FYI. Found this on the Holistic Discussion List and it could apply to PD, AD, and Depression. (see enclosure). Wendy Tebay <<<<<< Attached TEXT file follows >>>>>> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 23:55:26 GMT1BST From: InterPsych <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Joining InterPsych ====================================================================== InterPsych: The Internet Mental Health Organization ====================================================================== IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII IIIII IIIII IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII ====================================================================== InterPsych: The Internet Mental Health Organization ====================================================================== InterPsych forums (aka mailing lists) are one way mental health and behavioural science professionals, students, and interested others keep up with discourse in their fields, as well as keeping up with each other. 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See also traumatic-stress in InterPsych's stratum oriented category of forums (below). FORUM COORDINATOR: TBA assessment-psychometrics ======================== The use and evaluation of psychological tests, including discussion of instruments. FORUM COORDINATOR David L. DiLalla, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale attachment-l ============ Emphasis on socio-affective and defensive processes, and unconscious representations. Discussion includes Bowlby- Ainsworth's theory of attachment. FORUM COORDINATOR: Dan Littauer <[log in to unmask]> Graduate student, University College London child-adolescent-psych* ====================== Research, clinical and developmental issues discussed. FORUM COORDINATOR Amber Robey <[log in to unmask]> clinical-psychologists* ====================== FORUM COORDINATOR: Joseph J. 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David Fresco <[log in to unmask]>, graduate student in Clinical Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. hypnosis-l* ========== Hypnosis and the broader topics of suggestion and suggestibility. FORUM COORDINATOR: Irving Kirsch, professor of psychology at University of Connecticut, past president of APA Division 30, North American Editor of Contemporary Hypnosis, and co-editor (with J.W. Rhue and Steven Jay Lynn) of the Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis. hiv-aids-psycho-social* ====================== Differential Dx of psychological and neuro-psychological problems. Psychological and behavioural responses to infection and/or disease. Interventions for management of disease related stressors. Coping, social support, psychological distress and immune system functioning. FORUM COORDINATOR: Sharon Rae Jenkins, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]> Assistant Professor, University of North Texas geriatric-neuro =============== Emphasis on neurobehavioural disorders relating to older adults (Alzheimers, frontal lobe degenerations, vascular dementia, delirum, etc.). Geared towards neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, gerontology,, behavioural neurology. Psycho-social issues also discussed. FORUM COORDINATOR: Mike Usman, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Director of Memory and Movement Disorder Programs, Dept. of Psychiatry, Allegheny General Hospital, Medical College of PA and Hahnemann University, Allegheny Campus. managed-behavioral-healthcare ============================= Includes: health care reform, best clinical practices, insurance benefits, group practice structures, outcome research, and informatics. FORUM COORDINATOR: Greg Alter, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Chief Operating Officer, Pacific Applied Psychology Associates. Member, California Psychological Association Committee on Reimbursement and Managed Care. mental-health-in-the-media ========================== Broad discussion of public perception and portrayal of mental health and mental health issues. FORUM COORDINATOR: Les Posen <[log in to unmask]> Special Projects Officer, Australian Psychological Society neuro-psych* =========== Clinical neuro-psychiatry/neuro-psychology. FORUM COORDINATOR Ivan Goldberg, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Ivan Goldberg is a psychiatrist with research, teaching, and private practice experience who founded PsyComNet and InterPsych's Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Neuro-Psych Forums. personality-disorders* ===================== All Clusters. Discussion of dual and differential diagnosis. FORUM COORDINATORS: Thomas E. Will, PsyD, MPH <[log in to unmask]> is a clinical psychologist with subspecialization in neuropsychology and health psychology. Ted Millon, Ph.D. psy-language ============ Theories of language. Relevance for study of psychopathological speech also discussed. FORUM COORDINATOR: Eugenie Georgaca <[log in to unmask]> Graduate student, Manchester Metropolitan University. psychiatry-l* ============ FORUM COORDINATOR: Donald Klein, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Columbia psych-nurses ============ FORUM COORDINATOR: TBA psychiatric-social-workers ========================== FORUM COORDINATOR: TBA psychiatry-resources ==================== For those interested in gaining maximum use of the resources of the Internet, off-the-internet, conference and job information and announcements. FORUM COORDINATOR: TBA psycho-analysis =============== Issues of psychoanalytic practice, theory, politics, history and the application of psychoanalysis to other disciplines. FORUM COORDINATOR: Robert Galatzer-Levy, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> is a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis, lecturer in psychiatry at U of Chicago, and visiting faculty at the Boston Institute for Psychoanlysis. Author of approx 50 papers and reviews in his field. psycho-pharm* ============ The treatment of individuals with psychiatric disorders through the use of psychotropic medications. FORUM COORDINATOR Ivan Goldberg, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Ivan Goldberg is a psychiatrist with research, teaching, and private practice experience who founded PsyComNet and InterPsych's Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Neuro-Psych Forums. psycho-therapy* ============== For those who wish to discuss the technique and outcome of psychotherapy. FORUM COORDINATOR Ivan Goldberg, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Ivan Goldberg is a psychiatrist with research, teaching, and private practice experience who founded PsyComNet and InterPsych's Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Neuro-Psych Forums. research-psychologists ====================== FORUM COORDINATOR: TBA rural-care ========== For the self-care support of isolated-health care workers in rural and bush communities, and for the continuing dialogue of those concerned with health care delivery in remote and developing areas worldwide. FORUM COORDINATOR: B. Hudnall Stamm, Ph.D.<[log in to unmask]>, Director, Traumatic Stress Research Group, Dept. of Psychology, U of Alaska, Anchorage sexual-variants-and-disorders* ============================= Biological and cultural origins and development of sexual orientation, gender identity, and related sex differences. Etiology and treatment of paraphilias. Rape and sexual abuse. Normative studies of sexual behaviour. FORUM COORDINATOR: Michael Bailey, Ph.D. <[log in to unmask]>, assistant professor of psychology, Northwestern University, specializing in research on the etiology and development of sexual orientation. substance-related-disorders* =========================== Includes abuse and dependence on psychoactive substances, dual diagnosis, and behaviours that can be viewed with an addictive model; serves for discussions from research through treatment. FORUM COORDINATOR: Peter E. Mezciems, MD, CCFP, ASAM cert <[log in to unmask]>, Homewood Alcohol and Drug Services, Guelph, Ontario, Canada thana-tology* ============ Thanatology. FORUM COORDINATOR Ivan Goldberg, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>, Ivan Goldberg is a psychiatrist with research, teaching, and private practice experience who founded PsyComNet and InterPsych's Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Neuro-Psych Forums. transcultural-psychology ======================== Cultural differences in views of mental disorders, culture- specific syndromes, collaboration between Western and traditional healers, cultural variance in symptoms, delivering mental health service to diverse cultures. FORUM COORDINATOR: Sunkyo Kwon, Dipl.-Psych <[log in to unmask]>, Free University Berlin, Dept. of Gerontopsychiatry, Research Unit, "Psychological Gerontology". traumatic-stress ================ Promotes the investigation, assessment and treatment of immediate and long-term psychosocial, physiological, and existential consequences of highly stressful (traumatic) events. Of special interest are efforts to identify a cure of PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder). 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