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Psychiatric Drugs - their uses and side effects
Alberta Health Services - Modern drug therapy has dramatically changed the treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders. Introduction of the antipsychotic drugs in the 1950s permitted many patients in mental hospitals to return to more normal lives in the community. Later, the anti-depressant drugs much improved the treatment of severe depression, with the newer ones having far fewer side-effects than those originally available.
Drug Watch -- A comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
Tardive Dyskinesia -- a condition that may develop in patients who use metoclopramide, a drug sold under brand names such as Reglan in the United States. When a patient has been taking certain prescription drugs over a long period of time, often in high dosages, involuntary, repetitive tic-like movements can result, primarily in the facial muscles or (less commonly) the limbs, fingers and toes. The hips and torso may also be affected.
Mental Health For Life
(from the CMHA Pamphlet)
The MYTHS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
(from the CMHA Pamphlet)
MOODS Magazine
Mental Health Commission
The Mental Health Commission of Canada is a non-profit organization created to focus national attention on mental health issues and to work to improve the health and social outcomes of people living with mental illness.
The Commission, while funded by the Government of Canada, is a national body, not a federal one. It has been endorsed by all levels of government, although the Commission operates at arm's length from them.
The Commission is currently working on four key initiatives:
- A mental health strategy
- An anti-stigma campaign
- Homelessness research demonstration projects
- A knowledge exchange centr
Public Health Agency of Canada
This site is designed to provide convenient access to a range of online materials related to the promotion of mental health, the planning, delivery, cost and evaluation of mental health programs and services in Canada, and the mental health issues, problems and disorders encountered by Canadians. The information is drawn from many areas within the Public Health Agency of Canada and other federal departments and agencies.
Internet Mental Health
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long. (No corporate sponsors - no advertising)
National Institute of Mental Health (US)
Working to improve mental health through biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the United States government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Medscape Psychiatry and Mental Health
Medscape provides clinicians and other healthcare professionals with a timely source of clinical information that is relevant to their patients and practice. International content.
Mental Health Foundation UK
The website outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues.
It provides a daily mental health news service and directories of organisations, websites and events. Website visitors can use forums and bulletin boards, join a mailing list and find out how to support the organisation.
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