Authors

Amanda Druckman

Web crawlers
Provides information on several Web sites regarding behavioral science, psychology and other related fields. Features of sleepnet.com; Topics of the behavior.org Web site; Address of the site concerning legislation affecting child and adolescent psychiatrists.
PT Links
Offers a look at several Web sites on psychology.
Web crawlers
Presents several Web sites offering psychological services and information. idealist.com; Planet Psych; Edreferral.com.
Web crawlers
Presents several Web sites about psychology. Online psychology tutor; Cyberpsychology; Web site of the Columbia University Health Education Program.
Words That Wound
Details a study which disproved the fact that communication is the key to a healthy relationship. Comments from Brant Burleson, communication professor at Purdue University and Wayne Denton, psychiatrist at Wake Forest University; Explanation on how strong verbal skills benefit and destroy marriage.
Miss Conceptions
Reveals that coronary heart disease is actually the leading cause of mortality among women aged 65 and older, based on a survey by Sara Wilcox of the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. Comments from Wilcox; Percentage of respondents who identified breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death for women ages 55 to 64; What may increase vulnerability to heart disease and cancer.
Web Crawlers
Lists Web sites that provide information on mental health problems. Mentalhealth.com; Mentalhelp.net; Depression.com.
Crowded Out
Presents information on a study conducted by Elizabeth Cooksey, sociology professor, that shows why divorced fathers do or do not desert their children. Why a father who does not have custody is more likely than not to stay in contact with his children; Major factor leading to men's parental disinvolvement.