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Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

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KEY WEB SITES

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is the medical society home page that lists relevant Supreme Court cases. Web site: http://http://www.emory.edu/AAPL.

American Psychiatric Press, Inc. features the online catalog for this publishing house. Also includes the site for the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services and Psychiatric News. Web site: http://www.appi.org.

BehaveNet offers directories of academic centers, advocacy organizations, boards of examiners, law, forensic examiners, providers, treatment guidelines, and mental health laws of some states. Web site: http://www.behavenet.com.

Depression Central is a clearinghouse for information on depression and mood disorders for lay and professional audiences. Web site: http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html.

Dr. Grohol's Psychology Web Pointer, a 30-page list of World Wide Web pages associated with mental health, psychology or support services on the Internet. Web site: http://www.coil.com/~grohol.

Internet Mental Health offers information about medications, disorders, organizations, journals and newspapers, articles and an online magazine. Web site: http://www.mentalhealth.com

Mental Health Net bills itself as the largest guide to mental health resources online on such disorders as depression, anxiety and panic attacks and on professional resources in psychology, psychiatry, and social work. Also has journals and self-help magazines. Sponsored by CMHC Services, a Dublin, Ohio, company that specializes in mental health information. Web site: http://www.cmhc.com.

National Institute of Mental Health contains information about programs and clinical updates. Web site: http://www.nimh.nih.gov.

National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network is run by the Center for Mental Health Services, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The network provides links and referrals to consumer and family advocacy organizations, federal, state and local mental health agencies, mental health organizations, national clearinghouses and technical assistance centers operated by the Center for Mental Health Services. * (800) 789-2647, fax (301) 984-8796, Web site: http://www.mentalhealth.org, E-mail: ken@mentalhealth.org.

Psychiatric Times from Mental Health InfoSource offers late-breaking news and abstracts that cover current research in mental illness or issues in the mental health field. Web site: http://www.mhsource. com/psychiatrictimes.html.

Psychiatry On-Line News, Articles and Archives has peer-reviewed articles, cases, debates, editorials and archived information on such topics as affective disorders and applied psychology. Web site: http://www.priory.co.uk/journals/psych. htm.

Psychnews International is a monthly electronic publication devoted to issues in psychology, psychiatry and the social sciences. Web site: http://www.mhnet.org/pni.

Schizophrenia and Mental Health Resources of Interest on the Internet is run by the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. An excellent resource guide to whatever you want to find out about this particular mental disorder. Listings make it easy to find a center near you for resources. Web site: http://www.yale.edu/vayale