Table 1

Some useful web sites for psychiatry and neuropsychiatry

Site name	URL	Description
*Recommended for patients; †evidence based; ‡good for news. Universal resource locators (URLs) correct on 31 July 2002.
CME, continuing medical education; ICD, International classification of diseases; DSM-IV, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition; fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; MCQ, multiple choice questions. These URLs are downloadable as a Bookmarks/Favorites file from the JNNP web site (www.jnnp.com).
General psychiatry sites
Internet Mental Health*	www.mentalhealth.com	Good all round site with DSM–IV and ICD definitions
National Institute of Mental Health (US)*	www.nimh.nih.gov	Large professional and patient resource; information on trials
National electronic Library for Mental Health (UK)*†	www.nelmh.org	Limited to schizophrenia, depression, and suicide but a growing reliable resource
Institute of Psychiatry, London*	www.iop.kcl.ac.uk	Institute information and a self help section for patients
Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health†	cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/cebmh	A starting point for evidence based psychiatry
Cochrane Mental Health†	www.cochrane.org	Systematic reviews in psychiatry
Medscape Psychiatry‡	Psychiatry.medscape.com	Psychiatry news, conference reports, CME
Psydoc-France	psydoc-fr.broca.inserm.fr	Good access to French psychiatry
Online dictionary of mental health	www.shef.ac.uk/∼psysc/psychotherapy	Not a dictionary but a searchable directory of mental health sites
Interactive Testing in Psychiatry	www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/itp.html	MCQ self testing from New York University

Professional organisations
Royal College of Psychiatrists*‡	www.rcpsych.ac.uk
American Psychiatric Association*‡	www.psych.org
American Neuropsychiatry Association	www.neuropsychiatry.com/ANPA
British Neuropsychiatry Association	www.bnpa.fsnet.co.uk
British Neuropsychological Society	www.hop.man.ac.uk/bns

Neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychology.co.uk	www.neuropsychology.co.uk	United Kingdom orientated site with journals, departmental links, and conferences
Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience	www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk	Functional imaging centre with downloadable software
fMRI Data Center	www.fmridc.org	A repository of peer reviewed fMRI studies and their underlying datasets
NeuroPsychiatry Reviews	www.neuropsychiatryreviews.com	Monthly articles, particularly on treatment issues
Face Recognition Home Page	www.cs.rug.nl/∼peterkr/FACE/face.html	A starting point for facial science links
Visual Science Websites	www.visionscience.com	A starting point for visual science links

Patient resources
Mental Help.net*‡	mentalhelp.net	Large mental health hub for patients
About Mental Health*‡	mentalhealth.miningco.com	Another American mental health hub site
Mind*	www.mind.org.uk	British mental health charity
Depression Alliance*	www.depressionalliance.org	British patient organisation
Schizophrenia.com*	www.schizophrenia.com	American patient organisation
The Infinite Mind*	www.lcmedia.com/mindprgm.htm	Library of weekly American internet radio programmes on mental health topics
Directories of psychiatry and psychology journals
Psycline	www.psycline.org	Journal finder for psychology and social sciences