Clinical Reference Tools for Mental Health Professionals

Lists of Reference Resources

Research Literature (ForensicProductLine.com)

Not categorized, but has a good number of major resources. Includes some security and forensics related research resources. (11/04)

http://forensicproductline.com/research_literature.htm

Clinical

Phobia List

http://phobialist.com/

Statistics on Mental Health

SAMHSA

http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/Publications_browse.asp?ID=57&Topic=Statistics

Topical

Legal

See also Law and Ethics in the Practice Topics area.

Licensing Boards Lists

K. Pope's

http://kspope.com/licensing/index.php

Addiction, Drug Abuse

Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade (US ODCP)

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/default.asp

Anatomy

Brain Atlas (University of Utah)

http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/brain_atlas/

Neuroanatomy Atlas (University of Utah)

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/NEURANCA.html

The Whole Brain Atlas

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

Social Science

Social Science Dictionaries (Google Directories)

http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/By_Subject/Social_Science/

Insurance, Billing

CPT Codes (NCCBH)

http://www.nccbh.org/html/learn/HIPAA/exist.htm

General

Mental Health

Encyclpedia of Psychology

http://www.psychology.org/links/

Encyclopedia of the Mind (Plebius)

http://www.plebius.org/encyclopedia.php

Online Dictionary of Mental Health

See the "News by Source" drop menu.

http://human-nature.com/odmh/index.html

Medical

General

Merck Manual

Searchable, with section links.

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/sections.jsp

Directories of Medical Reference Tools

Medical Reference (Google Directory)

Broad area with numerous categories.

http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Medicine/Reference/

Dictionaries

Directories of Medical Dictionaries

Medical Dictionaries (Google Directories)

http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/By_Subject/Medicine/

Specific Medical Dictionaries

Medical Dictionary, Merriam Webster

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9276/9276.html?k=navx408x9276

Medline

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

Glossaries

Glossary On-Line: Psychiatry

A glossary of terms used in psychiatry. Some defintions contain links to other resources developed by Psychiatry On-line.

http://www.priory.com/gloss.htm

Encyclopedias

Medical Encyclopedia (US Medline)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Multiple Reference Tools

Look it Up (Intellihealth)

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23872/23872.html

Pharmaceutical Drug Reference

DrugInfo offers the most professional information located for this category.

Professional

DrugInfo (Medscape)

This is a more detailed, clinical reference on pharmaceuticals.

http://www.medscape.com/druginfo

The Orange Book (FDA)

Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, various search types, including active ingredient.

 

http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm

RX List

http://www.rxlist.com/

Public Targeted

Drug Information (US Medline)

Plain English drug reference sources that include guidelines and warnings. Limited to light consumer interest.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

Med Master

Consumer-oriented searchable drug database based on The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ASHP Medication Teaching Manual: The Guide to Patient Drug Information, "a publication developed for use in patient-education programs conducted by health-care professionals..."

http://www.safemedication.com/About/medMaster.cfm