Websites about Psychology

5 BEST

• http://changingminds.org/

Maintained by a man with a long background in counseling, psychology, marketing, sales, education, management and consulting. Specializing in persuasion he has degrees in psychology, management, education, marketing.

• http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Based at the University of California, Berkeley. The website hosts hundred of articles, videos, and podcasts from leading researchers in the field.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index.shtml

A section branching off from BBC, informative and relatively easy to browse through.

• http://www.nmha.org/

Run by a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the public and promoting mental well-being. Provides not only information on the subject as well as contact numbers to various services around the country.

• http://www.psychologicalscience.org/

Run by a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of psychology and its representation around the world.

5 WORST

• http://www.howlifeworks.com/Default.aspx

How Life Works is a general interest website containing articles that vary from business, careers, finance, etc. Even the website itself recommends readers to research any products discussed on the website.

• http://psychology.about.com/

When applying to be a writer for this website it asks for writers to be experts in the field however when you bring up the application all that it asks for is your contact information, a writing sample and a list of qualifications relevant to the subject at hand and perhaps places where the applicant has been published before. It does not ask for a full resume or references.

• http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/default.htm

A website dedicated to providing brief information of certain terms in psychology from Stedman's Medical Dictionary but with little else to show for it.

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/psychology/

A website dedicated to reprinting articles and encyclopedia entries rather than providing their own the layout of the website is pure chaos using three columns to separate both articles, a nav bar and advertisements.

• http://depressiond.org/

The maintainer of the website has no degree nor have they done any research in the field. The site is entirely made up of her opinions on mental illnesses.