Links
All about psychotherapy
This site is a multimedia resource for all mental health professionals and others who are interested in psychotherapy. There are sections with news, feature articles, book reviews, and much more. Subscribers to the site can access online events, discussion forums and can participate in academic debates.
www.allaboutpsychotherapy.com/
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
www.aapsa.org
APP
The APP is an organisation which aims to advance the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the National Health Service and other Public Services in the United Kingdom. It is an evolving organisation and now has many Specialist Sections addressing the particular concerns of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists working in diverse settings within the Public Services.
www.app-nhs.org.uk/
Arbours Crisis Centre
The Arbours Crisis Centre in London provides intensive personal psychotherapeutic care and accommodation for individuals and families in severe emotional distress.
www.arbourscentre.org.uk/
The Association of Therapeutic Communities
www.therapeuticcommunities.org
BABCP
The website of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies contains information about the organisation, conferences, training and events and gives details of their publications.
www.babcp.com/
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston
The Center is a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs, and service systems.
www.bu.edu/cpr/
The Communicube
The Communicube was invented by Dr John Casson, British Dramatherapist and Psychotherapist. It has been used in therapy with individuals who struggle with psychotic experiences as a multipurpose communication tool.
www.communicube.co.uk
EFPP
European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector (EFPP) is a European umbrella organisation that links together national networks of adult, child & adolescent and group psychoanalytic psychotherapists and some psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic organisations that share the EFPP objectives and are involved in public sector services.
www.efpp.org/
EPPIC
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
www.eppic.org.au
GAETANO BENEDETTI INSTITUTE
IEPA
The International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA) is an international network for people involved in the study and treatment of early psychosis. It provides a forum for members around the world who wish to promote and facilitate best practice in education, research and treatment.
www.iepa.org.au/index.cfm
INTERVOICE
The International Network for Training, Education and Research into Hearing Voices
www.intervoiceonline.org
HEARING VOICES NETWORK AOTEAROA New Zealand - Te Reo Orooro
ISPS-Denmark
ISPS-Denmark has a new website.
www.isps-dk.dk
ISPS-US
The website of the ISPS-US local group contains information on local chapters throughout the US, details on how to join the ISPS-US and how to access their listserve. A number of interesting articles about psychological treatments for the psychoses are also available at the site, as well as information about the upcoming 6th Annual Symposium "Extremes of Experience: psychosis through many lenses".
www.isps-us.org/
ISPS 2011 Congress in Dubrovnik
Mentalhealth.com
www.mentalhealth.com
Mental Health Matters
Mental health website with information and other resources
www.mental-health-matters.com
Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
www.mind.org.uk
NASMHPD
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. This site contains a description of NASMHPD's mission, maintains contact information for its members and staff, and provides information on NASMHPD's divisions and councils, government relations, meetings, and position statements.
www.nasmhpd.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses.
www.nami.org
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), USA
The institute generates, disseminates, and promotes use of knowledge that will improve the ability of individuals with disabilities to perform activities in the community and increase the capacity of society to provide full opportunities and supports for participation.
www.cessi.net/nidrrlrp/index.htm
Newsweek article December 2005
Talking to The Demons: Schizophrenia is no longer seen as a genetically predetermined disease.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10313177/site/newsweek/#storyContinued
OPIFER (Organization of Italian Psychoanalysts - Federation and Roster)
OPIFER was founded in Italy in 1996. This is an association of psychoanalysts who follow various orientations and share scientific and cultural interests. They aim to encourage a pluralistic approach, which welcomes the confrontation among different psychoanalytic positions and rejects any dogmatic approach.
www.psychomedia.it/opifer/
Psychotherapy.net
Psychotherapy.net is a webmagazine about psychotherapy and for psychotherapists. The website provides online resources to inspire therapists: in-depth and personal interviews with therapists such as Szasz, Yalom, Meichenbaum, Ellis, Kernberg, Gottman, Insoo Kim Berg, Bugental, and Polster. There are also lively articles, therapy videos and therapy humor, all with an approach that values therapy and therapists.
www.psychotherapy.net
PsykOpp
Stiftelsen Psykiatrisk Opplysning (PsykOpp) is a Norwegian non-profit organisation that aims to contribute to greater knowledge and openness around psychiatry and mental health. The Foundation was established in 1989, and has a publishing house, organises courses and conferences and provides information about mental health issues. PsykOpp is a co-organiser of the Schizophrenia Days, Northern Europe’s largest mental health conference, with a total of ca 3 500 participants annually.
www.psykopp.no
Schizophrenia.com
Schizophrenia.com is a leading web community dedicated to providing high quality information, support and education to the family members, caregivers and individuals whose lives have been impacted by schizophrenia.
www.schizophrenia.com
The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
SIRS brings together Schizophrenia researchers around the world to exchange the latest advances in biological and psychosocial research in schizophrenia and facilitate international collaboration. Visit their website to find out more
www.schizophreniasirs.org
SEPREP
Center for Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Rehabilitation (SEPREP), a Norwegian nationwide network of clinicans, users, relatives and others. SEPREP is running two national training programs (one for psychoatherapists and one multidisciplinary program) with two years local training programs, and publishes the newsletter Dialog. Until recently, SEPREP hosted part of the ISPS secretariat.
www.seprep.no
TIPS project
The TIPS project is a large Norwegian study on early detection and intervention in psychosis, comparing populations and patient samples in Stavanger, Oslo and Roskilde. The website has recently been redesigned.
www.tips-info.com
Turning Point is an Indian voluntary Non Governmental Organization (Registered under Societies Registration Act XXVI of Govt. of West Bengal 1961) engaged in Mental Rehabilitation in a Day-Care Center. www.turningpoint.org.in
WAPR
Since its conception in 1986 the WAPR has endeavoured to develop a variety of initiatives that can lead to a better return of persons with mental illnesses back into the community. In the lifetime of the Association, professionals, family members and users have all worked together to build what has now developed into a major world-wide movement promoting the importance of both psychological and social rehabilitation.
www.wapr.net/frame.html
World Federation for Mental Health
www.wfmh.org/
WPA
The website of the World Psychiatric Association is good site for accessing information and a wide variety of resources in psychiatry. Recommended roles for psychiatrist on early intervention in psychosis
ZSP Salzwedel "Zentrum fuer Soziale Psychiatrie Salzwedel"