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Links
I have decided to divide my links area into two sections. The section
below contains links to psychology websites that I find useful for
keeping up with the field. To the left of it, you will find an eclectic
list of websites that I think are interesting or useful - sites that I
consider the "Best of the Web". I will continue to add to the
lists of links, so please check back from time to time!
Psychology Links
Academy of
Cognitive Therapy (ACT)
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The Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1998 by a group of leading clinicians, educators, and researchers in the field of cognitive therapy. As part of its mission, the Academy supports continuing education and research in cognitive therapy, provides a valuable resource in cognitive therapy for professionals and the public at large, and actively works towards the identification and certification of clinicians skilled in cognitive therapy. Certification is awarded to those individuals who, based upon an objective evaluation, have demonstrated an advanced level of expertise in cognitive therapy. The Academy includes physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals from around the world. To date, there are over 600 Members of the Academy.
American
Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
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The American Board of Professional
Psychology serves the public need by providing oversight certifying psychologists competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of psychology. Board certification (awarding of a Diploma in a specialty) assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.
American
Psychiatric Association (ApA)
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The American Psychiatric Association is
a medical specialty society recognized world-wide. Its 37,000 U.S.
and international member physicians work together to ensure humane
care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder,
including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It is
the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its vision is a
society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis
and treatment.
American
Psychological Association (APA)
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Based in Washington, DC, the APA is a
scientific and professional organization that represents psychology
in the United States. With more than 150,000 members, APA is the
largest association of psychologists worldwide.
American
Psychological Society
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The Society's mission is to promote,
protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented
psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement
of human welfare.
Anxiety
Disorders Association of America
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The ADAA is the only national,
non-profit membership organization dedicated to informing the
public, healthcare professionals and legislators that anxiety
disorders are real, serious and treatable.
Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
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The ABCT is a
professional, interdisciplinary organization that is concerned with
the application of behavioral and cognitive sciences to
understanding human behavior, developing interventions to enhance
the human condition, and promoting the appropriate utilization of
these interventions.
Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies - Anxiety Disorders Special Interest
Group
Association/Troubles
Anxieux du Québec (ATAQ)
Canadian
Psychological Association "Psychology works" fact sheets
Center
for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
Cognitive
Behavior Therapy: The Basics
Cognitive
Therapy Center of Long Island
Drug
Information
Duke
University Program in Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders (PCAAD)
Facts
For Health
Freedom
From Fear
How
to cite information from the World Wide Web
Hudson
Valley Center for Cognitive Therapy (HVCCT)
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The HVCCT is a leading psychotherapy
practice in Rockland County, and one of the only dedicated to
Cognitive Therapy. Their mission is to provide this highly effective
treatment approach for adults, children, adolescents, couples, and
families.
International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
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The International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies (ISTSS) the world’s premier trauma organization
dedicated to trauma treatment, education, research and prevention.
Through this organization, professionals share information about the
effects of trauma, seeking to reduce traumatic stressors and their
immediate and long-term consequences.
National
Institute of Mental Health
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News and information about anxiety
disorders, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for Consumers, Medical
and Mental Health Professionals, references and referrals to
national mental health organizations and self-help groups, and a
comprehensive resource list.
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder Foundation
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The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF),
with more than 10,000 members, is an international not-for-profit
organization composed of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and
other concerned individuals.
San
Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy
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A group of practitioners who share
several common goals: to provide top-quality cognitive-behavior
therapy to our patients, to provide training in cognitive-behavior
therapy to professionals, to conduct research in cognitive-behavior
therapy and related topics, and to educate the professional
community and consumers about cognitive-behavior therapy.
Society
for a Science of Clinical Psychology
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The Society for a Science of Clinical
Psychology was established as a section of Division 12 (Section III)
of the American Psychological Association in 1966. Its purpose is to
affirm and continue to promote the integration of the scientist and
the practitioner in training, research, and applied endeavors. Its
members represent a diversity of interests and theoretical
orientations. The common bond of the membership is a commitment to
empirical research and the ideal that scientific principles should
play a role in training, practice, and establishing public policy
for health and mental health concerns.
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