Links of Interest to Psychiatry in Maryland

We have asked members to forward their favorite scientific or practice-oriented Web sites. The purpose is to let other MPS members know which Web sites our members find useful. We are excluding, for now, Web sites sponsored by our members, other psychiatrists or mental health professionals or health care organizations. The MPS does not endorse the content of any these sites.

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Advocacy (Mental Health)	National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) NAMI- Maryland National Mental Health Association Mental Health Association of Maryland World Federation for Mental Health
Affective Disorders	DRADA (Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association) Dr. Ivan's Depression Central
Anxiety Disorders	Anxiety Disorders Education Program
Associations (Professional)	Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine American Medical Association American Psychiatric Association American Psychoanalytic Association American Public Health Association, Mental Health Section American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Med Chi (Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland) Washington Psychiatric Society
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
Continuing Medical Education (CME)	CME Online
Directories of Psychiatry Resources on the Internet	Interpsych: Professional mental health discussion on the Internet National Library of Medicine (includes free Medline search) Dr. Bob's Mental Health Links Insider's Guide to Mental Health Resources Online Internet Mental Health Resources Medical Burnout Home Page Mental Health Net
Education	Ask Eric(Educational Resources Information Center) Medication Information and Recent Research
Government: Benefit Programs	Social Security Administration
Government: Research	National Institute of Mental Health
Health Policy	Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care Fight Managed Care Health Administration Responsibility Project Maryland General Assembly National Committee for Quality Assurance Physicians For a National Health Program President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry World Federation for Mental Health Website
Journals	American Journal of Psychiatry Archives of General Psychiatry British Medical Journal International Journal of Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy The Lancet Nature New England Journal of Medicine Psychiatric Services Psychiatric Times Scientific American
Legal & Forensic	Academic Crime Statistics Crime Statistics Criminal profiling - Robert Ressler FBI Publications FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources Historical Crime Statistics LAWS.COM Legal research (Knowledge Solutions) Polygraph Law Resource Page US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention U.S. Census Bureau: Home Page | U.S. Census Maps Uniform Crime Reports Zeno's Forensic Page
Medical (General)	Healthfinder(gateway consumer health and human services information web site from the US government) Medical Matrix Merck Manual Online National Library of Medicine Physicians On Line The Virtual Hospital (The University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook)
Medline for Free	PubMed (from National Library of Medicine)
Neurosciences	Neurosciences on the Internet Neuroscience Web Search Engine
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's	"OCD Web Server" "School Personnel: A Critical Link in the Identification, Treatment and Management of OCD in Children and Adolescents" This article discusses how teachers and schools can work with children with OCD or Tourette's Disorder in the classroom setting.
Patient Information	Virtual Mental Health Pamphlets
Patient Information -- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	Facts for Families: Fact sheets from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry FEMA for Kids (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Pharmacology & Psychopharmacology	CenterWatch Info about ongoing clinical trials, and info about newly approved meds Medical Sciences Bulletin National Consumers LeagueInformation on food and drug interactions PDRnet.com Pharmaceutical Information Network Medication Information and Recent Research Psychopharmacology Tips RxList-The Internet Drug Index Includes "search by imprint code" facility
Practice Guidelines	Expert Consensus Guidelines Series
Psychiatric & Medical Informatics	Health and Medical Informatics Digest Psychiatric Society for Informatics
Psychiatry Sites - General	National Institute of Mental Health PsychOH! Behavioral Health Line
Psychoanalysis	Freud Net: The A.A. Brill Library of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Schizophrenia	Futurcom in Psychiatry NIMH Genetic Study of Schizophrenia - Research Program
Substance Abuse	Cesar (Center for Substance Abuse Research) National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institute on Drug Abuse Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration