Evidence Based Practices Resources to utilize in creating Treatment Plans for Clients:
www.therapyadvisor.com Provides descriptions, references to
empirical support, clinical training materials, and training
opportunities for many empirically supported treatments.
www.PsychologicalTreatments.org The Society of Clinical
Psychology's Website on the most current Research supported Psychological Treatents.
www.nice.org.uk/ Practice Guidelines provided in England by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
www.nrepp.samhsa.gov Comprehensive information on
evidence-based programs and practices including client
characteristics and levels of evidence at the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices of SAMSHA.
eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base - Online Medical Journals, Textbooks, and Physician Reference Articles-Best online
resource of medical direction for DSM IV-TR diagnosed cases
WebMD a professional website with material related to eMedicine.
American Academy of Family Physiciansmedical data base for
EBP and medications
material is based on the Harvard School of Medicine Health
Publications Division.
Psychiatric Disorders: Merck Manual Professional good source of information on the diagnoses, psychopharmacological treatment and Evidence Base Practices for treating these diagnoses
Psychdirect.com is a resource put out from McMaster University
in Hamilton Ontario which directs you to resources on all of the diagnostic categories and sources of information of Evidence
Based Practices for these disorders
National Guideline Clearinghouse a public resource for
evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
UpToDate UpToDate is specifically designed to answer the
clinical questions that arise in daily practice and to do so quickly
and easily so that it can be used right at the point of care.
Medicine's Resources for Evidence Base Practices
American College of Physician: Online Journal Club
at http://www.acpjc.org//
eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base-
at http://www.emedicine.com/
Cochrane Library at www.update-software.com
Uptodate.com: at www.uptodate.com
Pub Med:A service of the National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed
Clinical Practice Guidelines: National Guideline Clearinghouse
(NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.guidelines.gov/
MD Consult: at http://www.mdconsult.com
Ovid Services: http://www.ovid.com/site/index.jsp
Schizophrenia:
Medscape Resource Center - Schizophrenia: Wellness Center
Childhood Disorders
Rule Out Model for the Early Identification
Depression:
Medscape Resource Center - Depression
Depression Symptoms vs. Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder
on WebMD http://www.webmd.com/content/article/118/112867.htm?rp=refp_spec_astr_oqul
WebMD Depression Health Center - Learn the symptoms of depression and find treatment options on WebMD http://www.webmd.com/diseases_
Instruments to measure Depression two scales for measuring Depression at the bottom of the page are -The Goldberg Scale
and the The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Bipolar Disorder:
Medscape Resource Center - Bipolar Disorder
Suicide:
Suicide: Causes and Clinical Managementfrom Medscape
Anxiety and Panic Disorder:
The Anxiety Community - excellent resource of information
from clients and others on anxiety disorders
The Hamilton Anxiety Scale: http://www.anxietyhelp.org/information/hama.html located on
the Anxiety Community Website. A useful tool for assessing the
level of anxiety of clients
Addictions:
Various Instruments for Quick Assessment of Alcoholism
from online courses for social services workers from CSAP a
branch of SAMSHA including the CAGE, AUDIT, MAST
and S-MAST
Medscape Resource Center - Addiction
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment A Research Based Guide
from the National Institute of Drug Abuse
National Drug Threat Assessment 2007 based on Drug Usage
from 2002-2005
Mental Health Court:
Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health Courts a PDF file from the US
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
DSM and General Websites
DSM-V Prelude Project
NIMH: The Number Count Source of information from NIMH on the prevalence of Mental Health Disorders
NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association National Organization of Research in Mental Illness
Psychdirect.comis a resource put out from McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario which directs you to resources on all of the diagnostic categories and sources of information of Evidence Based Practices for these disorders