PsychCentral launched in 1995 and was named one of the 50 best websites by Time Magazine in 2008. Along with providing information on mental disorders and medications, the site also provides students with quizzes, question and answer sessions with a therapist, and over 150 support groups. If looking for research on a certain subject, check out PsychCentral's extensive research and resource section with over 4,000 links.
The American Psychological Association (APA) has over 150,000 members, which makes it the world's largest association of its kind. Its website makes it easy for students to navigate to psychology topics, publications and even available careers. The site does not have practice tests, like PsychCentral, but it does feature an online library of journals, books, reports and more for students to browse through and find help on topics such as addictions, social psychology and human development.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH is run by federal employees and the information on the website is created by psychology professionals within the federal government. The site has a section dedicated to health topics, like how to find help and statistics on almost any disorder in adults and children, including autism, ADD, phobias and schizophrenia. If you are looking for statistics to help prove a fact in a thesis or term paper, this site has national statistics on psychological disorders.
Psychology Today is a magazine that represents the thoughts and ideas of over 600 academics, clinicians and authors in the psychology field, all on one site. It is the "largest archive of its kind in the world," according to the website. The site also publishes a bi-monthly magazine. Practicing psychologists blog their thoughts on a number of current topics, like eating disorders, parenting, social life and stress. The page also features a Psych Basics section where you can click on anything from fish oil to alcoholism and get the background psychological information on it.