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American
Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
The American Academy
of Experts in Traumatic Stress. is a multidisciplinary network of professionals
who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma.
The Academy aims to identify expertise among professionals, across disciplines,
and to provide meaningful standards for those who work regularly with survivors.
Some very good articles on their publications page from their journal "StressResponse"
American
Institute of Stress
A good American site, but limited free information,
although lots of information packs etc. are available for sale.
British
Medical Journal
Contains an index of present and past issues
plus abstracts of papers.
Breath Relaxation
Dutch site produced by the first
president of the International Stress Management Association Netherlands Branch.
A source of information on relaxation and breathing therapy. Summaries of technical
papers on breathing and relaxation techniques and details of courses.
Channel 4 - Stress Magazine
This is a very useful
site run by Channel 4. It is regularly updated and has plenty of good information.
It includes and online advice service.
Childstress.com
This is for children and parents, provides
information about stress in children and offers tips and ideas on how to reduce
it
Health on the Net Foundation
A Swiss based site with not a lot of content but worth keeping an eye on. Designed
for health professionals.
Health and Safety Executive
The government organisation
for health & safety standards in the UK. Has a number of publications on workplace
stress. If you are suffering from stress at work try
International Labour Organisation
The International
Labour Organisation (ILO), is a specialised agency associated with the United
Nations (UN), whose worldwide objectives are to improve labour conditions. This
section of their website has a considerable amount of information with specialist
info for air traffic controllers, assembly line workers, bus drivers, offshore
oil and gas workers and nursing. A very useful site.
Manchester University - School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences.
Index to published papers. This is an interesting document but highlights a problem.
Many technical papers are listed on the Web but the papers themselves are not
available. You now have to track down the documents, at least you have got the
correct reference.
International Stress Management Association
This is a new
site set up by the American branch of ISMA. Another good source of advice and
information.
Mental
Health Foundation
UK's only charity concerned with both mental
illness and learning disabilities. A comprehensive web site with many good articles
and links.
Mental Health
Net
A very well designed American commercial site. It is well
worth looking at.
Mindtools
This site has two good series of articles one on
stress and one on mindmaps. The site is well laid out and worth looking at. There
are also some interesting links.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
NIOSH is the US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work related illness and injury. This link
takes you to their excellent paper on Stress at Work.
NHS
Direct
The is the website of the National Health Service advice service
NHS Direct. No information on stress at present but there is a section on depression.
PsychNet-UK A UK based directory of over 5500 Internet psychology resources. If you interested in psychology this is the place to look.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Has some well designed
pages giving information on Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Problems etc.
Royal & SunAlliance
A very nice site split into two sections
one for adults and the other for younger people. A good balance of sound advice
that is also bright and interesting.
Securing
Health Together
Securing Health Together is a long-term occupational
health strategy for England Scotland and Wales. This website aims to share good
practice in occupational health.
Success Unlimited
Tim Field founder of the National Workplace
Bullying Helpline runs this site, information on Bullying and PTSD. An excellent
lots of good information and sound advice. If you have problems at work this should
be your first stop.
Team Technology
This is a training organisation not stress
management specialists but their article on "Managing Stress" is excellent. This
link goes straight to the article. The whole site is well worth a look particularly
the articles on Myers-Briggs.
US
National Library of Medicine
A very comprehensive site but not
the easiest place to find your way around. Try the Medline database as a start.
Wesley
Sime's Homepage
Wes Sime is Professor in Health and Human Performance
at the University of Nebraska. Site has notes from his classes and workshops on
stress.
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