Useful Internet Resources for Journalists

Here are several resources that can help you write your article - covering mental health, substance abuse, EAP, and work life.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

The National Institute of Mental Health - A division of the National Institutes of Health, NIMH's site provides access to statistics, images, research fact sheets, breaking news, and information on clinical trials.
www.nimh.nih.gov

PubMed - PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine and provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
www.nlm.nih.gov, then click onto Health Information and then Medline/Pubmed

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - SAMHSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Their site offers information on the latest substance abuse prevention and treatment research, legislative issues, and mental health and substance abuse statistics. The site also offers links to the Centers for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Treatment, and the Office of Applied Studies.
www.samhsa.gov

Mental Health Net - This site offers comprehensive coverage on most mental health diagnoses and issues. It contains detailed information and links on common psychiatric disorders, and a glossary of mental health terms, symptoms listings, forums and the latest mental health news.
www.mentalhelp.net

Internet Mental Health - This is another site that offers basic information about common psychiatric disorders and drugs, in addition to links to Web communities for Bipolar Disorder, Depression and Schizophrenia.
www.mentalhealth.com

Surgeon General Reports - The U.S. Surgeon General's office has produced three landmark reports covering mental health topics. Reports on Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Children's Mental Health, and Youth Violence can be accessed through this site.
www.surgeongeneral.com

Facts for Families from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - This site offers information on a number of issues and diagnoses specific to children and adolescents.
www.aacap.org

MEDLINEplus Drug Information - MEDLINEplus offers a comprehensive guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over the counter medications. It's easy to search databases offers a description of ever prescribed psychiatric drug available in the United States.
www.nlm.nih.gov