Psychiatry
- Getting Started
- Clinical Practice
- Evidence Based Practice
- Journal Articles
- Journals
- Legislation
- Secondary Materials
- Specialised Resources
- Web Sites
Getting Started
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Clinical Practice
Evidence Based Practice
BMJ Best Practice - Best Practice is a new concept for information delivered at the point of care. In a single source BMJ has combined the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion - presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
Cochrane Library - information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health
Evidence-based mental health (e journal)
Evidence-based mental health care by Simon Hatcher, Rob Butler, Mark Oakley-Browne.
Journal Articles
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
PubMed - PubMed comprises over 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
Medline - Ovid version of Medline. Provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services
Embase.com - A database which provides access to the biomedical literature with over 2,000 biomedical titles not currently offered by MEDLINE.
CINAHL - Contains citations with abstracts to articles published in nursing and allied health journals.
PsycINFO - journals, books & book chapters, reports, theses & dissertations in psychology & related fields.
Cochrane Library - information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.
Informit Health Collection - Fulltext Australian databases covering research articles, reports and case studies of practical support to anyone studying or working in therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative health roles
Scopus - abstracting database covering scientific, technical, medical & the social sciences.
Web of Knowledge - includes Current Contents - ranging from social & behavioural sciences, life sciences, arts & humanities
Journals
Legislation
Secondary Materials
Secondary resources, such as books, ebooks, print journals and multimedia can be found via the Library Catalogue or by browsing the shelves at the relevant library.
RC435-571 Psychiatry
RC440 Psychiatric Nursing
RC451 Geriatric Psychiatry
RC480 Emergency Psychiatry
Specialised Resources
PsychiatryOnline - a comprehensive resource providing access to textbooks, journals, guidelines, patient information and clinical and research news
Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry
Web Sites
Psychiatry - Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
American Psychiatric Association
Queensland Health - Mental Health
Australian Department of Health and Ageing. Mental Health
Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health - a UK website focussing on EBM and mental health providing information about trials in which they are involved, an EBM toolkit, information on critical appraisal and a CATmaker
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