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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Consumer / Carer versions of clinical practice guidelines.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
A series of leaflets for the general public on common mental health issues.
ABC Health & Wellbeing
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's online gateway to health.
ACPMH Practice Guidelines
The Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health at the University of Melbourne undertakes world class trauma related research, policy advice, service development and education.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Auseinet
The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) assists a range of sectors to implement mental health promotion and illness prevention approaches in their respective settings.
Better Health Channel (Victorian Government Site)
beyondblue
beyondblue is an independent, not-for-profit organisation working to increase awareness of depression anxiety and related disorders throughout Australia.
Child Health Library (PMH)
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the US Medical Library Association CAPHIS Top 100 List of Web Sites You Can Trust
Consumer, Carer and Community Participation and Information (Victorian Dept of Human Services)
Includes information on how to write consumer health information resources.
COPMI
Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) provides information for family members across Australia where a parent has a mental illness and for people who care for and work with them.
Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUETs)
Deciphering Medspeak
To make informed health decisions, you have probably read a newspaper or magazine article, tuned into a radio or television program, or searched the Internet to find answers to health questions. If so, you have probably encountered "medspeak," the specialized language of health professionals. The Medical Library Association developed "Deciphering Medspeak" to help translate common "medspeak" terms.
DIPEx Database of Individual Patient Experiences - this website has been replaced by HealthTalkOnline and YouthHealthTalk
Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse
A central access point for Australian multicultural health services, resources, research, training, and events. Funded by the NSW Government.
Healia
Healia is the high quality and personalized consumer health search engine. You can use it to find reliable health information on the Web. Healia is engineered with consumers and patients in mind but health professionals and researchers may also find it to be a useful gateway to online health information. The health search engine was developed under a multiyear competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Cancer Institute, the premier cancer research agency of the United States.
Health Consumers' Council of Western Australia Inc
An independent community based organisation, representing the consumers' 'voice' in health policy, planning, research and service delivery. The Council advocates on behalf of consumers to government, doctors, other health professionals, hospitals and the wider health system.
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HealthInSite
An Australian Government initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Ageing. It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health.
HealthTalkOnline
The information on healthtalkonline is based on qualitative research into patient experiences, led by experts at the University of Oxford. These personal stories of health and illness will enable patients, families and healthcare professionals to benefit.
Healthy Skepticism
Improving health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion.
KidsHealth
The largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.
Lab Tests Online Australasia
The site is the product of a collaboration of professional societies representing the lab community and is designed to help the patient to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases.
MedlinePlus (US)
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA)
Provides national leadership in building greater awareness of mental health and suicide prevention amongst Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) (Australia)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) (US National Institutes of Health)
The Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Organization for Rare Disorders (US)
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service.
NHS Direct
Patient Handouts (MD Consult)
All 10,000 patient handouts are easily customizable, allowing physicians to provide additional instructions and contact information on each handout. These handouts can be printed and distributed to patients. Most are written at a sixth- to eighth-grade reading level and are 1 to 2 pages in length. Spanish versions are also available for key topics.
Public Health Agency of Canada
QuackWatch
Travellers' Health, including the Yellow Book (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Women and Newborn Health Library (KEMH)
YouthHealthTalkThis is a website about young people’s real life experiences of health and lifestyle. This is not just a website about the medical facts, this is about real people and real lives
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