Clinical Psychology General Issues

Abnormality and Labelling Theory – How Useful is the Concept of Abnormality? . An Article. 3/5

Auditory Processing Disorder in the United Kingdom (APDUK) – Has links with many of the UK’s leading Audiologists researching APD including the Medical ResearcH Council’s Institute of Hearing Research. We have permission to publish some articles formatted to be considered APD friendly, as is most of the web site. 2/5

Chicken Wire Mother – This is about an experiment performed in 1966 by Harry Harlow, in which several rhesus monkeys had some very bad days. 3/5

Chris Amirault – “Teaching the Culture of Mental Illness” – Fictional, and auto-biographical texts on neurasthenia, and a discussion of gender and mental illness.  An Article 3/5

Clinical Hoarding – (1) the acquisition of, and failure to discard, a large number of possessions that appear to be of useless or of limited value; (2) living spaces sufficiently cluttered so as to preclude activities for which those spaces were designed; and (3) significant distress or impairment in functioning caused by the hoarding. 3/5

Emotion Activation – Emotions are complex phenomena that involve a number of related subsystems and can be activated by any one (or by several) of them. 3/5

Jerusalem Syndrome – There is a rare travel psychosis known as Jerusalem Syndrome. 3/5

Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: A Neuroendocrine Disorder – Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: A Neuroendocrine Disorder By Beverly Seminara.  3/5

Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: A Brief Introduction – Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy by Mary J. Shomon Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is the autoimmune thyroid disease that is the most common cause of hypothyroidism.  3/5
HaveiGotAproblem.com – Is a free online resource to help you understand issues or concerns you may have about mental health or addiction issues. 3/4

Mental Health & Illness – A systems theory approach to the diagnosis of mental illness, Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Lyme disease, news, and links.  4/5

Mental Health Research Institute – Australia – In 1987 the Mental Health Research Institute was incorporated in Victoria and became a fully independent research organisation with a focus on neurosciences. Around 100 staff work in modern, purpose built premises. Research affiliations include the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Royal Melbourne Hospital.  4/5

Mental Model Theory of Thinking and Reasoning – Is the focus of this Web site. Mental models are representations in the mind of real or imaginary situations.Scientists sometimes use the term “mental model” as a synonym for “mental representation”, but it has a narrower referent in the case of the theory of thinking and reasoning. 3/5

Neurological Positivism – An Abstract. 3/5

Prescription for America: An Epidemic of Alexithymia – Gerald L. Rowles, Ph.D. April 30, 200. An Article. 3/5

Psychodiagnosis in Question 3/5

Pop Psychology Myths – Kerby Anderson. Interesting!. 3/5

Self-Determination Theory (SDT) – An Approach to Human Motivation & Personality. 4/5

Skeptic’s Dictionary: Subjective Validation, The Forer Effect – Robert Todd Carroll the Forer effect (aka the PT Barnum effect and subjective validation).  3/5

Stigma.org – Dedicated to dispelling the stigma of mental illness. 4/5

The Identity Theory of Mind – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Evaluates the theory that holds that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and …   3/5

The Straight Dope: Is there really such a thing as a pathological liar? – A Question & Answers page.  3/5

Treatment Issues in Developmental Psychology – Sciacca, K. (1990). An Article. Not Rated