listing of 4,500 organisations of relevance to mental health professionals; a calendar of meetings, events and conferences searchable by organisation, date or location and a resource guide, browsable by subject.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/
The is the site of the Canadian Mental Health Association. It is available in both English and French. It contains links to resources, research and common interest groups related to mental health.
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Center of Adlerian studies
http://www.centroadleriano.org
This Uruguay-based organisation exists to promote and teach the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler, the Analytic Psychology of Carl G. Jung and the ideas of Otto Rank. Information is provided on courses, upcoming conferences and symposia, related Internet resources, and a series of PDF articles. The site is available in English and Spanish. Is should be most useful for researchers, teachers and students.
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Clinical psychiatry news
http://www.clinicalpsychiatrynews.com/
Clinical Psychiatry News is an independent newspaper (print and online) based in the US that provides commentary, news, and research summaries for practising psychiatrists, though the relevance of the material will extend beyond this field. Full-text versions are available online, though these are not free. The site should be most useful for researchers and teachers.
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Clinical psychology and psychiatry arena
http://www.clinicalpsychologyarena.com
This website is a focus point for information on the books, journals, and websites published by Routledge and Psychology Press. It includes links to books, journals (some free), and further resources, such as blogs. The site should be most useful for researchers.
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Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research
http://www.apa.org/journals/ccp.html
This printed journal, published by the American Psychological Association, covers the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal behaviour. The site offers tables of contents of current and past editions, together with pricing and subscription information. Selected articles are available in full online. The site requires an authentication username and password; contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service.
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Depression in America
http://www.softconference.com/dbsa/sessionDetail.asp?SID=89862
This video, hosted by the US-based Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, presents an overview of the cause and treatment of depression in the United States, as well as interviews with depressed individuals and depression experts. The video is 12 minutes in length and encoded as '.asx' format file. It may be viewed as an embedded object within the web page or downloaded for later viewing. The video should be useful to students and teachers.
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Diagnosing and treating sleep disorders
http://www.nationaljewish.org/pdf/zzz_library/11n4MSU_1993.pdf
This is an article by John R. Ruddy, M.D. that provides a decision tree for evaluation of insomnia complaint. It then gives concise information about the diagnosis and treatment of disorders such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome, circadian rhythm disorders, excessive daytime sleepiness, narcolepsy and parasomnias. The article appears in the Medical/Scientific Update of The National Jewish Medical and Research Centre (USA), vol.11, no.4, 1993.
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Dying to be thin: a PBS programme
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html
This resource comprises eight video clips of the American PBS programme 'Dying to be thin', which explores anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and body dysmorphic disorder. Each video is approximately eight minutes in length and may be viewed using a Quicktime player or Real Player (Javascript is required). A programme transcript is also provided, as are special resources for teachers.
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Dynamical psychology: an international, interdisciplinary journal of complex mental processes
http://goertzel.org/dynapsyc/
Dynamical Psychology is an electronic journal for the study of complex mental processes. It is concerned with the patterns by which psychological processes unfold through time and the emergent, persistent structures which arise as a consequence of this unfolding. It is a continuation of the paper journal PsychoScience, which existed from 1993-1995 - the contents of which are available on the site. The site contains full-text research articles, essays, surveys of ideas and past articles, commentaries and reviews. It also provides information on particular areas of interest and information for authors.
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Eating Disorders... Anorexia, Bulimia & Compulsive Overeating
http://www.something-fishy.org/default.php
This American-based site, hosted by Something Fishy music, deals with eating disorders. Its primary aim is to disseminate information about eating disorders to the general public and to those who are affected by such disorders. You will find links to self-help groups, other group activities, FAQs, and numerous articles on eating disorders. This site would perhaps be most useful to the student who wishes to find out more about eating disorders in a societal context.
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Enhancing Learning and Teaching about Mental Health in Higher Education 
http://www.mhhe.heacademy.ac.uk/
This project aims to enhance learning and teaching about mental health within higher education and across the disciplines and professions. It is a collaboration between the four higher education academy subject centres subject centres most closely involved in mental health education: social policy and social work; health sciences and practice; medicine; psychology. The project aims to raise the profile of learning and teaching about mental health in higher education; capture, and disseminate, examples of reflective, effective and innovative teaching practice; encourage the disciplines within higher education to learn from one another; encourage links, and acknowledge overlaps, between educators, policy makers and those with professional and/or personal experience of mental health problems and services. The project website was launched in March 2003 and it is intended that it will facilitate the sharing of ideas, information and resources including a discussion forum on learning and teaching about mental health in higher education, good practice guides and case studies illustrating reflective, effective and innovative practice.
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Harvard Review of Psychiatry
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10673229.asp
This printed journal is published by Taylor and Francis. The Harvard Review of Psychiatry provides scholarly reviews and original reports on important topics in psychiatry. Tables of contents, and abstracts, can be viewed online for free. However, access to full text articles requires an authentication username and password; contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service. The journal is published bimonthly. An online archive of past copies is available.
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Health and Illness: the Social Perspective
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/research/excellence/health/ilness
A research centre based at the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University, London, UK (formerly known as the Centre for the Study of Health, Sickness and Disablement). Areas of research include: the consumer and clinical trials; disability and ethnicity; health education amongst children and young people; and implementing evidence based health care. The website provides details of current research staff and projects at the Centre.
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Interactive glossary of mental health and disability terms
http://www.findcounseling.com/glossary/
This is a layperson's guide to frequently used health, mental health and disability terms. It was originally produced by C. J. Newton, MA, a Learning Specialist in the US, and the site is now hosted on the FindCounseling website. It covers types of therapy and mental health professionals, as well as disorders and general terms.
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International Association for Near-Death Studies
http://www.iands.org/
This is the website of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, which is based in the United Sates. The site centres around the peculiar but consistent mental phenomena that surround near-death experiences. It contains information about support groups, upcoming events, and a guide for students who wish to consider academic work on the subject.
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International Society of Behavioral Medicine
http://www.isbm.info/
This is the home page for the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, which is hosted by the University of Miami's Department of Psychology. The society is centred upon the development and integration of sociocultural, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and illness. The site contains links to related societies, upcoming workshops and conferences, and further web resources. Some services are restricted to members. This website should be useful starting point for students and teachers interested in these issues.
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Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p.html
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopaedia of mental health information. It was designed by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long, and programmed by his colleague, Brian Chow. It contains information on the fifty most common mental disorders and for each one gives the American description, the European (World Health Organization) description, treatment information, research on diagnosis, treatment, and cause, information booklets and magazine articles. There are online diagnosis computer programs for each disorder. Users will need a browser that can cope with frames and java.
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Interview with Christopher Lane, An
http://www.furiousseasons.com/archives/2007/10/an_interview_with_christophe
This interview concerns the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and takes a sceptical perspective on the scientific value of the book. The American interviewer is a blogger with a history of bipolar disorder, while the interviewee is an (American) English professor who has published a book on shyness. The interview should be useful for students, teachers and researchers.
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Invisible disabilities and post-secondary education
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=11248
This video, hosted by the University of Washington Television, presents several young people with hidden disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia and traumatic brain injury (TBI). They describe the strategies they have developed to cope with their conditions. The programme forms part of the series 'Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology' (DO-IT). It is almost twenty minutes in length and may be viewed in Windows Media Player or QuickTime format, either using browser plug-ins or direct download. The video should be useful for teachers, researchers and students.
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