This page is being developed by the
Research Librarian for Mental Health at the University of Adelaide,
Maureen Bell. Its purpose is to provide some links to quality
mental health sites on the World Wide Web, and to save you time in
locating useful material. The Discipline of Psychiatry also has a web site which provides information on its research interests and teaching activities.
Most of the material listed on this page is freely available. Material restricted to the University's staff and students, and mental health library members is password protected.
- you don't have to be a library member to
join our list.
Schedule of Services for Mental Health
Staff
- details of library service entitlements for
mental health staff
Reading Lists
-
lists of books and journal
articles on a wide range of mental health
topics.
A Biography of Psychiatry:
The Story of Events and the People
Involved in the Development of Services for the Psychiatrically Ill
in South Australia 1939-1989, by W. A. Dibden. — the complete text
available in .pdf format.
Consumer Information
- links to
mental health information for consumers, as well as material about
consumer involvement in mental health services
Directory of Mental Health Service
Units (South Australia)
Document Delivery Requests
- to obtain photocopies of journal
articles or book loans.
Electronic Databases
- databases
(such as Medline, the Cochrane Library, Expanded Academic Index,
and PsycINFO) available to mental health staff and University of
Adelaide staff and students.
Electronic Journals and Books
- available only to mental health staff and University of Adelaide
staff and students.
Full Text Sources
- the
complete text of books, and government report literature available
free on the web. Additional books and reports are also listed on
individual topic pages
Journals
- mental health journal contents and abstracts, and some free full text articles. You don't have to be a library member to access this.
Legislation
- links to South
Australian, interstate, commonwealth, and British mental health
acts and other legal documents.
Mental Health in South Australia
- a listing of books, reports, and theses held by the
University of Adelaide Library.
Mental Health Resources by Topic
- links to web resources by topic, including the free full
text of reports and books.
News
- links to general
and health news sources (including full text newspaper databases
available to the University's staff and students), discussion
lists, bookshops and publishers, and lists of new books added
to the Library's collection
Organisations
- links to
university departments, South Australian, Australian and
international organisations
Rating Scales
- links to psychiatric
rating scales, and details of where to find their print
versions
Treatment Guidelines
- the free full
text of practice guidelines for the management of various mental
disorders
If you have any problems contacting the sites listed on these
pages, comments, or suggestions for improvements send me an Email
message by clicking
here.
