Psychiatry Pathfinder

Apr 13, 2007 - Posted by Julie Ryland

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UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF PSYCHIATRY

U of T

www.utpsychiatry.ca

McMaster
www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/psychiatryneuroscience

Western
www.psychiatry.med.uwo.ca/

Queen’s
meds.queensu.ca/medicine/psychiatry/locate.htm

University of Manitoba
umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/psychiatry

University of Alberta
www.psychiatry.ualberta.ca

University of Calgary
www.ucalgary.ca/~psyctree/

McGill
www.mcgill.ca/tcpsych/

Dalhousie
psychiatry.medicine.dal.ca/

University of British Columbia
www.psychiatry.ubc.ca/

PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Pediatric Psychiatry Pamphlets
www.klis.com/chandler/

Articles written by Jim Chandler, MD, FRCPC a pediatric psychiatrist. Describes the diagnosis and treatment of common child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/index.ww

A site detailing common psychological problems in children, tips for parents, and links to other sites. Features a “Media” link for press releases.

About Our Kids
http://www.aboutourkids.org/

A site for parents featuring many articles about common pediatric psychiatry problems.

GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
http://www.cagp.ca/#

A resource site for the promoting mental health in the Canadian elderly population. Features the group’s history, membership, and newsletter.

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
http://www.aagpgpa.org/default.asp

Dedicated to raising awareness of mental health issues affecting the elderly. Site has a “Media” link for journalistic contacts.

ONLINE JOURNALS

Psychwatch.com
http://www.psychwatch.com/journalpage.htm

A hyperlinked list of Psychiatry journals from Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

Cognitive Linguistics
http://www.degruyter.com/rs/384_386_ENU_h.htm

An Interdisciplinary Journal of Cognitive Science

Eating Disorders
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pp/10640266.html

Details treatment and approach to the growing problem of eating disorders.

International Journal of Psychoanalysis
http://www.ijpa.org/

Articles on Methodology, Psychoanalytic Theory & Technique, The History of Psychoanalysis, Clinical Contributions, Research and Life-Cycle Development, Education & Professional Issues, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Interdisciplinary Studies.

PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/

A site dedicated to helping mental health consumers, their friends and family. Has a “Media” link that includes press releases, contacts, and recent events.

Royal College of Psychiatrists
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/

A British site for mental health information, current mental health issues, list of members. Site has “press” link.

Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and Law
http://www.caplnet.org/

A forensic psychiatry site that lists bylaws, Academy mission statement, and members.

OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES

Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Includes descriptions of the most common mental disorders, diagnosis, and the latest research findings for each disorders and medication. Also describes psychiatric medications and mental health publications.

Cyber Couch
http://homepage.mac.com/tgrugle/cyber/lib.html

A collection of articles written by psychiatrists answering commonly asked questions.

Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry
http://www.ccrn.uwa.edu.au/

Focuses on the aetiology, epidemiology, course and outcome of major psychiatric disorders in adults and children. The CCRN has a special interest in genetic and family studies.

Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health
http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/cebmh/index.html

Offers research and articles detailing evidence-based medicine and psychiatry

Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec15.html

A detailed list/description of mental illnesses.

Comments

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on September 25, 2006 - 2:00pm.

I don't think most readers understand the nuances of factual reporting and opinion -- nor should we expect them to. News stories that mix opinion and reporting erode the credibility of journalism in general, imo. Last week the New York Times tackled the problem with a new design: cueing readers to opinion pieces by making their right margins ragged. Said a story about the design change in the New York Observer:

As of Sept. 20—this morning, if you’re reading a brand-new copy of The Observer—The Times has instituted a sweeping but subtle redesign, to emphasize the difference between objective and subjective journalism. Straight news will remain, well, straight: laid out in justified columns, with even margins on the left and right. Stories that have been colored by analysis, commentary or authorial whimsy will all receive the layout previously reserved for columns: a straight left margin and a ragged right one. “It sort of grew out the concern that we hear from some readers that feel that our coverage isn’t necessarily objective,” said Times design director Tom Bodkin. “Our sense is that they may get confused as to what stories are meant to have an individual voice, and which ones are straight news stories.”

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on September 26, 2006 - 2:00am.

Again, my point was the Wong news story was presented pretty much the way that G&M columns are, so people have a right to be confused as to whether it was a news story or opinion piece they were reading. In the case of Wong, they should call her a feature columnist and be done with hit. If you read Wong, it's likely for her POV. Again, why are newspapers so reticent to use actual labels if something has diverged from a straight news format?

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on September 28, 2006 - 12:00pm.

Good idea: call Wong -- and Christie Blatchford -- feature news columnists. But as for your question, "why are newspapers so reticent to use actual labels if something has diverged from a straight news format" I expect it's because the definitions are so elusive, and judging from the ongoing debates in journalism circles, controversial.

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on September 28, 2006 - 7:00pm.

Thanks for the 'good idea' stamp of approval. :) I'm going to pick up a hard copy of the NYT tomorrow and see for myself if the new design elements really distinguish between news and analysis. To the NYT's credit, they have a page that offers the paper's definitions of the difference between news page and opinion page columns, as one example. I don't see any Canadian newspaper offering that level of explanation of their journalistic policies. The CBC does link to its journalistic standards and practices.

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