Our Policy

As required by the HONcode seal of accreditation we state that:

  1. The site was developed by Giuseppe Riva, Ph.D. within the work of the VEPSY UPDATED research project (IST-2000-25323) funded by the European Union and in particular by the IST Programme.

  2. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not  replace, the relationship that  exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician. The information on the Web site and the links to other Web sites do not constitute medical advice to you. You should never disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this site or on any linked sites. Any links on this Web site to Web sites operated by third parties are provided for your convenience only. They should not be relied upon for medical advice and there is no express or implied endorsement of any content on those linked sites.

  3. The site does not solicit or share any patient information with anyone.
  4. Confidentiality of data  relating to individual  patients and  visitors  to the  Web site,  including their identity, is  respected by this Web site. We only collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). No material that can be downloaded by this web site includes any form of Spyware. However, some of our pages contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices, as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
  5. No paid advertisement is accepted on this web site. Any link to external sources, product or institution is made with the only goal of provide information to researchers involved in this area.

DISCLAIMER: We make every effort to include accurate and up to date information and tools on this site. However, we make no warranties or representations as to its accuracy.
EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" - WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ACCURACY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, RELIABILITY OR AVAILABILITY.
Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. In addition, we will not be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages, including damage to, or any viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property, on account of your use of the site.
Visitors are strongly cautioned not to use information from this site as a substitute for regular professional care.

COPYRIGHT POLICY: The entire content of this site is subject to copyright protection. All rights reserved. You may download and retain on your disk or in hard copy form a single copy of material published on this site for your personal use, provided that you do not remove any proprietary notices.
This site has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for  the immediate removal of material which infringes the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide CyberTherapy.info's Copyright Agent the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good- faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding this site can be reached as follows:

Copyright Agent Attn: Giuseppe Riva
Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Casella Postale 1
28900 Verbania, Italy
E-mail: auxo.psylab@auxologico.it

For any questions or requests, please contact auxo.psylab@auxologico.it