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|leader_title= Dr. [[John Grohol]]<ref>[[Darrel Rowland]]  and  [[Catherine Candisky]], [http://www.dispatch.com//content/stories/local/2013/12/29/a-few-federal-ohio-moves-seen-as-improving-mental-health-care-this-year.html‘Broken’ mental-health system made a few improvements this year], (December 29, 2013)</ref>
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'''Psych Central''' is the internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network.<ref>[http://psychcentral.com/about/ Psych Central]</ref><ref>[http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2014/01/09/akst-coping-with-seasonal-affective-disorder/anskrc2/ Akst: Coping with seasonal affective disorder], [[Daily Chronicle]], (January 9, 2014), "an online mental health social network", ([[Subscription business model|subscription required]]).</ref>  It is an award winning site created in 1997.<ref>Andy Lock, Tom Strong, [http://books.google.com/books?id=XcEQtvtBbaAC&pg=PA157&dq=%22bipolar+advantage%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jpbUUrC2LOmqsATY-YGIBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22bipolar%20advantage%22&f=false Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice],(2012) Page 157</ref>  It is considered by [[Google]] as authority site.<ref name="ab"/>

Psych Central offering an online mental health chat and hosts two additional advice-giving services on its website:
* "Ask the Therapist" allows users to ask any question they would like of a team of licensed, credential therapists, who respond likewise publicly.
* Similar to [[Medhelp.org]], "Psych Central Answers" takes this service one step further by allowing anyone who would like to add in their own opinion to respond. A user comes onto the "Psych Central Answers" interface, asks their question publicly, and can then return later to read the public answers of others in response to the original question.<ref name="ab"/>

==History==
In 1991 founder John Grohol was a graduate student in psychology in Florida, and began fielding psychology and mental health questions asked of him from his participation in numerous mental health and psychology focused Usenet newsgroups. In 1995, Grohol began offering an online mental health chat on the [[Web-chat Broadcasting System]] (WBS). This chat, conducted weekly is now hosted on his Psych Central website.<ref name="ab">Alain Brunet, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, Christophe F. Herbert, [http://books.google.com/books?id=wEQy6xtbcN0C&pg=PA11&dq=%22Psych+Central%22+-PsychCentral.com&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4jSUu2lLOu1sATB7YHoCw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Psych%20Central%22%20-PsychCentral.com&f=false Internet Use in the Aftermath of Trauma]. Citing Grohol's own 1995 book, Page 17. Six citations in this book.</ref>

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'''Psych Central''' is the internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network. It is an award winning site created in 1997.  It is considered by [[Google]] as authority site. Psych Central was named as one of the Internet's 50 Best Websites in 2008 by [[Time Magazine]]. It has over 170 support groups and over 200,000 members.<ref name="ab"/><ref>Andy Lock, Tom Strong, [http://books.google.com/books?id=XcEQtvtBbaAC&pg=PA157&dq=%22bipolar+advantage%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jpbUUrC2LOmqsATY-YGIBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22bipolar%20advantage%22&f=false Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice],(2012) Page 157</ref><ref>[http://psychcentral.com/about/ Psych Central]</ref><ref>[http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2014/01/09/akst-coping-with-seasonal-affective-disorder/anskrc2/ Akst: Coping with seasonal affective disorder], [[Daily Chronicle]], (January 9, 2014), "an online mental health social network", ([[Subscription business model|subscription required]]).</ref><ref>Simmy Richman, Mummy's little helper, a retail Jedi, Gwynnie's goop and big it up for 'Big Brother', ''The Independent'', (January 12, 2014)</ref><ref>Diagnosing the problem, ''The Pan American: University of Texas'', (November 7, 2013).</ref><ref>Anita Hamilton, [http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811557,00.html PsychCentral], ''[[Time Magazine]]'', 2008</ref><ref>Marijuana use among teens is at 30-year peak, ''The Daily News'', (February 21, 2013).</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-john-grohol/ Dr. John Grohol], [[Huffington Post]]</ref>

Psych Central offers an online mental health chat and hosts two additional advice-giving services on its website:
* "Ask the Therapist" a team of licensed, credential therapists responds to web users  questions.
* Similar to [[Medhelp.org]], "Psych Central Answers" allows any user to respond to any question presented.<ref name="ab"/>

Other features include serveral tests, including a [[Attention Deficit Disorder]] (ADHD) Test and [[Narcissistic]] Personality Quiz.<ref>Challenges of adult ADHD, ''[[American Medical News]]'',
Vol. 55 No. 35, (August 27, 2012).</ref><ref>Two words you should never say to an irate customer; A weekly roundup of tips for managers, [[The Globe and Mail]], August 28, 2012</ref>

==History==
Psych Central was founded by John Grohol in 1991.  Grohol was a Florida psychology graduate student who began answering mental health questions in numerous mental health Usenet newsgroups. In 1995, Grohol began a weekly online mental health chat on the [[Web-chat Broadcasting System]] (WBS) which continued on the Psych Central website.<ref name="c"/><ref name="ab">Alain Brunet, Andrea R. Ashbaugh, Christophe F. Herbert, [http://books.google.com/books?id=wEQy6xtbcN0C&pg=PA11&dq=%22Psych+Central%22+-PsychCentral.com&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E4jSUu2lLOu1sATB7YHoCw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Psych%20Central%22%20-PsychCentral.com&f=false Internet Use in the Aftermath of Trauma]. Citing Grohol's own 1995 book, Page 17. Six citations in this book.</ref><ref>Parenting; Kids' aggressive behavior tied to TV violence in studies, ''The Columbus Dispatch'', (February 18, 2013).</ref><ref>Kayode Olaitan,  What Are Your New Year's Resolutions?, Daily Trust (Abuja),  December 27, 2012,</ref><ref>Women moan during sex to help men climax, ''[[Ramanujam]]'', (October 17, 2012).</ref>

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