Best Websites
"About Trauma." The Sidran Institute. Sidran Foundation. 08 March 2006. <http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html>. While the page is based off the content of a brochure, it was very thorough in discussing the different aspects surrounding D.I.D. I was not very sure about the layout's colors, but as they did not distract me from reading the text, this page made it to the 'good sites' category.
"Dissociative Disorders: Introduction." Mental Help Net. 27 March 2002. 10 March 2006. <http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=529&cn=41>. The page about Dissociative Disorders was very thorough and informative. They layout was not intrusive, except for where they had Google ads at the top of the page. They also provided links near the content that were related to the topic of the page.
"Dissociative Identity Disorder." Merck & Co.,Inc. 1 February 2003. Merck & Co., Inc. 10 March 2006. <http://www.symposion.com/ijt/ijtc0404.htm>. Although the font size was rather small, the content touched down on various aspects of D.I.D. The layout looked very professional and provided a search feature for the site, along with an index and different links to the topic. It also displayed which section the page was indexed under, the subject, and topic.
"Multiple Personality Disorder [Dissociative Identity Disorder]." The Skeptic's Dictionary. 13 February 2006. 08 March 2006. <http://www.skepdic.com/mpd.html>. As the site suggests, the page on D.I.D. was partly skeptical but remained professional by giving facts toward and against the disorder. Rather than the author stating their own views, they provided information on the opinions of different doctors and professionals. The layout was simple but worked in being non-intrusive and functional. There were Google ads on the page but they were placed off to the side and out of the way. They also cited several sources at the bottom of the page.
Saks, Bonnie R. "Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study." Symposion. 1998. 10 March 2006. <http://www.symposion.com/ijt/ijtc0404.htm>. Saks provided interesting information on transgenderism within D.I.D. The content wasn't very long but was very detailed and explanative. Citations of her sources were listed on the bottom. While the layout wasn't very interesting, it did not stand out as being distractive or too ugly, so I was able to focus on reading the text of the page.
Worst Web Sites
Cucurull, José Antonio Fortea. "A History of Dissociative Identity Disorder." Possession & Exorcism. 30 November 2001. 08 March 2006. <http://www.fortea.us/english/psiquiatria/history.htm>. Despite being a site about religion and the supernatural, the author kept a professional look on the disorder while recalling historic events based around D.I.D. What makes this a site I would not return to, however, is that there is no layout, just a background image and plain text, which makes it hard to focus on such a large amount of reading content.
"Dissociative Identity Disorder aka Multiple Personality Disorder." HealthyPlace.com Mental Health Communities. HealthyPlace.com, Inc. 10 March 2006. <http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/personality_disorders/site/dissociative_identity_disorder.htm>. The content was extremely brief, and the layout was less than attractive. The color scheme spanned from light to dark purples, blues, pinks, and then conflicted by the color of presented ads.
Flint, Garry A. "Multiple Personality Disorder Explained." Process Healing. 30 November 2001. 08 March 2006. <http://www.process-healing.com/mpd-did.htm>. There was hardly any layout to this page, but rather just plain content with a background color. The only way the page seemed to connect with the rest of the site was by having a "Home" hyperlink near the top. While there was a lot of content there, the font was large and I was unable to keep my focus in reading the text.
Miller, John L. "Dissociative Disorders." At Health Mental Health. July 2000. At Health, Inc. 08 March 2006. <http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Dissociative.html>. This page had really great content, but its layout was very unprofessional. The navigation links had a small font size, everything seemed very spaced out, and there were ads taking up where there would have been any white space. While it's nice to avoid white space, the presence of the ads, while pertaining to health and medicine, were distractive.
Robinson, B.A. "Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) & Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): All Sides to the Debate." Religious Tolerance. 02 November 2004. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. 08 March 2006. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/mpd_did.htm>. There were ads all over the page that I had to scroll down just to see the content, which was divided up by even more ads. The bullets of the first list didn't line up, and the overall appearance of the page made me doubt the site's professionalism. All-in-all, this is not a page I would rely on for D.I.D. information.
