Psychology

Suggested data resources from the APA

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.

The CDC Mental Health Work Group's mission is to increase public awareness about mental illness. Its site has statistics as well as podcasts and blog postings on topics like postpartum depression and suicide prevention.

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation's premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.

Publications from the Federal Inter-agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, including America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, an annual update on the well-being of children and families in the United States

Public opinion and research statistics on public health and healthcare policy.

MedlinePlus provides A-Z health information for the public. For each condition or disorder, the site provides an overview of symptoms, treatment, and current research including statistics.

Statistics on topics of public health importance, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

The National Center for PTSD has seven national divisions that focus on post-traumatic stress disorder research. The website describe the symptoms of PTSD and summarizes available treatment options. The site is also the home of PILOTS, the Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress database.

The National Institute of Mental Health conducts and support research for the treatment of mental illness. The website publicizes NIMH's public research activities, provides statistics on the prevalence of mental disorders, includes links to open clinical trials, and has booklets and fact sheets for the general public.

This agency supports research for the prevention and treatment of drug dependency. The site feature DrugFacts, where you can find the health risks and acute effects of abusing illegal and prescription drugs.

The National Institutes of Health oversees biomedical research. The site provides funding information for grant-seekers and consumer health information organized into A-Z categories.

The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

SAMHSA develops policies and programs to support behavioral health. The site has news, statistics on mental illness, and links to support services. The site also has many free publications for consumers and health care providers.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services operates the NIH, CDC, SAMHSA, and the FDA, among other health-related organizations. The website contains disease-prevention guides for consumers.

​Global, regional and country data, as well as to compare countries and WHO regions and prepare tables, charts and maps for downloading.

Data sets from series and individual studies focusing on child development available for download and online analysis.

The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.

Information on access to mental health and mental illness (MH/MI) surveillance data sources is provided on various MH/MI topics.

Quantitative and qualitative research data sets from the Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

World health and demographic data including population census data, surveys, registries, indicators and estimates, administrative health data, and financial data related to health.

Data on education and related fields such as psychology, health sciences, and social sciences.

A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT is the premier source for data on child and family well-being in the United States. Access hundreds of indicators, download data and create reports and graphics on the KIDS COUNT Data Center that support smart decisions about children and families.

Downloadable data sets sorted by topic area.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

Data sets on a wide variety of social science topics including social psychology data from the Computer-Administered Panel Study (CAPS)

Data from studies of behaviors and attitudes of Americans in key realms of their lives, including family, community, health, finance, work and leisure.

Data helps SAMHSA and the nation assess the impact of the changes to US health care systems and identify and address behavioral health disparities.

Public use files and documentation for substance abuse and mental health research data derived from surveys and administrative records.

Programs for the documentation and Web-based analysis of survey data, including the General Social Survey and the American Community Survey