Psychology Virtual Bookshelf: Additional Psychology Resources

APA is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 122,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. Its mission entails promoting the advancement, communication, and application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives. It accomplishes this goal via utilizing psychology to make a positive impact on critical societal issues; elevating the public’s understanding of, regard for, and use of psychology; preparing the discipline and profession of psychology for the future; and strengthening APA’s standing as an authoritative voice for psychology.

APS is the leading international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders. Our members study some of life’s biggest questions and help solve some of society’s most difficult problems. More than 35,000 leading psychological scientists, academics, clinicians, researchers, educators, administrators, and students from more than 80 countries are APS. Led by a drive to better understand and improve the human condition, our members study all facets of behavior, from neurons to neighborhoods. Further, a key part of APS’s mission is to promote the integration of the full range of scientific perspectives across our diverse field, and with other scientific disciplines.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Psychiatric Times is a medical trade publication written for an audience involved in the profession of psychiatry. It is published monthly by UBM Medica and is distributed to about 50,000 psychiatrists monthly

Scientific American covers the advances in research and discovery that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives. Authoritative, engaging features, news, opinion and multimedia stories from journalists and expert authors—including more than 200 Nobel Prize winners—provide need-to-know coverage, insights and illumination of the most important developments at the intersection of science and society. Scientific American is published by Springer Nature. Its "Mind" section focuses on novel neuroscience and psychology research.