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Psychiatry on the Internet

These are Internet sites which I consult fairly regularly in the course of answering reference questions. I hope you will find them helpful.

MENTAL HEALTH: INFORMATION GATEWAYS Select resource                                                    BUBL LINK: Psychiatry Health Hippo (policy & regulary info) Internet Mental Health Knowledge Exchange Network Mental Health in Children & Adolescents (Maternal & Child Health Library) Mental Health Links Mental Health Matters Mental Health Net National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice National Institute of Mental Health National Substance Abuse Web Index President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Psych Central PsychCrawler Psychology WWW Virtual Library Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health Yahoo! Psychiatry

MENTAL HEALTH: CONSUMER INFORMATION Select resource                                                    APA's HealthyMinds.org APA & AACAP's ParentsMedGuide.org Health On the Net HealthFinder (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) Medem Medical Library Medical Resources Information for the Consumer MedlinePlus Mental Health Information Network (Boston Univ. Med. Ctr.) National Alliance on Mental Illness                                                    *** Spanish-language *** Consumer Health Materials in Spanish Facts For Families (AACAP) MEDLINEplus Mental Health Information< For Patients & the General Public NOAH Resources in Spanish for Consumer Health Information What Is Mental Illness? A Glossary Mental Health Resources & Links                                                    *** Other languages *** CHMC's Multi-Language Web Brochures on Mental Health Facts For Families New South Wales Multicultural Communication Service SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

LIBRARY CATALOGS Select resource                                                    Library of Congress National Library of Medicine New York Public Research Libraries WorldCat                                                    LibDex: Libraries Index Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web

INDEXES & ABSTRACTS Select resource                                                    Abstracts of the Standard Edition ... Sigmund Freud Alcohol & Alcohol Problems Database (ETOH) AlcoholPlus-Related Databases APA AIDS Resource Database Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Education Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) Grey Literature, New York Academy of Medicine Ingenta: "Uncover Plus" InterDOK: Directory of Published Proceedings National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Policy Information Exchange Report Database Prevention Materials Database Psychoanalytical Electronic Publishing (PEP) Search Psychoanalytical Journal & Book Review Databases PubMed/Medline REHABDATA Literature Thomas: Library of Congress Legislative Information U.S. Office of Minority Health Organizations & Documents Violence Research Literature

PHARMACOLOGY Select resource                                                    CenterWatch Drug Directories ClinicalStudyResults FDA Orange Book MedlinePlus Drug Information ParentsMedGuide (APA & AACAP PDRhealth SafeMedication

PRACTICE & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (plus EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE) Select resource                                                    CDC Prevention Guidelines Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health Care Consensus Practice Guidelines Guidelines for Prescribing Psychiatrists (Harvard Risk Management Fndn.) Locator: Mental Health Services Locator: Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability, and Health Care National Guidelines Clearinghouse National Practitioner Data Bank National Practitioner Data Bank FAQs (Harvard Risk Management Fndn.) U.S. Agency for Health for Healthcare Research & Quality                                                    *** Select EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE resource *** Ambulatory Care Evidence Based Medicine (Emory) Bandolier-Evidence Based Medicine Stories Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health Evidence Based Medicine (University of Illinois at Chicago) Evidence Based Medicine: What it is and what it isn�t Evidence-Based Medicine Course (SUNY Health Sciences) Evidence Based Medicine Glossary Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine Navigating the Maze: Obtaining evidence-based medical information

PSYCHOMETRICS: TESTS & MEASUREMENTS Select resource                                                    APA Library Test Collection (members only) Index of Tests/Measurements in Compendia Tests & Measurements: Guide to Research BUROS Test Reviews Online Finding Psychological and Educational Testing Instruments (Penn. State) TestLink Database (Educational Testing Service)

STATISTICS Select resource                                                    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CMS States Uniform Reporting System Consequences of Non-Treatment (Treatement Advocacy Center) Directory of Minority Health and Human Services Data Resources Effectiveness of Treatment (California Psychiatric Association) FASTATS A to Z Green Book Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Mental Health, United States, 2004 Mental Health Professional Shortage Area: Criteria Mental Health Professional Shortage Area: Guidelines National Center for Health Statistics The Numbers Count (National Institute of Mental Health) Statistical Abstract of the United States Statistical Resources on the Web: HEALTH Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHSA/ICPSR) Surgeon General, Mental Health Surgeon General, Mental Health: Children Surgeon General, Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

TEACHING RESOURCES: HISTORY Select resource                                                    APA Historical Highlights APA Assembly & District Branches Curricula, AADPRT Training Office (Douglas Lehrer, MD) History of American Psychiatry (TFR #15) National Library of Medicine's Syllabi on Mental Illness Rush, Benjamin (Full-text writings) Psychological Images in Publication (American Psychological Assn.)

TEACHING RESOURCES: MEDIA (Audio/Visual) Select resource                                                    AIDS Educational Videos Aquarius Health Care Videos Cavalcade Productions Cinema Guild Video and Film Catalogue Cognitive Therapy Training Video Tapes Dartmouth Collection Fanlight Production Online Health Video Collection Filmaker's Library Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences Guilford Publications (see"audios" and "videos" categories) Heathcliff Video Catalog LibraryVideo.Com MEDslides Mental Health Media Mobiltape (audio of APA annual meetings plus) Psychological Images in Publication (American Psychological Assn.) Psychiatry Training Videos RAmEx Ars Medica SUNY-Buffalo Media Resources Center: Psychology/Psychiatry Videos in Psychology (book reviewing nearly 1,000 videos)

Dorothy and Irving Bernstein Reference Center  •   Melvin Sabshin Library & Archives

DISCLAIMER: These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the American Psychiatric Association of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. The American Psychiatric Association bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.