Counseling resources

Counseling

Addiction Search

http://www.addictionsearch.com/addictionsearch/

Easy-to-use site for finding information on available substances and gambling, eating, or sexual disorders. Also provides links to additional resources on statistics, treatment, organizations, prevention, and social issues.

Internet Mental Health

http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Well-organized site providing diagnosis and treatment information on common mental disorders, pharmacology information on selected medications, a magazine of related mental health articles, and links to other Internet resources (including ones on specific disorders).

PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)

http://csaweb105v.csa.com/factsheets/pilots-set-c.php?SID=vb74qavaq2l6t7b0sp5b7f5h81

Database of mainly articles on ptsd covering back to 1871. Sponsored by the National Center on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page

http://psychcentral.com/

Extensive list of sites for mental health, psychology, and self-help information. Has both general resources and those of professional interest. The author reviews and rates each site.

Agencies, associations, etc.

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp

American Counseling Association

http://www.counseling.org/

American Mental Health Counselors Association

http://www.amhca.org/

American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/

American School Counselor Association

http://www.schoolcounselor.org/

Association for Death Education and Counseling

http://www.adec.org/

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

http://www.cacrep.org/

National Association of School Psychologists

http://www.nasponline.org/

National Board for Certified Counselors

http://www.nbcc.org/

Research methods & writing (including APA Style)

The Web Center for Social Research Methods (Bill Trochim)

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/

Provides online texts and papers, links to related sites on social research and methods, a statistical primer, simulations, text questions, student projects, etc.

Psychology With Style: a Hypertext Writing Guide

http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm

Guide to the APA manual and writing for the profession. Follows an outline of a typical paper, from title page to reference list.