Additional Reading and Media Categories

This area lists a variety of additional sources of reading and media for mental health professionals, including: Professional organizations that offer plenty of reading, articles, or media, online libraries, special collections, book samples, abstracts, and reviews, conferences and training, audio, video, and blogs.

Professional Organizations with Substantial Reading Material

Organizations here tend to offer a good deal of reading material on various topics in mental health. The <strong>Topical</strong> area has many organizations' sites, however, because they tend to be focused in a topical area.

American Psychological Society

PsychNet (APA)
Public Publications list. Free and fee.

American Psychiatric Association
Links to reading, continuing medical education, etc.

American Psychological Association (APA)
Reading, resources, news, journals, search. Also public/consumer information.

Psychotherapy Division

Coachville.com
This resource is geared more to coaches and beginning practitioners, including unlicensed persons, but you will find thought-provoking articles here.

National Association of Addiction Professionals
This group offers malpractice insurance.

Online Libraries, Special Collections

Usually, online libraries are large aggregators that charge a fee, except for online free-ebooks listings.

Directories of Online Libraries Related to Mental Health: Psychology

Psychology Libraries (Google Directory)
Some have online services.
Psychology Reference Libraries (Google Directory)

Specific Online Libraries

Classics in the History of Psych

Free Books for Doctors
Most are dated, but not all. They are categorized, see topics such as addictions. There is much on anatomy, including neuroanatomy. The trauma section was not about psychological trauma. Some links go to article collections and CME credits. There's a fourteen year old book on controverseys in addiction treatment. (11/04)

Nat'l Electronic Library on Mental Health (Britain)

Questia: Psychotherapy

Specialized Collections

Annual Reviews
Because they are reviews, the abstracts are not necessarily useful. The full text articles are for a fee. One was $20.00. Topics include psychology, neuropsychology. "...authoritative, analytic reviews in 37 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Annual Reviews publications are among the most highly cited in scientific literature." (4/2009)

Encyclopedic Reference

EMedicine.com
"Medscape's continually updated clinical reference." Appears to be an online encyclopedia for clinical reference with lengthy article entry for each topic. (4/2009)

Book Samples, Abstracts, Reviews

Amazon.com
I suppose you already know about the "search inside" feature. And you know how to spell Amazon. But it deserves to be in this very spot since you can read samples of books as well as locate relevant samples with their ingenious search.

Guilford Psychology
Many books well-organized by topic, around 8% have sample for reading online free. By the way, "Professionals can earn Continuing Education credits approved by the American Psychological Association by purchasing and reading selected Guilford titles."

Book Reviews, MentalHelp.net
Some are quite detailed. Good reading. Search for titles, topics.

Conference, Training Write Ups

These resources offer summaries or transcripts from conferences pertaining to mental health and clinical practice. This is a unique resource in that it may be possible to get depth, timeliness, or a slant on topics that are not easily found elsewhere.
Unlike the Online Courses area, these resources are available for immediate access without a means for credit. They are brought together here, because they tend to have multiple topics that are subject to change. Topical presentations or resources are found in the appropriate Topical area.

Collections: Static or Updated

MedScape
Psychiatry and Mental Health Conferences, authored by experits in their fields. Primarily psychiatric topics as of 4/04.

Media (For Sale)

Mental Health and Psychiatry Congress

Audio & Video

UCTV
Various programs, some of interest to medical and mental health professionals.

University at Buffalo School of Social Work
Our school has started an audio podcast series that covers a range of topics related to social work and social welfare, and several of the topics covered, to date, address trauma in some way..." (05/2009)

Blogs

Please comment about blogs that belong here. I haven't put elbow grease into listing blogs, yet.

PsyBlog
"My name is Jeremy Dean and I am currently a doctoral student at University College London, having previously completed an MSc in Research Methods in Psychology at the same institution. Before that I obtained a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. My first degree was in Law and before studying psychology I had a career in the internet industry. (5/2009)"

BrainBlogger
This comes from a team of bloggers. (5/2009)