Upload June 1, 1994 InterPsych.ascii From: I.Pitchford@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (I.Pitchford-InterPsych) M A I L B A S E A N D I N T E R P S Y C H Mailbase is an electronic information service which allows groups to manage their own discussion topics (Mailbase lists) and associated files. The Mailbase service is run as part of the JANET (Joint Academic NETwork) Networked Information Services Project (NISP) based at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom. InterPsych is a non-profit making, voluntary organization, established on Mailbase with the aim of promoting international scholarly collaboration on inter-disciplinary research efforts in the field of psychopathology. The network has over 1000 members throughout the world, including many leading academics, research scientists, and clinical practitioners. ------ InterPsych has the following structure: psychiatry-superlist (Superlist) [CLOSED] This list exists to co-ordinate sub-lists dealing with psychiatry and abnormal psychology. It is intended to be used infrequently for items such as details about relevant conferences, or information about a new list being added to the group. ------ sub-lists in this group: attachment This list welcomes discussion on Bowlby-Ainsworth's theory of attachment. From theoretical and philosophical issues, to clinical or applied issues. Particular emphasis is given to socio-affective and defensive processes, and unconscious representations. To join send the message: join attachment firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ----------------- transcultural-psychology Discussion of the delivery of mental health services to diverse cultures. Topics may include, cultural differences in views on mental disorders, culture-specific syndromes, collaboration between Western and traditional healers, and cultural variance in symptoms. To join send the message: join transcultural-psychology firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ psychiatry-resources This list is intended for those who wish to co-operate in the compilation of a resource guide to enable clinicians and academics in the areas of psychiatry and abnormal psychology to gain maximum benefit from the facilities available over the Internet. To join send the message: join psychiatry-resources firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ psychiatry Many research findings and viewpoints in psychiatry are controversial, leaving a gulf between those pursuing radically different approaches to mental illness. This forum will act as a bridge between those taking a biomedical approach and those taking a psychodynamic, existential or beahaviourist approach. To join send the message: join psychiatry firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ depression This forum exists for scholarly discussion of issues related to mood disorders in clinical and research settings. Integrative biological-psychological contributions are particularly welcome. Topics include causation, correlates, consequences, co-morbidity, treatment/prevention, etc. To join send the message: join depression firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ helplessness Learned Helplessness and Explanatory Style was created to discuss the latest research on animals and humans, biological substratum, depression, anxiety, prevention, CAVE, politics, children, personal control, health, battering, bereavement, PTSD, sex differences, pessimism, work, heritability. To join send the message: join helplessness firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ traumatic-stress This list promotes the investigation, assessment, and treatment of the immediate and long-term psychosocial, biophysiological, and existential consequences of highly stressful (traumatic) events. Of special interest are efforts to identify a cure of PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) To join send the message: join traumatic-stress firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ------ psychiatry-assessment This sublist focusses on research and clinical issues related to use of psychological tests (including traditional clinical instruments & normal personality measures) in psychiatry and clinical psychology. To join send the message: join psychiatry-assessment firstname lastname To: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk ********************************* The InterPsych Board of Directors ********************************* The promotion and preservation of academic standards on InterPsych is the responsibility of the Academic Advisory Board. The current members are: Charles Figley, PhD Chair, Professor of Psychosocial Stress, Florida State University. Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Edward Wakeman D.Phil Student, University of Oxford. Thomas Joiner, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas. David DiLalla, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Edward Workman, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia Greg Berns, MD, PhD Psychiatrist, University of California at San Diego. Kirk Zimbelman, PhD Clinical Psychologist, South Dakota Human Services Center. Ian Pitchford Neuroscience Student, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Founder and co-ordinator of InterPsych InterPsych exists to provide a forum for scholarly and clinical discussion of all aspects of psychopathy. Individuals doing research, scholarship, or clinical work within this domain, broadly construed, are welcome. Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers are especially invited. The motto of InterPsych is 'There is someone wiser than any of us, and that is all of us.' Our hope is that, at the least, this forum will be entertaining and informative; at most, it may be a breeding ground for conceptual and theoretical innovation , and for establishment of cross-site, inter- disciplinary, empirical collaboration. All comments and suggestions to: Ian Pitchford Ian Pitchford , May 1994. 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