Links to Psychological Resources

Legal/Investigative Sites:

DR. SARA FELDMAN-SCHORIGG'S SEXUAL HARRASSMENT PAGES A basic tenet of American jurisprudence, the presumption of innocence, is threatened by the politically correct view that women's perceptions of sexual harassment should not be questioned. As a psychiatrist and expert witness in sexual harassment lawsuits, Dr. Schorigg's purpose is to bring some objectivity to this topic.

"ACCUSED" Network & Resource Center

LIFTING THE VEIL: Examining the Child Welfare, Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems

ABUSE-EXCUSE: provides resource information and more to adults unjustly accused of child abuse, child neglect, sexual child abuse, "repressed" memories, or sexual harassment.

CHILD PROTECTION Journalist and senior editor at the Ottawa Citizen, Dave Brown's,  disturbing five-part series on this potentially harmful public activity.

Psychological Research and Theory Sites:

THE THOMAS SZASZ CYBERCENTER FOR LIBERTY AND RESPONSIBILITY
The purpose of this site is to advance the debate about Thomas S. Szasz's basic ideas and their practical implications.

VANDERBILT CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH POLICY The Center is dedicated to applying state of the art scientific research and analytic procedures to identify the most cost effective services and services systems that will help improve the mental health of children, adolescents and families. It conducted the five-year study of an $80 million managed mental health care experiment with children and adolescents which was supported by the Department of Defense.

DAVID SMAIL, Psychologist & Author His most recent book is "How to Survive Without Psychotherapy" - The most recent of a series of four books which put psychological suffering firmly in a social perspective.This book is written very much with the concerned 'lay' person in mind - maybe people who have themselves encountered the psychological helping industry, more or (probably) less satisfactorily. The book suggests how distress might be seen not as personal failings but as the understandable and entirely 'normal' response to environmental circumstances, past and present.

Treatment Practices Sites:

THE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES: is a private practice of clinical psychology. Its primary work is related to allegations of child sexual abuse.

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY - a non-profit research and educational network concerned with the impact of mental health theory and practices upon individual well-being, personal freedom, and family and community values.

Recovered Memory/False Accusation Sites:

THE FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME FOUNDATION

PENDERGRAST'S "VICTIMS OF MEMORY" This web site provides a great deal of introductory information on the "Recovered Memory " debate.

FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS An archive of past newsletters by FMS

RECOVERED MEMORY, A PANDORA'S BOX?

SAN DIEGO GRAND JURY REPORT It is the result of the Grand Jury investigation into CPS as a result of the Alicia W. case.

RECOVERED MEMORY RETRACTORS PAGE

Media/Journalistic Sites:

SKEPTIC SOCIETY

CSICOP - THE COMMITTEE FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE PARANORMAL The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. It also promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues.

Religious Sites:
(concerns about the intrusion of psychology into religion; See Note)

PSYCHOHERESY AWARENESS MINISTERIES - Addressing concerns about the influence of psychology on Christians