THERAPY
Therapy comes in just a few forms. Primarily, therapies change the way you approach life, or help you learn to control physical reactions. What type of therapy will be most beneficial for your problem and who is most qualified to provide it are two of the most important questions you will ask in your quest for help. Always remember one thing, however, and that is that you are a consumer of a service, not a supplicant before a higher power.
Remember, too, that no one can offer a guarantee of results and not everyone is sufficiently trained or has the experience for every problem. As there is in much of medicine, there is specialization, licensing and on-going training. Never be afraid to question, never feel that you don't have a right to understand or that any concept is beyond your ability to understand. The good teacher and the good therapist have this one thing in common; they make the complex simple to understand.
Do your research, ask questions and seek the answers you need.
Alfred Adler Institutes (selected publications)
Sigmund Freud and the Freud Archives
Aaron Beck (with Charlie Rose, video)
Martin Seligman (Authentic Happiness)
American Psychological Association Help Center
American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
American Association on Intellectual and Dev. Disabilities
Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain
Asperger's Association of New England
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Association of Social Workers
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback
The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research
Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
Barnes Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
Psychiatric Hospitals and Medical Centers
Veterans Administration Hospitals by State
California
Board of Psychology re Sex with patients
APA booklet on What Makes Kids Care
Interventions for animal hoarding
Canadian Veterans and war stress
GAO report on military dependants
In case your child is a victim
National pediatricians on discipline
Safeguarding your students against suicide
Psychiatric Rights (Rites?) - book by Dr. Thomas Szasz
Unjustified Psychiatric Commitment
Outpatient Psychiatric Commitment
Psychiatric Commitment and Involuntary Hospitalization
Religion & Ethics: Involuntary Commitment
VT Supreme Court Overturns an Involuntary Commitment
Involuntary Commitment/Treatment
Position Statement on Involuntary Commitment
The Challenges of Involuntary Commitment
I, Driven, Memoir of a Teen's Involuntary Commitment
Involuntary Commitment by Relatives
Mental Health Legal Issues: Involuntary Commitment, False Arrest and Imprisonment
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearing House
NY Moves Toward Involuntary Residential Commitment
Public Policy Platform on Involuntary Commitment
Law Gives California Counties Commitment Authority
Utah Involuntary Commitment Laws
State Involuntary Commitment Laws
Wisconsin Court Rejects Attempt to Narrow Commitment Law
Missouri Mental Health Commitment
Illinois is Considering Broadening Its Commitment Law
How
to File a Complaint (text document)
Protecting the Privacy of Patient Information
What you need to know about research institutions
Colorado Task Force on Information Technology
Public Health Dispatch (Disease Reporting)
Communication and Records (APA)
Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA (US Gov.t)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (US Gov.t)
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
Patient Privacy Compliance Guide
Patient's Right to Sue (NY Times article)
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Forensic Psychiatry and Medicine
A patient's right to sue - Policy & Practice
Negotiating the patient's right to sue
Georgia Watch - Time to Right a Wrong
The People vs HMOs (Time magazine)
False Memory Syndrome and Therapist Liability
If you wish to see if a licensed professional in your state, or any other state, has been disciplined, placed on suspension of license, fined, had their license pulled or were placed under supervision, the state boards of licensing publish lists of those disciplined on their websites each month. Go to the state site, look for the specialty and read the public notices or minutes of meetings. Some states, such as California, will send you monthly notices of these actions if you sign up for this free service. You can use these links to insure that a professional does have a license in your state.
Canadian Psychology Laws and Licensing Boards
American Medical Association state listings
American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT)
International Association of Marital and Family Counselors
State Professional Licensing Boards
American Counseling Association
US Physician Disciplined for Criminal Activities
Physicians Disciplined for Sex-Related Offenses
Disciplinary Action by Medical Boards and Prior Behavior in Medical School
Research and Compare Physicians