Dear Readers:

A new sort of index to good psychiatry and psychology sites has emerged:  the
META-INDEX.  These indexes list (and provide hot buttons to) only the
following:   the very best "comprehensive" indexes (on other sites),
related to their area of focus, *AND*  uniquely good sites (in their area
of focus).  One such index is for general psychiatry and clinical
psychology.  (Note:  the meta-indexes do tend to stay focused, with sites
*for a particular profession*, so they do their job of being both truely
good and truely thorough VERY WELL; little unique to other areas of psyc.
may be found there.)  Here is the address of the Gen. Psychiatry and
Clinical Psyc. META-Index:

http://www.future.net/~bradj/father.html


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Another important site (though not a meta-index) is:

http://www.future.net/~bradj/it.html


A paper on this web site offers a critique of the counseling/psychotherapy
field and describes solutions.  Along with it you will find another major
paper (on an ethological conceptualization of learning) and an algorithm
for scoring your own assessment inventories !!  Let me provide a little
more information about the these resources of interest to many people:

The first-mentioned work is a fairly long paper that offers a very pointed
clear, well-reasoned, well-based critique of the counseling/psychotherapy
field as it is today, etc.  And it also  outlines the nature of the
SOLUTIONS to the major problems.  This paper has been read in-full and
given enthusiastic positive reviews by major clinical and counseling
professors, including Allen Ivey, Alvin Mahrer, and Robyn Dawes. It has
been considered an important paper by Paul Barrett of the U.K. (in his
view, indicating important topics of needed research). It has been
considered worthy of discussion in professional circles by Carroll Izard
and Paul Meehl.

Re: Computer Inventory Scoring Algorithm, on this web site (a program to
fully score personality inventories ONESELF):

A quote from a satisfied user: "... The program performs well and appears
to be accurate. It is a no frills straightforward scoring program that
will allow you to calculate the raw scores as well as the T-scores.
Written in Basic the program is easy to use and to modify to other
psychometric instruments. The program will score forced choice T-F and
Multiple choice instruments. The accompanying instructions ( If followed
faithfully) are very clear and easy to follow. Through the kindness of Mr.
Jesness the program is in the public domain.  It is available through his
web site. " (end quote) This program can be used to score ANY forced
choice inventory, even ones with 100 + scales.

The paper outlining an ethological conceptualization of learning may be
very relevant to those interested in learning theory.  It looks at
learning from the standpoint of the findings on memory and principles of
cognitve development.  It also describes learning in terms of the
development of interrelated basic capacities.

regards, Brad Jesness, M.A.
active spokesperson of Client Advocates