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Links to site with information relating to mental health and psychiatry
Updated on Mar 28, 13
Created on Mar 24, 09
Category: Health & Wellness
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Mental Health Forum - hosts forums on a range of mental health issues including depression, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, eating disorders etc. Individuals posting in the forums include patients, health care staff, friends, partners and relatives.
Freely available, the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care. They are aimed at healthcare professionals working in primary and first-contact care.
How does it help?
CKS provides quick answers to real-life questions that arise in the consultation, linking to detailed answers that clearly outline the evidence on which they are based.
This Newcastle Medical School site has resources for students, made available under creative commons licences.
Videos on psychopathology of mental illness, doctor patient consultation with simulated patients
Case study videos in mental health from the University of Newcastle.
NHS choices page on mental health with links to patient videos and advice on mental health.
NHS Choices depression blogs written by people living with or working with depression.
A range of video materials have been developed by Practice Placement Managers from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust in conjunction with mental health service users, and the support of the CEIMH team. Below are the video resources that have been created to enhance the communication skills of student nurses who will be working with mental health service users.
This video, developed by Jayne Greening and CEIMH provides information on the general principles around providing good supervision and line management of junior colleagues. Included in the film is a role play illustrating supervision of an under performing colleague; followed by some very practical hints and tips for providing good supervision.
Podcasts from the Maudsley debates podcast series provided by King's College London
King's College Institute of Psychiatry audio feeds. Links to podcasts of elctures and debates at the Institute of Psychiatry, including, the popular Maudsley Debates series
UNESCO paper on teaching ethics in psychiatry - a series of case vignettes
Medical web 2.0 guidance package on depression put together by Berci Mesko on his Science Roll blog and his Webicina site. There are links to blogs, videos, wikis etc.
US mental health network site
Healthtalkonline, an award-winning charity website, lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. This information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford. Thet have interviewed a wide range of people with personal experience of mental health conditions.
27 items | 12 visits
Links to site with information relating to mental health and psychiatry
Updated on Mar 28, 13
Created on Mar 24, 09
Category: Health & Wellness
URL: