The following links were proposed by Psychiatric Trainees for Psychiatric Trainees using the EFPT Survey “Information Technology in Psychiatry – A European Trainee Perspective” by Guillaume FAVRE for the 19th EPA on 15th March 2011.
The EFPT assumes no responsability for the links and all Trainees are welcomed to submit links to itsecretary@efpt.eu
Presentation of Guillaume Favre
Search
* Health On the NET HON (quality certified websites search) http://www.hon.ch/HONsearch/Pro/medhunt.html
WRAPIN – HON tool (Worldwide online Reliable Advice to Patients and Individuals) http://services.hon.ch/cgi-bin/Wrapin/ClientWrapin.pl?langue=ENG
Article search
Pubmed www.pubmed.org
Pubmed tutorials http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/
* LigerCat (pre-search for pubmed, greatly improved the pubmed experience) http://ligercat.ubio.org/
Science Direct www.sciencedirect.com
Google Scholar (articles, citations) http://scholar.google.com/
Bibliography
bibme: Free online Bibliography Maker www.bibme.org
Guidelines
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org/cs/residents
Cochrane Library (accurate,evidence-based, trustable) www.thecochranelibrary.com
Tutorials to learn how to use Cochrane http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-397512.html
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE http://guidance.nice.org.uk/Topic/MentalHealthBehavioural
General sites
Medscape (free, smartphone friendly, up to date, understandable) www.medscape.org/psychiatry
eMedecine Psychiatry (free, comprehensive) http://emedicine.medscape.com/psychiatry
Uptodate (expensive, up to date, high quality) www.uptodate.com
* Webicina Practicing Medicine in the web 2.0 era (very good review about resources about psychiatry) www.webicina.com/psychiatry/
Epocrates (free and paid versions, smartphone friendly) www.epocrates.com
Blogs
Neuroskeptic, Cerebellum and Sebrainstian http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/
Mind Hacks www.mindhacks.com
Frontier Psychiatrist, Mental illness for the masses http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/
Neurobonkers.com (a Humorous Dose of Psychology and Science: Serve Ice Cold With A Pinch of Salt)
Core Psych Blog (“Dr Charles Parker reports on core brain and body science: psychiatry and mind evolve”) http://www.corepsychblog.com/
* Shrink Rap (a blog by Psychiatrists for Psychiatrists) http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/
My Three Shrinks http://mythreeshrinks.com/
The Amazing World of Psychiatry: A Psychiatry Blog http://theamazingworldofpsychiatry.wordpress.com/
Neurosconscience (Researching Brain Plasticity, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science) http://neuroconscience.com/
[citation needed] …and a clue would also be helpful www.talyarkoni.org/blog/
Neurophilosophy scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/
The Neuroshrink News, ideas, and (hopefully) insights from the world of neuropsychiatry http://neuroshrink.com/
Dr Grumpy in the House (humor) http://drgrumpyinthehouse.blogspot.com/
Psych Gripe (Critiques and rants about the culture of psychopathology in the 21st century) http://psychgripe.blogspot.com/
h-madness (This blog follows the history of psychiatry) http://historypsychiatry.wordpress.com/
Schizophrenia
Research Forum www.schizophreniaforum.org
Drugs
* Drug interactions www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php
RxList The Internet Drug Index (about drugs prescription, interactions, general information on drugs) www.rxlist.com
* Crazymeds (nice and unconventional site on drugs) www.crazymeds.us/
* Epocrates (free and paid versions, identification of pills, smartphone friendly) www.epocrates.com
Psychotherapy
Motivational Interview www.motivationalinterview.org/
Addictions
Center and Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions http://casaa.unm.edu/mimet.html
Classification
ICD 10 http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/
DSM IV-R http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV_Codes
Somatic emergencies
* Common Simple Emergencies www.ncemi.org/cse/contents.htm
Articles aggregators
* Journal WATCH (good quality reviews of most important article from main journals, 49$/yr) www.jwatch.org
Amedo sends you a free weekly mail with the abstracts of articles of your interests www.amedeo.com
MDLinx, 5 minutes to stay current (registration for customized summary email) www.mdlinx.com/psychiatry/registration.cfm
Patient self-help
Patient.co.UK (leaflets and general informations) http://www.patient.co.uk/display/16777226/
* The Royal College of Psychiatrists (leaflet for patients in multiple languages, podcasts, good quality) http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
* Functional and Dissociative Neurological Symptoms: a patient’s guide http://www.neurosymptoms.org/ – a great resource for functional symptoms, their patient information leaflets are superb
Applications
* Dropbox (easy setup of multiplatform intranet, free 2GB, smartphone friendly, backup) www.dropbox.com
* Google groups (easy setup of mailing list, free, no ads) http://groups.google.com
Free applications for Mac http://opensourcemac.org/
Free applications for PC http://lifehacker.com/#!5548767/lifehacker-pack-2010-our-list-of-essential-windows-downloads
Survey
* Google doc (using forms, free) http://docs.google.com/
Surveymonkey (free version with 10 questions and 100 responses, paid version) http://surveymonkey.net
Powerpoint presentations
* Slide World (huge quantity of powerpoint presentations about medicine) www.slideworld.org
Google search for powerpoint file – add filetype:ppt to the google search
Zipcast (1-click online meeting with uploading of own’s slides) http://www.slideshare.net/zipcast
e-learning
Video Journal of psychiatry (Irish, registration needed) http://www.vjpsych.ie/
The Doctor’s Channel Psychiatry (internet TV) http://www.thedoctorschannel.com/specialty/26.html
Institute of Psychiatry podcasts http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/
Full text journal articles
Free Medical Journals in Psychiatry http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/fmj/IP_PSYCH.HTM
Free articles in Psychiatry http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
Directory of Open Access Journals in Psychia