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General Mental Health Resources
This page contains links to resources of use to mental health providers and consumers that are broad in scope. For sites on specific conditions go to the Internet Resources page and choose a more specific topic.
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University of Pittsburgh Resources | Guides | Internet Sites | Databases | Dictionaries Directories Encyclopedias | Electronic Journals and Newsletters Organizations and Agencies | Patient Information | Teaching and Learning
HSLS Resources
- PsycINFO Access to PsycINFO is through the OVID database collection. The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1400 journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually. Popular literature is excluded. PsycLIT, available through the ULS, differs from PsycINFO in the following ways: (1) PsycLIT does not
index dissertations or technical reports,and (2) PsycLIT is updated quarterly.
- Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires,
interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques,
vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information
science. HAPI assists researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and evaluators, including students, to identify
measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations,
and program evaluation. By creating an organized resource of previously unavailable measurement information, HAPI: (a)
provides a means of locating a variety of instruments, (b) helps to reduce inefficiency and cost, and (c) eliminates
duplication and "reinvention of the wheel."
- Online Full-Text Textbooks The following textbooks are available over the Internet to University of Pittsburgh and UPMC staff and faculty:
- Online Full-Text Journals A large number of mental health journals are available for University of Pittsburgh and UPMC staff and faculty. To find out if a journal is available, check the Electronic Journals list or search PittCat
- WPIC Video Catalog contains records for the video collection up through 1996. All videos will be added to PittCat soon. To find all videos in the WPIC collection using PittCat, use the "Set Search Limits" button to limit location to WPIC Library. Using the Guided Keyword search, search for the word "videocassette" in any field.
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- About.com : Mental Health Resources . A large, somewhat busy looking site that includes Internet links, chat, news, and other resources both for professionals and consumers.
- Behavioral and Mental Disorders compiled by the Karolinska Institutet
- Mental Health Net . Three main sections; disorders, professional resources, and reading room. Sites they link to are rated.
- Psych Central Covers mailing lists, newsgroups, web sites,Dr. Grohol's own writings, chat forums, and book reviews. Divided within topics into consumer and professional resources.
- Psychwatch.com A site with links to a large variety of resources such as news, conferences, journals, job postings, etc. Also publishes a newsletter summarizing mental health news on the internet.
- WebPsych Partnership . Run by the International Society for Mental Health Online, web sites listed here agree to uphold the standards created by the group on their web sites.
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Goverment Agencies
Organizations
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- ABC's of Internet Therapy a consumer's guide ot online therapy with links to credential check, a site that verifies credentials of online therapists
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law legal advocacy resources on mental health topics
- Harbor of Refuge Organization, Inc. an online support community for people with bipolar disorder. Limited to people who are also receiving a therapist's care
- International Center for Clubhouse Development Background information on the clubhouse model, the certification program, and a directory of clubhouses around the world
- A Light in the Darkness contains resources for people with depression, bipolar disorder, self-injury, borderline personality disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative identity disorder, abuse and more. Interactive forums such as a chat room, ICQ, and a mialing list are included. There is background information on conditions and medications, and links to other resources
- MadNation an advocacy web site featuring multiple challenges to mainstream mental health viewpoints. Good web links section
- Managed Mental Health Care : What to Look for, What to Ask from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), SAMHSA, US DHHS
- Mental Health Support Groups Mailing List Index from psych central
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) a large national organization of families and mental health consumers
- National Institute of Mental Health: For the Public
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse resources for finding help, starting self-help groups, and political action
- Mental Health Net: Self Help Sourcebook Online
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- American Psychiatric Association: Continuing Medical Education overview, requirements, calendar of events, and reporting CME are covered
- American Psychological Association : Continuing Professional Education information about CE requirements, links to approved programs, newsletter for CE providers
- Division 2 : Society for the Teaching of Psychology of the American Psychological Association offers multiple resources to support the teaching of psychology. This page pulls together links to various supsections of the division.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health : Toolkit Contains tutorials and links to resources on the location and evaluation of methodologically sound clinically relevant mental health studies
- Current CME Reviews Online CME from MBL Communications. CME credit is offered in conjunction with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education Classes offered are listed by topic, specialty, and date
- Menninger Clinic Division of Continuing Education lists courses offered at the Clinic for a variety of mental health professions
- Mental Health Inforsource: Association Meetings
- NIMH: Conferences on Video Real Player is needed to view these recent conferences online
- NIMH: News and Eventspresents a variety of scientific meeting and conference listings
- Psy Broadcasting Corporation Online symposia conducted via email offering continuing education credits for a variety of mental health professions
- Psychiatric Times index of articles available for category 1 CME credit online.
- Psychwatch.Com: Mental Health Conferences arranged by date, also offers links to other conference web sites
- SWAN: Social Work Access Network: Conferences
- Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic: Education clinical training programs, lectures, conferences
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