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Research: General Mental Health Issues

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Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Mental Health Research Area. MedNets Search the MedNets proprietary search engine for the best psychiatry literature databases on the web. Program on Mental Health Services Research Researching for alternative models of short and long term care for people with acute and chronic mental illness. Many of the issues confronting policy makers and service providers at the national, state and local level require new knowledge and research.

 

Resource List

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality: Mental Health Research Area.
• Assessing Psychiatric Disability: "Models of disability and data from research show that identifying a particular diagnosis or symptom is insufficient to determine the severity of disability, required services, or work limitations."
• Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network: "...aims to provide information to researchers or those interested in research...information about the national mental health data strategy; reference to the researchers and research groups listed in the members section; research reports...." "The ATMHN is a national network of individuals and agencies concerned with improving the quality and accessibility of mental health services for immigrant communities throughout Australia."
• Canoe Mental Health: "...We are a large content site, the health section is driven primarily by news stories we get from the wires/newspapers, along with associations we have with Canadian health associations."
• Center for Mental Health Services Research: "The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the University of Pittsburgh promotes research on issues of access to care and adherence to treatment."
• Health Journeys: "The Health Journeys Guided Imagery Resource Center provides a lively discussion forum, the latest research information, professional networking opportunities, FAQ's, Belleruth Naparstek's speaking calendar, and an extensive collection of guided imagery tapes, books and other resources."
• The Impact of Psychiatric Disorders on Labor Market Outcomes: "Data on 2225 men and 2401 women from the National Comorbidity Survey were used to examine the impact of psychiatric disorders on employment and conditional work hours and income."
• Kevin Childs Disability Links: "The content of my web site is geared towards providing people w/disabilities access to information to assist them in accessing housing, educational, vocational, self-help, psychosocial, and legal resources."
• MedNets: "Search our proprietary search engine for the best psychiatry literature databases on the web."
• Mental Health Search: "Search the most Mental Health sites on the net from this one page. Includes academic resources and self-help resources. Start your searches here."
• National Crime Victim's Center: "Research and Treatment Center~Medical University of South Carolina--Charleston, SC."
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research: "To support and coordinate research and its utilization to improve the lives of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities, especially persons with severe disabilities through: (1) Identifying and eliminating causes and consequences of disability; (2) maximizing the health...."
• Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory: "McLean Hospital --The following overview summarizes experimental progress and indicates current and proposed future directions, in the extensive program of investigations in basic neuropharmacology and clinical psychopharmacology within the Neuropharmacology Laboratory and...."
• Neuropsychopharmacology & Psychotic Disorders: "This program of research pursues laboratory studies pertinent to the molecular and behavioral pharmacology of dopamine receptors in mammalian forebrain and collaborative clinical studies of the psychopharmacology of psychotic disorders."
• Program on Mental Health Services Research: "...searching for alternative models of short- and long-term care for people with acute and chronic mental illness. Many of the issues confronting policy makers and service providers at the national, state and local level require new knowledge and research...."
• PsyberMetrics: "PsyberMetrics develops automated outcomes management systems for behavioral healthcare. Our systems combine state of the art research and technology."
• Research Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation: "The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is involved in designing and conducting research and evaluation studies within the Center as well as providing technical assistance to researchers who contact the Center from across the country...."
• Resource Center, Inc.: "We are a peer-run technical support and training program that helps other peer-run mental health organizations in New York State. Some of the ways we help are by providing research, educational materials, and training sessions. We also provide a monthly newsletter, the Mental Health Public Policy Update, that keeps mental health advocates updated on the latest legislative happenings, new resources, trainings, job openings, etc. The Mental Health Public Policy Update is on our web site, as well as information about the Peer Education Project, another Resource Center project."
• Social Work Licensure Exam Review: "Test prep site for AASSWB. Interactive Multiple choice practice questions, content area, and mnemonics. Sections include study buddies, audio clips, links, and tips for passing the exam. The Registry, Free Exam Sampler and Newsletter are also included as well as a general Resource Section and monthly realtime Chat sessions."