The Links page
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MEDICAL DATABASES |
| OVID eLIBRARY - Search Medline and hundreds of journals for FREE! (NHS employees only) |
| BANDOLIER HOME PAGE - Huge collection of articles relating to all aspects of medicine |
| THE COCHRANE DATABASE - Search through the abstracts for free |
| MEDLINE - Via the BMA (free, but doctors only and requires registration) |
| MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine) - Accessible to all, and free |
| NATIONAL GUIDELINE CLEARINGHOUSE - US Collection of practice guidelines (psychiatry included) |
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MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC ORGANISATIONS |
| BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - The British Doctors' Union |
| ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS - Information on Exams |
| BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY - Professional Body for psychologists |
| AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION - The US equivalent of the R C Psych |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) - US organisation for mental health research |
| THE UK COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY - When the drugs don't work... |
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SOCIETIES AND SUPPORT GROUPS |
| THE SAMARITANS - Voluntary organisation offering telephone (and now email) support |
| RETHINK (the new name for the NATIONAL SCHIZOPHRENIA FELLOWSHIP) - Support group for patients and relatives |
| DEPRESSION ALLIANCE - Support group for depression |
| MANIC DEPRESSION FELLOWSHIP (MDF) - National user-led organisation for Bipolar Disorder. In Scotland, go to MDF SCOTLAND. |
| THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION - Support for all things relating to mental health |
| MIND - Mental Health Charity |
| SANE - Schizophrenia - A National Emergency. A UK Charity. |
| ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - The UK section of the famous alcohol support group |
| HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION - Information and support for sufferers and families. |
| ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY - Support for the most common type of dementia in the UK |
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ONLINE RESOURCES FOR DOCTORS |
| DOCTORS.NET.UK - Free email and services for doctors |
| MEDIX-UK - Webmail and other services for doctors (requires GMC number for registration) |
| ONMEDICA - More email and stuff for doctors |
| ELECTRONIC MEDICINES COMPENDIUM - Online drug information |
| ELECTRONIC BNF - Search and browse the British National Formulary |
| SIGN GUIDELINES - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
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WEBSITES OF INTEREST TO PSYCHIATRISTS |
| NEUROLOGIC EXAM - A very comprehensive site which includes videos on cranial nerve, and other neurological examination, and shows a variety of pathological findings. |
| CASE HISTORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY - A collection of descriptions of mental illness from the Bible onwards. |
| THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT - An online slide-show (complete with video clips), detailing the famous psychological study of prison life. |
| THE WHOLE BRAIN ATLAS - Fabulous images of the brain, which you can navigate through. |
| SCIRUS TOOLBAR - Similar to the Google Toolbar, but it searches journals as well. Will also take you to full-text sources (where available). |
