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In this 'depression 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   

 Why the cartoons?  - because humor is a healthy defense, and is far better than denial ! Supportive text and tips are included.

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See sample cartoons
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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 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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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/,
Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association : http://www.med.jhu.edu/drada/,
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: http://www.mhsource.com/narsad/, or http://www.narsad.org,
American Association of Suicidology (dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide): http://www.suicidology.org/,

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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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Guidelines for Primary Care Providers -
Detection and Management of Young People at Risk of Suicide: http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/Guidelines/YS/ys.htm,
Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of Depression by Primary Healthcare Professionals: http://www.nzgg.org.nz/library/gl_complete/depression/index.cfm#contents,
"British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants" available here to download: http://www.bap.org.uk/ , (http://www.bap.org.uk/antidepressant.doc )

Cross reference from our Bipolar d/o page:

Expert Consensus Guidelines - Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_bipolar_disorder.html,
Guidelines for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, in HTML : http://www.psychguides.com/bpgl.html,
A Guide for Patients and Families, in HTML : http://www.psychguides.com/bphe.html, and in Spanish: - El Tratamiento del Disturbio Bipolar Guia Para Los Pacientes y las Familias : http://www.psychguides.com/bphs.html,

Expert Consensus Guidelines Medication Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2000 (downloads in Adobe Acrobat PDF format):
http://www.psychguides.com/gl-treatment_of_bp2000.html
,

see also under psychiatry

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, Mood Disorders (U.I.): http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter15/01-15.html,
2, Crisis Intervention Techniques for the Suicidal Patient (UI/E.Psy.): http://www.vh.org/Providers/Lectures/EmergencyMed/Psychiatry/SuicideCrisis.html,
3, Medical Emergencies in Psychiatry: Common Overdoses - As Suicide Attempts : http://www.vh.org/Providers/Lectures/EmergencyMed/Psychiatry/MedEmergOD.html,

4, Depression [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter189/189b.htm, and
5, Dysthymic Disorder [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter189/189c.htm,
6, From the Mood Disorders [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter189/189a.htm,
7, Suicidal behavior [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter190/190a.htm,

8, Depression and the Reward System: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lwh/drugs/chap06.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/,

9, How to Heal Depression (Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. & Peter McWilliams) : http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/dep/,

10, Depression and Low Self-Esteem (Psychological Self-Help): http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap6/,

11, How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove, Harold Bloomfield, and Peter McWilliams : http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/sur/srtoc.htm,

12, Free book related to assertiveness - negotiation:
     You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen : http://www.bb.com/looptestlive.cfm?bookid=1574&startrow=2 ,

13, The collection of the following papers are like a free online textbook on Depression: (please see journals)
Articles:
Augmentation Strategies in the Treatment of Depression: http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/aug/index.html,

14, Antidepressants and psychoactive drug interactions: http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/direct/phys/pydit.html,

15, From Psychology lecture notes - Learned Helplessness, depression and apathy: http://hypatia.ss.uci.edu/psych9a/lectures/lec9notes.html#learned-helplessness,

16, Recognizing and Managing Depression in Patients with Diabetes : http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readit.jsp?Book=0945448732&Page=143, (from: Practical Psychology for Diabetes Clinicians: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0945448732, )

17, Grieving - A Healing Process - 1985 Hazelden - Peter C. McDonald [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894863185,
Includes:
The Five Stages of Grief :
http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readit.jsp?Book=0894863185&Page=6,

18, Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss - 1986 Hazelden Alla Renee Bozarth, Ph.D. : http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=1568380577,

19, see Borderline Personality Didorder (and self-injurious behavior) under - Personality Disorders [Merck Manual]: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter191/191a.htm,

20, Major Depression (Psychiatry Notebook) : http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSYCh5.htm,

21, This following page also gives other links on psychopharmacology - (Serotonin Syndrome MAO inhibitors Bupropion Buspar Desyrel Nefazodone Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Venlafexine Fluvoxamine Paroxetine Fluoxetine Sertraline Tricyclic Antidepressant Amitriptyline Imipramine Norpramine Nortriptyline) : http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSYCh5.htm,

22, On Sleep Hygiene (Psychiatry Notebook): http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSY101.htm,

23, see also Bipolar Disorder (Psychiatry Notebook): http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSYCh3.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 depression (please also see journals):
Cognitive Therapy and Depression: http://www.habitsmart.com/dep.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:

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss: http://www.tandfdc.com/JNLS/pil.htm,
or: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/frameloader.html?http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/10811443.html
Archives of Suicide Research: http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kapis/CGI-BIN/WORLD/journalhome.htm?1381-1118 ,
Bipolar Disorders: http://www.munksgaarddirect.dk/usr/munksgaard/tidsskrifter.nsf/a0785010418aba41412565f300449b31/929779b24a983e854125668a0048a379?OpenDocument
Depression:
Depression and Anxiety: http://journals.wiley.com/1091-4269/ ,
Journal of Affective Disorders (contents): http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/7/7/ ,

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:
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Depression Discover Your Personal Power To Change - [Rational Emotive Therapy]- 1992 Hazelden Tim Sheehan, Ph.D. [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894866966,

The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection: http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/scrs/vpc/virtulets.html#Depression,
non-drug therapies: http://depression.com/health_library/anti_depressant_therapies/nondrug/anti_21_nondrugintro.html,
Brighten Up Your Life: http://psycserv.com/sad_talk.htm,
Antidepressant Medication: http://www.undoingdepression.com/lwrt4.html,
Self-Esteem: In A Culture Where Winning Is Everything and Losing Is Shameful: http://www.undoingdepression.com/lwrt9.html,
Denial Is Just Another Defense Mechanism: http://www.undoingdepression.com/lwrt10.html,
On Sleep Hygiene (Psychiatry Notebook): http://www.fpnotebook.com/PSY101.htm,
Depression and How Psychotherapy and Other Treatments Can Help People Recover (APA): http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/depression.html,
What You Should Know About Women and Depression (APA): http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/depress.html,
Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec5.html,
Best Things to Say To Someone Who is Depressed: http://stripe.colorado.edu/~judy/depression/best.html,
Depression - definition (The Columbia Encyclopedia): http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/depres-psy.html,
Depression and seniors: http://www.ghc.org/web/health_info/self/seniors/depr_srs.jhtml;$sessionid$DIE0TIIAAAAF3QFIAEWSFEQ,
Grief: http://www.ghc.org/web/health_info/mental_health/grief.jhtml;$sessionid$DIE0TIIAAAAF3QFIAEWSFEQ,
Depression Other Mood Disorders and Suicide in Adolescents: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/guide/hmg33_0005.html#33.15,
Sleep apnea can cause depression : http://world.std.com/~halberst/articles/ipn3.html,
Questionaire for identifying possible sleep apnea: http://www.newtechpub.com/phantom/question/quiz.html,
Post Natal Depression (from The Royal College of Psychiatrists): http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/public/help/pndep/postnatd.htm,
Bereavement (from The Royal College of Psychiatrists): http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/public/help/bereav/ber_frame.htm,

Intelihealth :
Depression and Major Depression : (What is it? Symptoms, What the doctor looks for, What you can Do, Treatment, When to seek treatment, Prognosis) : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8596/187912.html?d=dmtContent , and http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8596.html, - includes: Spotting the Warning Signs of Suicide : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8596/191901.html?d=dmtJHE, and Talk Therapy vs. Drug Therapy : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8596/207954.html?d=dmtContent,
Depressive Disorders and Mania:
(includes- Bipolar Disorder, Reactive And Grief-Related Depression, Depression, Women and Depression, Depression In Children, Older Adults and Depression, African-Americans and Depression, Illnesses And Depression, Job-Related Depression,):
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8271/8588.html,
Obesity And Depression : http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8641/24313/192512.html?d=dmtContent,

Depression: http://depressionclinic.com/mentalhealth/depression/default.htm,

On depression, bipolar disorder, child and mental health - booklets downloadable (PDF) prepared in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/childhood-youth/cyfh/child_and_youth/mental_health/together.html,

AMA on depression: http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/depressn/depressn.htm,
includes - Suicide warning signs : http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/depressn/depressn.htm#suicide, and Suicide prevention: what to do: http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/depressn/depressn.htm#suicprev,

NIMH on depression: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depressionmenu.cfm,
NIMH on Suicide : http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depsuicidemenu.cfm,

Depression - educational topics in real audio - (a Canadian site): http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/direct/depress/pubra.html,

From The American Academy of Family Physicians:
Dysthymic Disorder: When Depression Lingers : http://www.familydoctor.org/handouts/054.html,
Antidepressants: Medicine for Depression : http://familydoctor.org/handouts/012.html,
Depression: How Medicine Can Help : http://familydoctor.org/handouts/045.html,
Depression: Electroconvulsive Therapy: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/058.html,
Depression in Women: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/443.html,
Seasonal Affective Disorder: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/267.html,
Depression and Alzheimer's: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/044.html,

The Neurobiology of Depression (Scientific American): http://www.sciam.com/1998/0698issue/0698nemeroff.html,

Online Depression Screening Test (New York University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry): http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depres.html,
Beck Inventory for the Screening of Depression : (scoll down on this link): http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter15/01-15.html,
Geriatric Depression Scale: (scoll down on this link): http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/Chapter15/01-15.html,
Geriatric depression scale (Koenig) :
http://www.ncemi.org/cgi-ncemi/edecision.pl?TheCommand=Load&NewFile=koenig_geriatric_depression_scale,

Goldberg Depression Scale: http://psychcentral.com/depinv.htm,
Goldberg's Mania Scale: http://psychcentral.com/mancinv.htm,

cross reference from our other pages, (see drop down menu above).

°Overcoming Negative Thinking -Johnson Institute Recovery Series 1991 Dennis C. Daley, M.S.W. [a Pamphlet -designed for addiction recovery, but useful in other areas]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=156246017X,
Includes:
Common Distortions Of Thinking :
http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readit.jsp?Book=156246017X&Page=14,
Countering Negative Thinking and How To Change Negative Beliefs:
http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readit.jsp?Book=156246017X&Page=21,

°Grieving - A Healing Process - 1985 Hazelden - Peter C. McDonald [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894863185,
Includes:
The Five Stages of Grief :
http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readit.jsp?Book=0894863185&Page=6,

°Life Is Goodbye Life Is Hello Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss - 1986 Hazelden Alla Renee Bozarth, Ph.D. : http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=1568380577,

°Loneliness - Pocket Power - Hazelden [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=089486369X,

°Letting Go Of Shame Understanding How Shame Affects Your Life Ronald Potter-Efron/Patricia Potter-Efron: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894866354,

°Forgiveness - Richard S [a Pamphlet]: http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0894865331,

°From Anger To Forgiveness 1992 Ballantine Books Earnie Larsen/Carol Larsen Hegarty : http://readingroom.electricpress.com/readittoc.jsp?Book=0345379829,


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")

Grief (Bereavement) Online Support: http://www.support-group.com/cgi-bin/sg/get_links?bereavement,
Local: http://www.support-group.com/cgi-bin/sg/get_support?bereavement,
Depression Oline Support: http://www.support-group.com/cgi-bin/sg/get_links?depression ,
Local : http://www.support-group.com/cgi-bin/sg/get_support?depression,
about support groups: http://depression.com/health_library/anti_depressant_therapies/nondrug/anti_25_support.html,
Alt Support Depression: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-support-depression/faq/,
Depressed Anonymous: http://www.depressedanon.com/,
depression support groups from egroups: http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Depression ,
Grief, Loss and Bereavement : http://www.egroups.com/dir/Health/Mental_Health/Grief,_Loss_and_Bereavement ,

Borderline Personality Disorder (a list from egroups): http://www.egroups.com/dir/7702 ,
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: http://www.egroups.com/dir/96894 ,

Depression Care Givers Support - Message board (run by a husband who provided care to his depressed wife for years): http://members.tripod.com/garyicare/msgbrd.htm, or http://members.tripod.com/garyicare/,

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,
(links open in "new window")

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

Depression and cognitive therapy: http://www.habitsmart.com/dep.html, (from the The Cognitive Therapy Pages - tools to cope with negative emotions. = http://www.habitsmart.com/cogtitle.html ,
ECT: http://www.ect.org/, http://www.ect.org/resources/studies.html,

Depression - a consumer guide:
Diagnosis and Treatment: http://www.suite101.com/topic_page.cfm/depression/989 ,
And other topics:  http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/depression,
Depression in Young People: http://www.nhmrc.health.gov.au/publicat/synopses/cp37to41.htm,

More links:
Dr. Ivan's DEPRESSION CENTRAL: http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html,
Depression: http://www.blarg.net/~charlatn/Depression.html,
Information about Treatments for Depression: http://www.blarg.net/~charlatn/depression/treatment.html,
Depression links: http://www.mentalhealth.org/links/depression.htm,
Bipolar disorders: http://www.frii.com/~parrot/bip.html,


Goldberg Depression Scale: http://psychcentral.com/depinv.htm,
Goldberg's Mania Scale: http://psychcentral.com/mancinv.htm,
Grief Recovery: http://www.grief-recovery.com/,
Links: http://www.mentalhealth.org/links/depression.htm,


A thought from a patient or on being human: http://www.searchingwithin.com/bipolar/graffiti/,
Depression and Spiritual Growth: http://chandra.astro.indiana.edu/bipolar/spirit.html,

National Depression Screening Day On-Site Locator : http://mentalhealthscreening.org/cgi-bin/locator3.cgi ,

Bereavement/Grief Corner (artikles and links): http://www.behavioralhealthonline.com/bho/display_article.asp?article=3310 ,
Grief support after the loss of a child: http://compassionatefriends.com/,

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:

(links open in "new window")

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:


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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