Subscribe to ahealth, an awesome site for this class
http://www.athealth.com/practitioner/newsletter/fpn_subscribe.html

Thomas Szasz article:
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Szasz/myth.htm

APA statement on evidence based practice:
http://www2.apa.org/practice/ebpstatement.pdf

DSM decision tree website:
http://psyweb.com

Some studies try to get practitioners to use this site for evidence-based practice choices:
http://www.therapyadvisor.com/

Steve Ilardi's (KU) website for TLC
http://www.psych.ku.edu/tlc

http://APAPractice.org
http://www.medline.com
http://www.medscape.com
http://www.webmd.com
http://medlineplus.gov
http://www.aarp.org/health
http://www.familydoctor.org
http://www.healthfinder.gov
http://www.mayoclinic.com
http://www.medem.com
http://www.bpdcentral.com/ Borderline PD Support Site
http://www.medscape.com/psychiatry
http://www.manicdepressive.org/
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/newsletter.cfm ahealth Newsletter by John Miller, MD
http://www.allaboutdepression.com/
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp A good resource for PTSD
http://www.schoolcounselor.org   ASCA
http://www.amhca.org  AMHCA
http://www.ksde.org   KSDE
http://www.ksbsrb.org   Kansas BSRB Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
http://kspope.com/ethcodes/index.php Ken Pope's website on guidelines, very nice collection.



President’s New Freedom Commission Report (2003)
Vision: We envision a future when everyone with a mental illness will recover, a future when mental illnesses can be prevented or cured, a future when mental illnesses are detected early, and a future when everyone with a mental illness at any stage of life has access to effective treatment and supports - essentials for living, working, learning, and participating fully in the community.

Goals:            
1: Americans understand that mental health is essential to overall health
2: Mental health care is consumer and family driven
3: Disparities in mental health services are eliminated
4: Early mental health screening, assessment, and referral are common practice
5: Excellent mental health care is delivered and research is accelerated
6: Technology is used to access mental health care and information

http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/Finalreport/FullReport.htm

Transformation Agenda:
The Federal Mental Health Action Agenda offers an unprecedented opportunity to fundamentally alter the form and function of the mental health service delivery system in this country to one that puts individuals-adults with mental illnesses, children with emotional disturbances, and family members-at its very core. Gone will be a system in which outmoded and contradictory regulations dictate the services an individual receives and the funding that is available. In its place will be a seamless system of care designed to help children, adults, and older adults achieve their maximum potential in all spheres of life and at all points in their development. Transformation of the mental health system will not be easy, nor will it happen overnight.

http://www.samhsa.gov/Federalactionagenda/NFC_TOC.aspx

Campaign for Mental Health Reform: http://www.mhreform.org/
SAMHSA Empirically Based Practice Tool-kits (http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/communitysupport/toolkits/about.asp)
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD: http://www.nasmhpd.org/)
NASMHPD Research Institute: (http://www.nri-inc.org/ <http://www.nri-inc.org/> )
Office for the Advancement of Tele-health (HRSA: http://www.hrsa.gov/telehealth/)
APA SMI Task Force Training Grid: http://www.apa.org/practice/smi_grid2.pdf
Assertive Community Treatment Association (ACTA: http://www.actassociation.org/)
American Telemedicine Association (ATA: http://www.atmeda.org/)

Consumer / Survivor and Family Advocacy:
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (http://www.dbsalliance.org/)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI: http://www.nami.org/)
National Empowerment Center (http://www.power2u.org/)
Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association) (http://www.nmha.org/)
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse (http://www.mhselfhelp.org/)
Veterans in Recovery (http://www.veteranrecovery.med.va.gov/)

Psychiatric Rehabilitation:
Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (CPR: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/)
United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA: http://www.uspra.org <http://www.uspra.org/> )