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In this 'anxiety, panic, phobia, OCD, PTSD resource page' we have collected the best tools like free e-books, journals, patient education handouts… and other peer reviewed reference as shown in the table above. To find info on a related topic see our list at the 'mental health / therapy' page, or at the "pull down menu" below. Each page has similar format, but different contents.

Start with: Psychiatry / Psychology / Therapy ||  Or Narrow your search:


We have collected thousands of links and resources and organized them, but we have even more to come. We are also working simultaneously on a major medical, health resource page. Please check back in a few month for improved resources.

 

The Smokeless Side - a self help book with cartoons for smoking cessation and prevention   

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Editorial & "Editor's pick":

Some of our newest or expanded sites:

Relaxation: Enjoy our free "e-z load online big screen videos", nature scenes at the lake.
Note cards: Send note cards for all occasions. (Highlight the URLs of these sites, copy (Ctr + C) and paste it (Ctr +V) in your e-mail suggesting that they look up the pictures [flowers, cartoons, motivational quotes, jokes, or the above video clips].)

A resource to increase your empathy & understanding of your patients:
virtual psychosis, virtual paranoia, virtual depression, virtual bipolar disorders, with special effects - in progress.


Editorial Board,
(invitation)
After the full development of these sites, we plan to invite candidates to our Editorial Board. If you are interested, please let us know. If you know someone who would be an asset to our Editorial Board please let us know with the contact e-mail address, or Fax number. We are also working simultaneously on other medical specialties, and subspecialties to provide a major medical and health care site.

Founding editor: Peter Migaly, M.D.

Brief biography:
Peter Migaly, M.D. is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is Board Certified in Pain Management by the American Academy of Pain Management.

He received his postgraduate training at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, at St. Francis Medical Center, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at Yale University (elective rotation) in New Haven, Connecticut.
He has 33 publications (five book chapters and one book). He attended numerous conferences on psychotherapy since 1982.

Dr. Migaly's practice is at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Dr. Migaly is the recipient of "America's Top Psychiatrists" award.

 

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 Associations/Organizations:

and patient advocacy groups:
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National Alliance for the Mentally Ill : http://www.nami.org/,
National Foundation For Depressive Illness, Inc.: http://www.depression.org/,
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association: http://www.ndmda.org/,

Anxiety Disorders Association of America : http://www.adaa.org/,
(includes - Consumer Resources: http://www.adaa.org/consumerresources/, and Professional Recources /CE-CME : http://www.adaa.org/forprofessionals/,
THE ANXIETY DISORDERS FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA: http://www.span.com.au/mhrc/anxiety.html,
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation : http://www.ocfoundation.org/,
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association: http://www.socialphobia.org/,

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies : http://www.istss.org/, - discussion board: http://www.istss.org/discusstoc.htm, or http://www.istss.org/discStudent_toc.htm,

International Society for the Study of Dissociation : http://www.issd.org/,
(Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) in Adults (1997) [by ISSD]: http://www.issd.org/isdguide.htm , )

See also:
Associations and organizations listed under the different schools of therapy (use the "drop down menu" above).

See also: American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/,
http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/msub13.htm,
or by States: http://mentalhelp.net/guide/pro86.htm,
Scholarly Societies: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/overview.html,
Professional Organizations: http://healthcare.monster.com/links/ ,

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Practice Guidelines
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Expert Consensus Guidelines Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_obsessive-compulsive_disorder.html,
Guidelines for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, in HTML: http://www.psychguides.com/ocgl.html,
A Guide for Patients and Families, in HTML : http://www.psychguides.com/oche.html,

Expert Consensus Guidelines Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (downloads in Adobe Acrobat PDF format):
http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_PTSD.html,


(Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) in Adults (1997) [by ISSD]: http://www.issd.org/isdguide.htm , )

See also cross reference in our psychiatry pages.

General only:
(http://www.guideline.gov/body_home_nf.asp?view=home) ,
NGC Disease/Condition: http://www.guideline.gov/BROWSE/mesh_tree.asp?leftkey=36460&rightkey=51219&LevelNum=2,

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Textbooks:
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1, Anxiety Disorders (U.I.): http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter15/02-15.html,
2, Anxiety Disorders [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter187/187a.htm,
3, Anxiety (Psychiatry Notebook): http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSYCh1.htm,
4, Panic Attacks And Panic Disorder [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter187/187b.htm,
(see also Anxiety Adjustment Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder )

5, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter187/187e.htm,
6, Acute Stress Disorder [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter187/187f.htm,
7, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)[from Psychiatry Notebook]:
http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSY12.htm,

8, Somatoform Disorders [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter186/186a.htm, (includes: Somatization Disorder, Conversion Disorder, Hypochondriasis, Pain Disorder (Psychogenic Pain), Body Dysmorphic Disorder,)

9, Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Fears (Psychological Self-help): http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap5/,

10, Anxiety And Worry Discover Your Personal Power To Change [Rational Emotive Therapy] - Eileen Drilling, L.P. [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894865919,

11, Specific Fears, Vague Anxieties And The Autonomic Nervous System : http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lwh/drugs/chap04.htm,
From: Drugs, Brains and Behavior by C. Robin Timmons & Leonard W. Hamilton (formerely published by Prentice Hall as Principles of Behavioral Pharmacology): http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lwh/drugs/,

11, Personality Disorders [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter191/191a.htm,

And as for General Textbooks:
1, General Online Textbook on: Psychotherapy/Psychological Self-Help: http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/

2, Be Your Own Therapist- Psychology Self Help, by Thayer White MA MFT,: http://www.psychologyhelp.com/book.htm,

3, For Online Texbooks please also see the corresponding chapters under the "psychiatry" textbooks (or as listed above),

4, The collection of the following papers are like a free online textbook on anxiety, panic, phobia OCD, and PTSD (please also see journals):
Cognitive Therapy and Anxiety: http://www.habitsmart.com/anx.html,
Please also see cognitive therapy, and our other therapy pages.

5, Please also see: Resources to give out to your patients,

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Journals:
(links open in "new window")

Journal of Anxiety Disorders (contents): http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/8/0/1/ ,
Depression and Anxiety: http://journals.wiley.com/1091-4269/ ,
Journal of Traumatic Stress:http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0894-9867,
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies : http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/ ,
Dissociation: http://www.issd.org/isdjourn.htm ,
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma : http://www.haworthpressinc.com:591/FMPro?-db=%5fcat.fp3&-format=books%2fjournaldetails2.htm&-lay=jd&PubID=10926771&-find= ,
Journal of Trauma and Dissociation: (no abstract/contents in this link): http://www.issd.org/jtdauthorsinfo.html,

Cross reference from our Abuse/trauma page:
Journal of Traumatic Stress:http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0894-9867,
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment: http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1079-0632,
Aggression and Violent Behavior: http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/3/0/8/4/3/,
Aggressive Behavior : http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0096-140X/,
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies : http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/ ,
Australian Feminist Studies: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/frameloader.html?http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/08164649.html ,
Child Abuse & Neglect : http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/8/6/ ,
Child Abuse Review : http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0952-9136/ ,
Dissociation: http://www.issd.org/isdjourn.htm ,
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma : http://www.haworthpressinc.com:591/FMPro?-db=%5fcat.fp3&-format=books%2fjournaldetails2.htm&-lay=jd&PubID=10926771&-find= ,
Journal of Child & Family Studies : http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1062-1024 ,
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse : http://www.haworthpressinc.com:591/FMPro?-db=%5fcat.fp3&-format=books%2fjournaldetails2.htm&-lay=jd&PubID=10538712&-find= ,
Journal of Emotional Abuse : http://www.haworthpressinc.com:591/FMPro?-db=%5fcat.fp3&-format=books%2fjournaldetails2.htm&-lay=jd&PubID=10926798&-find= ,
Journal of Family Violence : http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0885-7482 ,
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment : http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1079-0632 ,
Journal of Trauma and Dissociation: (no abstract/contents in this link): http://www.issd.org/jtdauthorsinfo.html,

see also psychiatry, psychology/therapy, and comorbidity - addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders/obesity, personality disorders, Abuse/Trauma Pages,

Other selected journals:

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Full text online): http://www.psychiatrist.com/
Archives of General Psychiatry : http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/
American Journal of Psychiatry: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/,
Biological Psychiatry : http://www-east.elsevier.com/bps/, or: http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/7/5/0/ ,
Biological Psychology: http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/5/8/0/ ,
Psychiatry on-line : http://www.priory.co.uk/psych.htm
Advances in Biological Psychiatry: http://www.karger.com/bookseries/adbip/adbip.htm,
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885-6230/,
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology http://www.journals.cup.org/owa_dba/owa/ISSUES_IN_JOURNAL?JID=PNP,
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology: (contents): http://www.psychopharmacology.com/,
Journal of Psychopharmacology : http://www.sagepub.co.uk/frame.html?http%3A//www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0102.html
Academic Psychiatry: http://www.appi.org/aptoc.html,
British Journal of Psychiatry : http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pub/bjp.htm,
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica: http://www.munksgaarddirect.dk/usr/munksgaard/tidsskrifter.nsf/bc60b2fb96a45473412565b60031388f/a99f7abbb04c424f4125665e00360c35?OpenDocument

TEN : http://www.tenmag.com/,

see also psychiatry, psychology/therapy, and comorbidity - addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders/obesity, personality disorders, abuse/trauma/PTSD,

See also:
Links to Psychological Journals:
http://www.wiso.uni-augsburg.de/sozio/hartmann/psycho/journals.html , http://mentalhelp.net/journals/ , http://mentalhelp.net/pni/ , http://www.psywww.com/resource/journals.htm,

Psychology journal search:
http://mentalhelp.net/journals/,

General:
Journal of Psychotherapy Integration :
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1053-0479,
Journal of Collaborative Therapies:
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy :
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0022-0116,

Best Medical Journals on the web:
http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/sources.html ,
journal links- Medicine/ >by specialty:
http://www.sciencekomm.at/journals/medicine/med-bio.html,

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Medline and Psychological and medical search engines:
(links open in "new window")

Search Psychiatry Related Journals : http://www.mymedline.com/medline/psych.php3,
Search NeuroSciences Related Journals: http://www.mymedline.com/medline/neuro.php3,

See also:
Psychology journal search: http://mentalhelp.net/journals/,
Psychological and Medicine Search Engines: http://www.gemstate.net/susan/links.htm ,

MEDLINE:
{http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/doler?account=++&password=++&datafile=medline },
Other: http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/,
NLM-PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed,


Multiple Medical/Internet Search Engines: http://www.med.jhu.edu/peds/neonatology/internet.html#search ,
100 000 web pages, net, medline: http://www.mwsearch.com/ (for some quiery major search engines give better results),
Emory.Edu: http://WWW.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/search.htm,
mdchoice: http://www.mdchoice.com/index.asp,
Medscape-drug/disease search: http://promini.medscape.com/drugdb/search.asp,
Medscape keyword search: http://www.medscape.com/Home/Search/Keywords/Keywords.html,
refdesk : http://www.refdesk.com/health.html

Other Health Search: http://www.achoo.com/ http://healthweb.org/ , http://healthweb.org/subjABC.html ,  http://www.medexplorer.com/ , http://medwebplus.com/search.html ,

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News:
(links open in "new window")

Depression archives: - http://www.mentalhealth.org/newsroom/depressionarchives.htm,

See also:
PsychNews International: http://mentalhelp.net/pni/
Psychiatric Services: http://www.newspage.com/browse/46610/46618/2928/ ,

ReutersHealth: http://www.reutershealth.com/
newsrounds: http://www.newsrounds.com/ (=also for specialties),
MedicalTribune: http://www.medtrib.com/

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New books:
(links open in "new window")

http://www.medbookstore.com ,http://www.medicalbooks.com
 
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Resources to give out to your patients:
(links open in "new window")

Anxiety-definition (The Columbia Encyclopedia): http://www.bartleby.com/65/an/anxiety.html,
PTSD-definition (The Columbia Encyclopedia): http://www.bartleby.com/65/po/post-tr.html,

Anxiety Disorders: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter4/sec2.html,
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents : http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec6.html,
Panic: http://www.ghc.org/web/health_info/disease/panic.jhtml;$sessionid$DIE0TIIAAAAF3QFIAEWSFEQ,

Emory: http://WWW.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/FMPro?-DB=Records.FP3&-Format=kw_records.htm&-error=search_kwerror.htm&-Max=25&-Op=cn&subject==*;Mental_Health,_Psychiatry,_Psychology:Anxiety*&-Token=Mental_Health,_Psychiatry,_Psychology:_Anxiety&-Sortfield=Lnk_txt&-Find

Learn about anxiety/depression from the experts: http://www.freedomfromfear.org/learn.asp,

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation: http://www.ocfoundation.org/,
OCD support groups: http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocf1170a.htm,
Ask the experts: http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocf1160a.htm,
OCD links: http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocf1520a.htm,

Anxiety/Stress Corner - further links: http://www.behavioralhealthonline.com/bho/display_article.asp?article=3296 ,

National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day: http://www.nmisp.org/anxiety.htm,

Anxiety and phobias (from The Royal College of Psychiatrists): http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/public/help/anxiety/anx_frame.htm,
Social phobias (from The Royal College of Psychiatrists): http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/public/help/socphob/soc_frame.htm,

Intelihealth:
Anxiety - main page: http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8557.html ,
Generalized Anxiety Disorders : (What Is It? Symptoms And Signs, Treatment, When To Seek Treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8558/187873.html?d=dmtContent , and http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8558.html,
Panic Disorders : (What Is It? Symptoms And Signs, Treatment, When To Seek Treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8564/187879.html?d=dmtContent , and http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8564.html,
Phobia : (What Is It? Symptoms And Signs, Treatment, When To Seek Treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8557/187885.html?d=dmtContent,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : (What Is It? Symptoms And Signs, Treatment, When To Seek Treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8576/187891.html?d=dmtContent, and http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8576.html,
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder : (What Is It? Symptoms And Signs, Treatment, When To Seek Treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8557/187897.html?d=dmtContent,

Anxiety Disorders In Children And Teenagers (What is it? Symptoms What the doctor looks for Treatment Prognosis What is it?): http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8611/187927.html?d=dmtContent,

Agoraphobia: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/agoraphobia/default.htm,
NIH on Social Phobia : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/socialphobiamenu.cfm,
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/anxiety/default.htm,
NIH on Generalized Anxiety Disorder: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/gadmenu.cfm,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/obsessivecompu/default.htm,
NIH on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdmenu.cfm,
Panic Disorders: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/panic/default.htm,
NIH on Panic Disorder: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/panicmenu.cfm,
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/ptsd/default.htm,
NIH on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ptsdmenu.cfm,
Other NIH Anxiety Disorder pages: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxietymenu.cfm,

From The American Academy of Family Physicians:
Panic Disorder: Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/137.html,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What Is It and How To Treat It : http://familydoctor.org/handouts/133.html,
Social Phobia: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/482.html,
Post-traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/449.html,
Anxiety and Panic: Gaining Control Over How You're Feeling (click on the left menu for free online info): http://familydoctor.org/healthfacts/013/.

Cross reference from our Abuse/trauma page:

Trauma: http://psycserv.com/news11.htm
The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection:
http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/scrs/vpc/virtulets.html#Traumatic Events, http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/scrs/vpc/virtulets.html#Anger,
http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/scrs/vpc/virtulets.html#Impulse Control,
see also stress managenment,
Controlling Anger Before It Controls You (APA): http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/anger.html,

Intelihealth :
Physical, Sexual And Emotional Abuse (includes- Abuse Of The Elderly, Battered Spouse Syndrome, Child Abuse, Where to Find Help ) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8678.html,

Sexual abuse: http://www.soulselfhelp.on.ca/sexabusemain.html,

AMA on Violence : http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/violence/index.htm,

NIMH on Children & Violence: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violencemenu.cfm,
NIH on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/ptsdmenu.cfm,

Personality Disorders: http://www.health-center.com/mentalhealth/personality/default.htm,

From The American Academy of Family Physicians:
Post-traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/449.html,


General:
Online pamphlets/psychology-psychiatry
(brochures and articles):
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/brochure.htm ,
http://psycserv.com/archives.htm, ( http://psycserv.com/vrt-bin/search-form?BUILDINDEX=y )
Resources (university counseling): http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/selfhelp.html,
The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection: http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/scrs/vpc/virtulets.html,
American Psychological Association's Self-Help Brochures: http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/pubinfo.html,
also see other internet resource links:
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/Internet/index.html,
NIMH Patient Education Materials:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/practitioners/patinfo.cfm,

Johns Hopkins's developed health information:
http://www.intelihealth.com/

Mental health -index to a variety of articles:
http://www.suite101.com/category.cfm/mental_health,

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Support groups for patients and related web pages
(links open in "new window")

anxiety and panic: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Anxiety_and_Panic,
Anxiety support groups - a list from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/224109,
http://www.egroups.com/search?query=anxiety,
Phobias support groups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Phobias ,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : http://www.egroups.com/dir/81697,
OCD support groups: http://www.ocfoundation.org/ocf1170a.htm,
A list of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder support groups from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Post_Traumatic_Stress_Disorder ,

General:
Psychology self-help resources on the web: http://www.psywww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm
Mental Health Support Groups Online: http://psychcentral.com/resources/Mental_Health/Support_Groups/,
An Extensive list: Support-Group.Com also lists local and National Organizations,
a list from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders,
Medical Disease Support Groups on the web: http://psychcentral.com/resources/Medical_Disease_Support/Support_Groups/, and: http://psychcentral.com/resources/Medical_Disease_Support/,
For parents: http://psychcentral.com/resources/Parents_and_Children/Support_Groups/,
Newsgroups (other online support group list): http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/health/psy/support.html,

self-help clearinghouses: http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/clrnghse/clrnghse.htm ,
Tool free numbers:
http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/fonenums/helpline.htm ,
keyword search: http://mentalhelp.net/selfhelp/ ,
Self Help/Support Groups Links: http://www.mentalhealth.org/links/selfhelp.htm,

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Related web pages,
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Links:

° You may also type in for URL "the brand name medication .com" you are interested in ° - To open a new window press Crt + N

The Social Anxiety Network: http://www.social-anxiety-network.com/,
Anxiety links:
http://www.adaa.org/consumerresources/links/,

Online Screening for Anxiety (New York University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry): http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/anx.html,
Trauma Links & Resources : http://www.istss.org/default/linkset.html,
Trauma Info Pages - very good : http://www.trauma-pages.com/index.phtml,
includes: about trauma: http://www.trauma-pages.com/pg2.htm,

Cross reference from our Abuse/trauma page:

Traumatic Stress: http://www.sidran.org/index.html , http://www.sidran.org/links.html,
PTSD links:
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/ip/stockley/mental_health.html#traumatic,
and
http://www.mentalhealth.org/links/posttraumatic.htm,

Children's Services Practice Notes, a newsletter designed to enhance the practice of child welfare workers by providing them with information about research and practice models: http://www.sowo.unc.edu/fcrp/Cspn/cspn.htm ,


Other general links (psychology):
A very extensive list of links: http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~mwehr/SBAlLib.htm,
http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/,
http://www.behavior.net/
"Meta" Links: http://www2.cybernex.net/~jas/,
Internet MH resources: http://freenet.msp.mn.us/ip/stockley/mental_health.html,
Mental Health Topics: http://www.athealth.com/topics.html ,

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CE/CME & free online CE/CME , Conferences:
(links open in "new window")

Free CE-CME in psych/mental health (Medscape): http://cmecenter.medscape.com/Home/Topics/psychiatry/directories/dir-PSY.CMECenter.html#CMS,

Psych Times':
http://www.mhsource.com/conf/

Meetings, Organizations And General Resources In Behavioral Healthcare And Telehealth : http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/psyjumps.html,
APA CME calendar: http://www.psych.org/pract_of_psych/cme_calendar.cfm,
APA International Meetings - list: http://www.psych.org/pract_of_psych/intlmeet.cfm,
APA online CME listing: http://www.psych.org/cme/,

Association Meetings from mhsource.com: http://www.mhsource.com/resource/assocmeeting.html,

CMEsearch.com: http://www.cmesearch.com/,

General (MH):
http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/psyjumps.html,
Meetings by over 3,600 mental health organizations: http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/psyjumps.html#Meetings, or search by date: http://www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/psyjumps.html#months,
or: http://www.audiopsych.com/,
CE also through :http://mentalhelp.net/ce/,
list of other web sources: http://mentalhelp.net/guide/pro26.htm,
MH/meetings by states: http://www.athealth.com/mande.html (no CME/CE info, or $)
Search for a Conference or Workshop: http://mentalhelp.net/mhn/calendar/db.cgi/,
10000 Medical Conferences and Exhibitions Worldwide: http://www.mediconf.com/, Psychiatry: http://mediconf.de/scme/8033.HTM,
From anxiety, relationships, to sleep hygene, & negative thinking: http://www.queendom.com/mental.html,
APA online CME: http://www.apa.onlinecme.org/,
CMEinc: http://www.mhsource.com/,

Medical: http://www.medicalconferences.com/,
HealthStream University: 1,000 hours of Category 1 CME credit in a wide range of topics and subjects: http://www.helix.com/gw_shop/index.html,
http://www.helix.com/helix/coned/medical/medical.htm#healthstream,
http://www.meniscus.com/
For all spec: (http://www.pslgroup.com/MEDCONF.HTM
http://www.pslgroup.com/confdisease.htm
)

Meetings (List of ads in Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journals per specialty): http://www.lwwonline.com/classifieds/meetings.asp?c=3&j=X


see also the links under associations > for meetings
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Licensing Requirements by States:

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Licensing Requirements by States for
Psychologists, Marriage &Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, Social Workers: http://www.tarleton.edu/~counseling/coresour/lllpc.htm

Licensing Requirements by States and links to State Medical Boards:
CME Requirements for License Renewal (for M.D.'s): http://www.acponline.org/cme/licenses.htm,
CME Requirements for License Renewal (for Osteopathic Medicine): http://www.acponline.org/cme/osteopathic-table.htm,
List of State Medical Boards: http://www.docboard.org/ ,
http://www.healthcaresource.com/AS_LI_SC.htm,

Practice Management (APA): http://www.psych.org/pract_of_psych/managed_care.html,


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Employment:

(links open in "new window")

Psychology, Mental Health:
http://mentalhelp.net/joblink/
,
other links from MentalHelp: http://mentalhelp.net/guide/pro04.htm,
APA job bank: http://www.artofsearch.com/Site/apa/default.htm,


Medical Employment: http://www.medscout.com/employment/index.htm ,
http://www.employmed.com/
http://www.medmatrix.org/_SPages/Employment_Opportunities.asp
http://www.healthcaresource.com/career.cfm,
http://www.gretmar.com/webdoctor/framejob.html , http://www.gmedical.com/
List of ads in Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journals per specialty:
http://www.lwwonline.com/classifieds/employment.asp?c=1&j=X ,
(or link from: http://www.wwilkins.com/periodicals/classifieds/ ,
http://www.wwilkins.com/periodicals/classifieds/ADS/ ,
http://www.cejka.com/ (with registration),
APA job bank: http://apa.artofsearch.com/, or http://www.artofsearch.com/Site/apa/default.htm,
see also jobs, http://www.pohly.com/links.shtml, http://www.pohly.com/links2.shtml ,

see also http://careers.yahoo.com/ , carierpath.com, monster.com, hotjobs.com,

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Reference:
See also: Psychiatry's reference
(links open in "new window")

DSM IV (Mental Health Symptoms and Treatment): http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/,
DSM IV codes: http://mentalhelp.net/disorders/dsmcodes.htm

ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 The Electronic International Classification of Disease - also to download : http://www.eicd.com/, http://www.who.int/whosis/icd10/ , http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/major/dvs/icd10des.htm ,
http://www-informatics.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/icd9/refs.htm
,

medical dictionary
"My Medicines" brochure : http://www.fda.gov/womens/tttc.html,

Drug Doses of Commonly Prescribed Medications:
A-C : http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter20/01-20.html ,
D-H: http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter20/02-20.html ,
I-O: http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter20/03-20.html ,
P-Z: http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter20/04-20.html ,

(medical library near you/and on the web:
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/hslibs.html)

See also: Psychiatry's reference

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newsgroups - chatroom:
(links open in "new window")


InterPsych: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/InterPsych/inter.html,
[discussion forum: http://www.interpsych.org/inter.htm , ]
A list from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Medicine/Medical_Specialties/Psychiatry,

(General) Psychology Newsgroups: http://alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter-Links/health/psy/psychnews.html,
a list from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Psychologists,

Some Mental Health Chat Rooms: http://www.psychnet-uk.com/chat_rooms/mental_health_chatrooms.htm,
List of psychology/MH related Newsgroups/or E-mail lists: http://www.psychnet-uk.com/psychology_newsgroups/mental_health_newsgroups.htm,

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