Web Sites of the Month

The latest at APA?s Web Site Work conference
(http://www.apa.org/pi/pubhealth/)

Information on the fourth interdisciplinary conference on work stress and health, to be hosted next year by APA in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is now available online. The conference, 'Work, stress and health ?99: organization of work in a global economy,' will be held in Baltimore, March 11?13, 1999, with continuing-education workshops on March 10. The web site includes the conference program, registration forms and abstracts of papers scheduled to be presented.

Psychology Careers in the 21st Century
(http://www.apa.org/students/brochure/ )

A 37-page booklet that discusses career options in psychology is available on APA?s web site. It is useful for students already pursuing a career in psychology as well as those who are just considering it. The booklet offers suggestions for high school, college and graduate students on preparing for a psychology career and describes the career resources available through APA.

Other helpful web sites

International Bulletin of Political Psychology (IBPP)
(http://www.pr.erau.edu/~security/)

This online peer-reviewed journal contains articles on topics that meld politics and psychology, ranging from human factors issues in warfare to the validity of polygraph tests. Published by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, IBPP also provides information on other web resources related to political psychology, hosts an open online forum on political psychology issues, and lists job openings and upcoming conferences.

The Counseling Center Village
(http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/ccv.html)

Designed to be a major resource for counseling center professionals, this site includes a directory of university and college counseling centers; information on practice resources for counselors, predoctoral training and counseling research; psychoeducational materials; job listings; and technical assistance in designing a counseling center web site.

The Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS)
(http://www.datos.org)

Officials involved with DATOS, a project initiated in 1990 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has launched this site to publicize the findings of the study on drug abuse.

The web site provides descriptive and historical information about the project, which has a baseline data set of more than 10,000 adult clients who entered drug-abuse treatment programs between 1991 and 1993.

So far, DATOS researchers have found, among other discoveries, a marked decrease in the number and variety of services that clients report receiving and a rise in suicide ideation and criminal behavior among addicts compared with their counterparts in the 1970s and 1980s.

The site also contains bibliographies, abstracts, data charts and summaries of recent findings. Conference presentations, posters and symposia also are highlighted.