http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:46:22 PDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:46:22 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79954 The Aid Game is about giving charitable aid to developing countries. These countries may suffer the dual challenges of high mortality from hunger and disease, and even higher birthrates, leading to ever greater demands on their natural resources, and more hunger, in a vicious cycle. In the Aid Game, you explore alternative aid packages, to see which kinds of aid work best, and why http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77397 This site offers information on psychiatric drugs and claims to provide information that your psychiatrist may not. Topics covered include how psychiatric drugs work, the adverse effects of drugs on the brain, and the role of the FDA in the approval of such medications. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77330 Describes the positive side of anmial testing and shows that there are standards that scientists must uphold. Testing isn't meant to hurt the animals. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=243998 Brain Blogger is an award winning biomedical blog that covers topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. We review the latest news and research related to neuroscience/neurology, psychology/psychiatry, and health/healthcare. Our blog serves as a focal point for attracting new minds beyond the basic sciences of the mind-and-brain into the biopsychosocial model. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78146 A textual and historical account of the developing field of computer ethics. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78145 Computer ethics, better labeled "information technology ethics," deal with the proper use of a wide range of telecommunication and data storage devices. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that makes moral judgments, considers issues of right and wrong, and determines what behaviors are humane and inhumane. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85066 This page presents links to therapy, counseling, forensic, and related ethics (and practice) codes developed by professional organizations (e.g., of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, marriage and family counselors). Codes are listed only if they appear online. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83618 The papers and reports in Parenthood in America represent the proceedings of a national conference held in Madison, Wisconsin in April, 1998. The purpose of the conference was "to accord parenthood the status it deserves in our society." The focus was on parenthood as a developmental process through which parents and children grow together, enhanced by the support of the families, their communities and society. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77396 The Antipsychiatry Coalition is a nonprofit volunteer group consisting of people who feel we have been harmed by psychiatry - and of our supporters. We created this website to warn you of the harm routinely inflicted on those who receive psychiatric "treatment" and to promote the democratic ideal of liberty for all law-abiding people that has been abandoned in the U.S.A., Canada, and other supposedly democratic nations. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76446 "The Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute at Simon Fraser University was established in June, 1991, under the university policy governing research and study groups (AC 35). The purpose of the Institute is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in research andtraining in areas related to mental health law and policy. The primary participating academic units are the Department of Psychology and the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. Members also include individuals from other universities or from relevantprovinicial and community agencies. In addition to fostering interdisciplinary collaborationamong academic departments, a primary purpose of the Institute is to facilitate research and training in government and community agencies. "