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Journals
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1038-5282 The Australian Journal of Rural Health http://rrh.deakin.edu.au/home/defaultnew.asp Rural and Remote Health (an electronic journal, sponsored by Deakin University, covering aspects of rural health from around the world) Other journals that frequently have articles about rural mental health are: http://www.mja.com.au/ Medical Journal of Australia http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0004-8674 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1039-8562 Australasian Psychiatry Books Handbook of Rural Medicine, D Wilkinson et al. (2004). Oxford University Press. The New Rural Health, D Wilkinson and I Blue (Eds.), (2002). Oxford Univeristy Press. (Out of print now, but still available in some libraries.)
Multimedia Rural Psychiatry - a better way of life A DVD designed as a resource for those contemplating a move to rural Australia. www.ruralhealth.org.au Rural and Remote Health Papers 1991 – 2005 (a CD released by the National Rural Health Alliance which can be ordered from the website) www.rhef.com.au The Rural Health Education Foundation transmits educational programs by satellite TV to rural areas. Previously screened programs are also available for loan. Websites HealthInsite (a national government resource directory) http://tie.telemed.org Telemedicine Exchange (international resource directory for telehealth) http://www.aihw.gov.au Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (a national research centre, with a number of rural health related publications) http://www.auseinet.com/index.php Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention (resources on health promotion and suicide prevention) http://www.crrmh.com.au/ The Centre of Rural and Remote Mental Health in Orange NSW http://www.himh.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=18226 The Hunter Institute of Mental Health, in Newcastle. The link takes you to its MindFrame project, which is concerned with suicide prevention and health promotion in both urban and rural areas. http://www.acrrm.org.au Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine http://www.wacrrm.uwa.edu.au West Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Medicine http://www.rdaa.com.au Rural Doctors Association of Australia http://www.nswiop.nsw.edu.au/ The Australian Institute of Psychiatry in Sydney http://www.ruralhealth.org.au/nrhapublic/
National Rural Health Alliance http://rrh.deakin.edu.au/home/defaultnew.asp
Australian Journal of Rural Health http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/guide/med/menthealth/rural.html
University of South Australia LibraryÕs resource directory for rural mental health http://www.crrmh.com.au/
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health in Orange, NSW http://www.mulganet.net.au
An information and resource-sharing network of rural mental health practitioners. http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=84
Rural pages at beyondblue, the national depression initiative. http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
The Black Dog Institute, a centre for expertise in mood disorders, which can provide education and resources for rural clinicians. For medical students http://amsa.org.au Australian Medical Students Association http://www.amsa.org.au/docs/interim_IRG_2004.pdf Intern and Resident's Guide http://www.amsa.org.au/docs.tos_2000.pdf The Other Side – perspectives on careers in medicine |
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