LINKS
Web Sites of Interest
Mental Health Specific Search Engines and Resource Sites
- Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
A one-stop source of information and resources on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services for mental illness. KEN is a service of the Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Social Work Sites on the Net
Government Sites
Professional Associations and Organizations
Managed Care Reform
- National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers
A grassroots organization made up of clinicians from all mental health disciplines, consumers of mental health care, and consumer advocates. The group's single issue is managed care and what it considers the industry's destruction of quality medical and mental health care.
- Families USA
Families USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, is a leading voice for health care consumers. The major issues they address are Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance, Managed Care and the Uninsured.
- American Mental Health Alliance
A not-for-profit national network that supports ethical, private, and confidential mental health services, independent of managed care.
Clinical Sites of Interest
- Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
Released December of 1999. Comprehensive public policy document advocating that improved mental health care is a national priority.
- Behavior OnLine
Behavior OnLine aspires to be the premier World Wide Web gathering place for mental health professionals and applied behavioral scientists - a place where professionals of every discipline can feel at home.
- At Health Inc.
Comprehensive site with the following categories: list your practice on the Internet, newsletters for today's professional, locate colleagues or referral sources, behavioral health care facilities, resources for behavioral health care to find meetings held in your area, medication information and referrals, books recommended for professionals, mailing lists for professionals, billing and practice management software.
- National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Mandatory Reporting Page
A summary of the major features of states requiring mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. References and links to statutes in all 50 states.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Information and resources on substance abuse and mental health. An agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- Psychwatch.com
An on-line site for psychologists and psychiatrists.
- Internet Mental Health
Good database of psychotropic medications.
- The Merck Manual
The classic manual now on-line.
- Medscape - Psychiatry and Mental Health
Comprehensive commercial site with updated journal articles. Outstanding. Requires free registration.
- National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (NCCEV)
This organization was founded by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1999 with the purpose of increasing public and professional awareness of the effects of violence on children and of building the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the impact of violence
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