Busse Library provides these websites and titles for students and faculty seeking resources on mental health. Books listed here are a sampling available in the library and elsewhere.
Scroll down the desktop or select a topic of interest:
Gateways to Mental Health Resources -- Reference Sources -- Government and Research Agencies -- Legal Issues and Mental Health -- Resources for Professionals -- Magazines and Journals -- Disorders: Gateways to Information -- Children and Mental Health -- Men and Mental Health -- Women and Mental Health -- Busse Library Resources
Gateways to Mental Health Resources
- About.com: Mental Health Resources
- Google: Directory: Mental Health
- Hardin MD: Psychiatry and Mental Health: University of Iowa
- MedLine Plus: Mental Health and Behavior Topics
- Mental Health Matters!
- Mental Help Net (MHN)
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Psych-Net, U.K.
- Yahoo: Health: Mental Health
- Glossary On-Line: Psychiatry
- Internet Mental Health -- online encyclopedia
- National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
- Online Dictionary of Mental Health
Government and Research Agencies
- American Academy of Clinical Psychology (AACP)
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology (AACAP)
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- Alzheimer's Association
- Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): Toronto, Canada -- recognized for excellence by the World Health Organization
- International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)
- Mental Health: A Report of the U.S. Surgeon General
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Women's Mental Health Consortium: NIMH
Legal Issues and Mental Health
- ADA Home Page: U.S. Department of Justice
- American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- DisabilityInfo.gov: Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities
- Institute of Mental Health Law, U.K.
- Legal Information Institute (LII): Mental Health Law: An Overview
- MacArthur Research Network on Mental Health and the Law
- National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) -- mental health advocates
- National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers
- U.S. National Council on Disability
- World Federation for Mental Health
- Behavior Online
- Clinical Trials.gov: U.S. National Institutes of Health: Mental Health
- Google: Mental Health: Professional Resources
- Internet Guide for Mental Health Administrators
- Professional Resources: Mental Health: About.com
- Psychiatry On-Line: International Forum for Psychiatry
- APA Monitor on Psychology
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry -- requires account to view texts
- Geriatric Times
- Google: Psychiatry: Journals
- Harvard Mental Health Letter
- Links to Psychological Journals: The Journal Locator in Psychology and the Social Sciences
- Psychiatric Times
Disorders: Gateways to Information
- For the Public: National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH): Mental Illnesses
- Google: Mental Health: Disorders
- Internet Mental Health: Disorders
- Mental Health InfoSource: A to Z Disorder Search
- Open Directory Project: Mental Health: Disorders
- APA Resources for the Public: Children
- Advocacy Resources for Children with Disabilities: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health (FFCMH)
- National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health: Georgetown University
- Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health
- APA Resources for the Public: Women -- mental health issues
- The Mayo Clinic: Women's Health Center
- Women's Mental Health Resources: About.com
- Understanding childhood mental disorders. c1993. Video RJ 499.U54
- American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV. c1994. RC455.2.C4 D54 1994, Ref
- Austrian, Sonia G. Mental disorders, medications, and clinical social work / c1995. HV689. A88 1995
- Barlow, David H. Clinical handbook of psychological disorders / c1993. RC489.B4 C584 1993
- Denmark, Florence. Psychology of women : a handbook of issues / 1993. HQ1206. P747 1993 Ref
- Grabowski, John. Psychopharmacology : basic mechanisms and / c1992. RC483. P77775 1992
- Johnson, Barbara Schoen. Child, adolescent, and family psychiatric nursing / c1995. RJ502.3 .C475 1995
- Turner, Francis J. Mental health and the elderly : a social work perspective / c1992. RC451.4.A5 M442 1992
- White, Joseph L. The troubled adolescent / c1989. RJ503. W48 1989
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