The American Psychological Association's web site on psychotherapy with exploration of questions such as: What is psychotherapy? Who provides psychotherapy? How long does psychotherapy take? How do I know if I need psychotherapy? A number of psychotherapy resources also are listed. (
http://www.apa.org/
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Explore many aspects of managed care with links to such sites as caregiver news, managed healthcare, psychotherapy finances, the behavioral healthcare community, managed behavioral care publications, and others. (
http://www.ajmc.com/
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The web site of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with mental disorders. Includes links to other mental health sites. (
http://www.nami.org/
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The American Psychoanalytic Association's web site with insights about many aspects of psychoanalysis. Includes information about what psychoanalysis is and how to find a psychoanalyst. (
http://apsa.org/pubinfo/about.htm
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Gives detailed information about Fritz Perls' Gestalt therapy; provides the theoretical rationale of Perls' therapy and describes a number of Gestalt techniques. (
http://www.behavior.net/gestalt.html
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The web site of the Albert Ellis Institute that includes answers to frequently asked questions about rational-emotive behavior therapy and presentation of the basic ideas in the therapy. (
http://www.rebt.org/
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The web site of the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the U. of Pennsylvania with answers to frequently asked questions about cognitive therapy and recommended books. (
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/psycct/
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Examines such questions as: Why does group therapy work? Who can benefit from group therapy? What are the different kinds of group therapy? What is expected from the participant in group therapy? (
http://www.group-psychotherapy.com/
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Includes a consumer's guide to group psychotherapy, ethical guidelines, advantages of group psychotherapy, what happens in group psychotherapy, and other aspects of this approach. (
http://www.groupsinc.org/
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The web site of Division 12, Society for Clinical Psychology, of the American Psychological Association, includes recent information about empirically-supported treatments. (
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div12/homepage.shtml
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Martin Seligman's examination of the Consumer Reports study on drug therapy with descriptions of a wide range of drugs that are given to individuals with mental disorders. (
http://www.apa.org/journals/seligman.html
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Lists and describes an extensive list of psychotherapeutic drugs from A-Z, including many antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. (
http://www.mentalhealth.com/t30.html
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The American Psychiatric Association's web site on drug therapy with descriptions of a wide range of drugs that are given to individuals with mental disorders. (
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm
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Extensive information about schizophrenia including links to web sites about drug treatment of schizophrenia. (
http://www.schizophrenia.com/newsletter/buckets/meds.html
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Information about electroconvulsive therapy is provided and links to many other web sites are included. (
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.ect.html
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This web site focuses on the history of psychosurgery and describes more refined contemporary psychosurgery techniques. (
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/psicocirg_i.htm
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