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Appendix A
Free Professional Email Information Sources

1. NetPsy. Email discussion list for professionals interested in Internet psychology, ethics, distance learning, and general online behavior. This list also sponsors training opportunities for learning about interpersonal email dynamics. To subscribe, go to: http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/netpsy/netpsy.html
2. Telehealth. Email discussion list for professionals - discusses all aspects of telehealth, including legal, ethical, government funding, international opportunities. http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/subscribe_all.html
3. TelehealthNews. Email newsletter discusses the best of discussions on the Telehealth listserv (above), and invites articles, URLs, job announcements, funding sources, and other resource listings from professionals actively delivering services in telehealth projects. http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/subscribe_all.html
4. PsyFORUM: Email discussion list for psychologists, psychological assistants, and graduate students working toward a doctorate in psychology. For details and subscription information, go to: http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/psyforum.html
5. Search the following locations on the World Wide Web:
   American Psychological Association at http://www.apa.org/
   American Psychological Society http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
   American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
   American Medical Informatics Association http://www.rsna.org/about/orgs/amia.html
   American Health Informatics Management Association http://ahima.org/
   

 

Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice in San Diego, California. As a speaker, she addresses Internet and Telehealth technology, planning, ethics and risk management. She consults and operates several websites, including Telehealth.net, at http://telehealth.net and Self-help & Psychology Magazine, at http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com

Marlene Maheu / 619-277-2772 / drm@cybertowers.com