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Government Sites
National Guidelines Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp
A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
National Institute of Mental Health--For Practitioners
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/practitioners/index.cfm
This section offers research reports and other valuable information to keep you up-to-date on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Also included are materials you can use to help educate patients about their disorders.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) -- Research Activities
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/index.htm
The National Institute of Mental Health highlights their research activities on this web page, which includes press releases, editorials, information on clinical studies, and research reports. Links to the home page, a grant information page, and a link to the NIMH calendar of events and conferences are available.
Journals
American Psychiatric Association Publications
http://www.psych.org/libr_publ/periodicals.html
Gateway page for APA periodicals, including American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric News, and APA Newsletters. Provides access to tables of contents, abstracts, selected full text and more from current and past editions. AJP, the official journal of the APA, is also being posted at its new Web location, http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org, with full-text available free of charge until summer of 1999.
Archives of General Psychiatry
http://www.ama-assn.org/psych
Tables of contents, abstracts, selected full-text articles, special Web features, and an e-mail alert services are available from this highly cited peer-reviewed AMA publication. Full-text is to be available on the Web around mid-year.
American Psychological Assocation Journals
http://www.apa.org/journals/
Provides access to past and present tables of contents, abstracts, and manuscript submission information for the professional journals published by the American Psychological Association. Also includes specialty journals published by the Educational Publishing Foundation, such as the Consulting Psychology Journal. It should also be noted that if you are a registered member of APA, you can access full-text journals and do research using PsychINFO online for an additional yearly fee.
British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.com
BMJ publishes full-text original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health. A searchable index is also provided.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
http://www.psychiatrist.com/
A clinical forum for discussions, CME credit, mental health conferences, and a searchable database of abstracts from this journal dating back to 1991 is available after a free, one-time registration.
Schizophrenia Bulletin
http://www.medscape.com/govmt/NIMH/SchizophreniaBulletin/public/journal.SB.html
The purpose of Schizophrenia Bulletin, a quarterly periodical prepared by the Division of Clinical Treatment Research, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health, is to facilitate the dissemination and exchange of information about schizophrenia. Full text articles are available free of charge.
Other Sources
Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com
Internet Mental Health is an award-winning site that provides a wealth of information on mental and emotional disorders and their treatment. A large section on drugs used to treat the disorders explains what the drugs are supposed to do and their potential side effects. The 52 most common mental disorders including: description, diagnosis, treatment, and research findings us provided. The site even includes an "online diagnosis" feature that, as the site notes, is NOT a substitute for seeing a trained mental health professional. However, the diagnosis feature does help clarify the criteria used to classify mental health problems.
Mental Health Net
http://www.cmhc.com/
A guide to mental health, psychology, and psychiatry resources online, with over 9,000 referred resources and home to the oldest and largest online mental health community of over 14,000 regular members. Online continuing medical education is available in audio format. Weekly news, discussion forums, and psychopharmacology and drug references are highlights of this site.
Psychological Assessment Online
http://wso.net/assessment/
This site is designed to provide a comprehensive, online source of information on psychological assessment for professionals. It is divided into two distinct sections, one being more technical in nature, and focusing on providing interpretive guides for major objective and projective measures. A password is required in order to access the second area. This is a very detailed and informative site.
Psychwatch.com
http://www.psychwatch.com/psychiatry_journals.htm
A list of journals which are of use and importance to the field of Psychiatry. The list is culled from the larger Psychwatch Online Journals list. Keep in mind that this is only a partial listing of journals deemed most important. Journals that are included on this linked list are: Academic Psychiatry, Human Psychopharmacology, The Journal of Clinical and Schizophrenia Bulletin. |
