Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

By using this Website, you signify your assent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to all of these Terms and Conditions of use, do not use the Website. Use of MH Insights constitutes understanding and acceptance of these practices.

I.- Use of Information

The information and resources provided here are for educational and informational purposes only.

The information and resources provided here are not a substitute for professional advice.

You should not use the information on this Website (or linked sites) for diagnosing or treating a mental health problem.

MH Insights makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness of the information provided.

MH Insights does not endorse any specific treatment,product,opinion,service, or resource.

Reliance on any information contained on MH Insights (or linked sites) is solely at your own risk.

MH Insights cannot be held responsible for the use of the information and resources provided.

If you have or suspect you may have a health problem, you should consult your healthcare provider.

You should always consult your healthcare provider prior to beginning or changing any treatment.

Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on MH Insights (or linked sites).

MH Insights does not provide specific medical advice or treatment recommendations or referrals.

II.- Links and External Resources

MH Insights actually "links" to 180,000+ external resources.

MH Insights provides these links for educational and informational purposes only.

Links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement of their contents.

The linked sites are not under the control of MH Insights.

MH Insights is not responsible for their contents.

MH Insights does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked site.

MH Insights is not responsible for the privacy practices,terms of use or actions of external sites.

Your use of linked sites is at your own risk and subject to the terms of use for such sites.

III.- Copyright, Contents, and Images

(A) GENERAL ASPECTS

Mental Health Insights aims to promote free-access to the best resources available online.

To facilitate their location MH Insights replicates their identifiable information and links.

The content selected and linked by MH Insights are subject to specific copyright conditions.

MH Insights links to copyrighted material,Creative Commons works and public domain resources.

MH Insights does not and cannot authorize the use of materials contained in linked sites.

Contact the linked site directly for answers to questions regarding its content.

(B) CITATION OF EXTERNAL RESOURCES

Great effort has been made in making sure that their identification (source,date,publisher....) meets the conditions set by each of the original sources cited.

However, if you believe that any material has been inadequately reproduced , or if you have any comments related to a specific material, please contact me and any problem will be corrected immediately

(C) IMAGES AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Mental Health Insights (MH Insights) uses a variety of sources :

01.- Material licensed from photographic archives.

02.- Public domain images.

03.- Works licensed under a Creative Commons license.

04.- Reader-submitted images and photographs.

Any images of people used on this Website are used with permission or in accordance with applicable law. The individuals portrayed in the images are MODELS and are NOT intended to imply endorsement or any association with any illness or condition.

If you believe that any material has been inadequately reproduced , or if you have any comments related to a specific material, please contact me and any problem will be corrected immediately (see section D)

(D) NOTIFICATION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Please provide the following information:

01.- Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed (title or address)

02.- Your name,address,telephone number, and email.

03.- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

Email Notification : editor(a)mhinsights.com

IV.- Rules of Online Conduct

As a user of this Website, you agree that you will not:

Use the Website or the Website content for any unlawful purposes or submit user content that constitutes, encourages or solicits an illegal act or is posted for illegal purposes.

Engage in any chain letters, contests, junk email, pyramid schemes, spamming, surveys or other duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).

Upload objectionable or harmful material to this Website.

Disrupt or place unreasonable load on this Website, its computer systems, servers, or network.

Use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot (or "bot"), scraper or offline reader that accesses the Website or use or launch any unauthorized script.

V.- Technical Specifications

(A) BROWSERS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

Software required : Browser and operating system (latest versions recommended)

Browsers tested (latest versions) : Firefox - Chrome - Opera - Edge - Safari

Operating systems tested : Windows XP, Windows Vista , Windows 7-8-10 - Linux - Mac

External resources may require additional software (media player,PDF reader....)

(B) CODE,STYLES, AND VALIDATION

This Website was built using the following technologies and standards :

01.- HTML5 (HyperText Markup Language, version 5)

02.- PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)

03.- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Validation tools used :

01.- W3C Markup Validation Service (World Wide Web Consortium)

02.- W3C CSS Validation Service (World Wide Web Consortium)

03.- W3C Unicorn - W3C`s Unified Validator (World Wide Web Consortium)

04.- HTML Validator (Tidy-SGML Parser)

(C) ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES

Priorities : Web standards,external validation and simple/text-based navigation.

Excluded (better accessibility) : javascript navigation,flash,tables, and PDF files.

Accessibility criteria and guidelines :

01.- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

02.- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

03.- Section 508 - US Government

04.- Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Standards

Accessibility tools used :

01.- WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WebAIM)

02.- FAE - Functional Accessibility Evaluator - University of Illinois

03.- TAW Online - TAW3 (Fundacion CTIC)

Questions or comments about accessibility? email : editor(a)mhinsights.com

VI.- General Disclaimer

Resources provided on this Website are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, MH Insights shall not be liable for any direct, indirect,incidental, punitive,special, consequential or exemplary damages resulting from any aspect of your use of MH Insights, whether the damages arise from use (or misuse) of MH Insights, from inability to use MH Insights, or the interruption, modification or termination of MH Insights.The use of MH Insights is solely at your own risk.

The information on mental health contained on this Website does not cover all possible topics,causes,solutions,treatments,precautions,side effects, and interactions.The information is made available with the understanding that the editor is not providing medical advice.Liability for individual actions or omissions based upon the content of this Website (or linked sites) is expressly disclaimed.

MH Insights does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness,or usefulness of any information,resource, or treatment recommendation. The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that MH Insights is not liable for any conduct of any User.

VII.- Ownership

MH Insights is controlled, updated, and administered by David Puchol (Editor).

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VIII.- Applicable Laws

MH Insights (MH Insights) is based in Valencia, Spain.

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Valencia, Spain.

You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with MH Insights, or in any way relating to your use of this Website, resides in the courts of Valencia,Spain.

MH Insights can be accessed from Spain and from other countries worldwide.

MH Insights makes no representation that resources on this Website (or linked sites) are appropriate or available for use in other countries.

Those who choose to access this Website from other countries do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with national laws and regulations.

IX.- Termination of Access

MH Insights reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, disable access to or discontinue (temporarily or permanently) any part or all of this Website or any information contained thereon without liability or notice to you.

MH Insights reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Website or any Materials in any respect.

MH Insights may cease operating the Website or terminate your access to all or part of the Website, without notice, at any time, for any reason.

X.- Acceptance of Terms

These terms and conditions govern your use of this Website.

By using this Website, you signify your assent to these policies.

If you do not agree to these practices,please do not use this Website.

MH Insights reserves the right to change this Agreement at any time.

Any changes in these terms and conditions will be immediately posted on this section.

You must review this Agreement on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes.

Your continuing use of this Website constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions.

MH Insights may immediately terminate this Agreement at its sole discretion at any time.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at editor(a)mhinsights.com

Revision date: These terms of use were last updated on July 31, 2019.

Thanks for your collaboration - David Puchol Esparza (MH Insights Editor)

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