Drugs

Australian GPs will be able to access patient's prescription histories from July

Published: Fri, 2012-05-25 15:19 by Jill McTaggart

From July this year, GPs will be able to access a patient's entire prescription history during a consultation. Real time reporting software called DORA, is being piloted in Tasmania. The software has the capacity to be integrated with existing medical software programs and has been licensed to the Commonwealth who will fund the rollout to all prescribers.

Mental Health

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

The Gale encyclopedia of mental disorders 2003 edited by Ellen Thackery and Madeline Harris

Assessment and therapy resource : specialty articles from The Encyclopedia of mental health / editor-in-chief, Howard S. Friedman

Mental Health - my virtual encyclopedia (US) resource

Addiction : a reference encyclopedia 2010

Handbooks:

The SAGE handbook of mental health and illness 2011 resource

The mental health handbook : a cognitive behavioural approach 3rd edition 2009 by Trevor Powell.

Grief counseling and grief therapy : a handbook for the mental health practitioner 4th ed 2009 by J. William Worden

Oxford handbook of mental health nursing 2006 edited by Patrick Callaghan, Helen Waldock.

Oxford handbook of psychiatry

Handbook of complementary and alternative therapies in mental health 2002 edited by Scott Shannon.

Handbook of clinical rating scales and assessment in psychiatry and mental health 2010 resource

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR

DSM IV TR online

Dictionaries:

Campbell's psychiatric dictionary 2004 by Robert Jean Campbell

Dorlands illustrated medical dictionary

The language of mental health : a glossary of psychiatric terms 2011 by Narriman C. Shahrokh ... al.

Dictionary of ethical and legal terms and issues : the essential guide for mental health professionals 2007 by Len Sperry.

Psychiatric dictionary

Lexicon of psychiatric and mental health terms

The language of mental health : a glossary of psychiatric terms

Clinical Practice

Clinical Practice:

Essentials of psychiatry

Foundations of clinical psychiatry

Kaplan & Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry

Evidence Based Practice

Evidence Based Practice:

Evidence-based policy and practice in mental health social work 2011

The evidence-based practice : methods, models, and tools for mental health professionals 2005

BMJ Best Practice - Database

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. Best Practice provides a second opinion in an instant, without the need for checking multiple resources. At its core, Best Practice contains the BMJ's Clinical Evidence

Practice Guidelines - RANZCP

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.

Journal Articles:

PsycINFO - Journals, books & book chapters, reports, theses & dissertations in psychology & related fields.

PsycArticles - Journals published by the APA, Canadian Psychological Association plus Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

BMJ Clinical evidence - Directory of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions

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.

CINAHL - Contains citations with abstracts to articles published in nursing and allied health journals.

Embase.com - A database which provides access to the biomedical literature with over 2,000 biomedical titles not currently offered by MEDLINE.

Informit Collections - Set of Australian databases including Australasian Medical Index (AMI), A+Education (AEI), Health & Society, APAIS-Health, Health Collection & more.

Medline - Ovid version of Medline. Provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services

MEDLINEplus - Specialising in medical diseases & conditions, non/ & prescription drugs, medical encyclopaedias & dictionaries & links to clinical trials.

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.

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

Journals:

Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry - Australian psychiatry journal published by the Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists

Archives of general psychiatry - a highly ranked mental health journal

Current opinion in psychiatry

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry

BMC psychiatry

Psychiatry online journals

A list of UQ Mental Health Journals

Legislation

Australia:

Mental Health Act - Queensland

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Counselling

Psychological and educational tests

Psychology

Secondary Materials

Secondary Materials:

Books

Psychiatric secrets 2nd ed

A handbook for the study of mental health : social contexts, theories, and systems 2010 edited by Teresa L. Scheid et al

Community mental health for older people 2010

Addiction medicine resource : science and practice 2011

Browsing the shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:-

BF176 - Psychological testing

HM1106-1171 - Interpersonal relations. Social behavior

RC435-571 - Psychiatry

RC440 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

RC451 - Geriatric Psychiatry

RC455 - Mental Health Services and Ethics

RC480 - Emergency Psychiatry

RC554-569.5 - Personality disorders. Behavior problems including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse

RC564 - Addiction Medicine

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

DSM-IV-TR : Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders resource

Current diagnosis & treatment psychiatry resource

Fish's clinical psychopathology : signs and symptoms in psychiatry 2007

Handbook of clinical rating scales and assessment in psychiatry and mental health 2010 resource

Online counselling resource : a handbook for mental health professionals 2010

Psychiatry Online - books, journals & multimedia on psychiatry, mental health & behavioural sciences from APPI (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.)

Disorders resource

Internet Mental Health (US) resource

Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Department of Health and Ageing - Mental Health

American Psychiatric Association

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - 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

Grieflink - Grieflink is an information resource for the berieved and grieving, their carers, friends and colleagues, and for health and welfare workers

Mental Health Association QLD (MHAQ) - MHAQ provides quality early intervention mental health services and programs that support the community to make mental health connections, develop mental health literacy and participate in employment as a foundation for recovery.

Mental Health Council of Australia - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) is the peak, national non-government organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector, committed to achieving better mental health for all Australians.

Queensland Health - Mental Health

Psychiatry - Research, School of Medicine, University of Queensland

RANZCP - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists