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2001: A Cyberspace Odyssey
Integrating the Internet into Our 21st Century Lives
I. Overview: What is Mental Health Online?
Harnessing the InternetSelected Sites for Discussion Current Topics in Psychology - General reference: office, school and clinic practice Catalyst Magazine - Focus on Cyber-addictions, e-therapy issues, workplace BBC Live Chat - with the Naked Chef and virtually any other popular subject Dr. Bob's Psycho-Babble - Support and "information", from psychopharm to suicide Flowers for Algernon - High School class exercise, and more Google Zeitgeist - A good overview of who is using the web
- Information and Education
- Self-Help
- Support and Advice
- Treatment (professional and lay)
- Internet use as therapy, as a flight to health, or as an escape
SchoolNotes.com - Facilitating student-teacher communication
YahooGroups - List-servs made easy
II. Education, Practice, and Ethics
Selected Sites for Discussion American Psychological Association Behavior Online Forums Pathological vs. Healthy Internet Use Center for Online Addiction (Young) ISMHO's Suggested Principles ISMHO Case Study Group Report: Suitability for Online Treatment Technical Difficulties with Online Psychotherapy
- Professional Training and Continuing Education
- University courses online, study groups, "distance learning"
- Public Information about psychology (and from and about psychologists)
- Research - including areas of communication and cognitive processing
- Promoting "Best Practice" - Online and Off
- Understanding the Impact of the Internet in Daily Life
- Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Ethical Issues (e.g., informed consent)
- New niches, new demands for psychologists (Virus phobia? E-therapy?)
III. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Selected Sites for Discussion
- Familiar Practices, Familiar Sights - (Traditional marketing goes online.)
- Futuristic Visions, Questionable Sites - (Is this for real? New business models.)
- Claims, Credentials, and Internet Police - (Licensing issues, jurisdiction, etc.)
- Real niches for real psychologists - Isn't every day life (online or off) complex?
(The purpose here is to provide an overview. You decide on the proper label!) Drs.Gurr - Traditonal tx, online advertising Internet Therapist - Last year came with Couch (Now you can buy one!) UnlicensedTherapist.com - Here's a couch, and a whole lot more to look at and discuss. Help Horizons - Is this the future? Here2Listen.com - Is this now the past? Queendom.com - Self-serv psych testing - (#1 MH Site) Therapy Online - More effective? Metanoia - Consumer-oriented resource MyTHERAPYnet.com - 1 Million Online Clients by 2001? Web Police - Think it's a joke?
IV. The Future
- Technology, Society, and the Workplace
- Trickle-up from our children and teens
- Cognitive/social research (e.g, on Multi-tasking)
- Opportunities and obligations for professionals
- Expanding roles of professional organizations
- New directions in graduate education & continuing ed
- 2001: A Cyberspace Odyssey
Selected Sites Ananova Avatar Psychotherapy? ISMHO's Millennium Group TheStandard.com Student Research
APA Current Topics in Psychology Psychology of Cyberspace ISMHO Lost LoveCopyright ©2001 Michael Fenichel
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