I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to BOL's Discussion Forums. We created this area so that Behavior OnLine, unlike many other professional Web sites, would be fully interactive, interesting and a place you'd like to return to time and time again. And because our discussions are oriented toward the topics covered on BOL, we feel that these will be more useful and of a more "professional" character than often found elsewhere out on the Net.
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From time to time, I will be gladly adding my own thoughts and viewpoints in these forums as well. Sometimes they may be my own thoughts or they may be "devil's advocate" positions I enjoy taking. I encourage all of you who read this to also contribute your thoughts and feelings freely to our discussions, as we plan on keeping this as open a forum as possible.
If you have any questions on the "How's" or "Why's" of this forum area and posting etiquette, please first consult the "Help" button listed below. If after reading that file you have additional questions, please feel free to email me at any time. I look forward to reading your thoughts and comments!
I'd also like to remind people that this is a professional forum for professionals. There are plenty of other self-help discussion forums and resources out there... Check out Mental Health Net for some examples. Thanks!
Welcome to Behavior OnLine!!
Best regards,
-John Grohol, Psy.D.
Associate Editor
Behavior OnLine
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