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This page contains links to related, relevant or interesting sites, each of the sites listed below has been recommended by a member of the society. For a link to be included, please email us with the URL and a brief description of the site so that it can be considered.

From time to time links become outdated and stop working, if you find a link on this page that doesn't work then we would like to know, so please drop us a line.


Adelaide University Library

Maurine Bell has had 20 years experience as a librarian in mental health settings. A huge amount of effort has gone into constructing this site. The result is the most comprehensive psychiatry and psychology resource pages that enables medline searching free of charge and contain the contents pages of just about every relevant journal.

Mental Health and Psychiatry Resource Page
Psychology Resource Page

Australia and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses

The ANZCMHN represents the professional interests of mental health nurses in both countries, providing support and networking services to members through a local branch network.

ANZ College of Mental Health Nurses
ANZ College of Mental Health Nurses (New Zealand Branch)

Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology

ASPOG website

Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network

The ATMHN aims to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services that are available to Australia's Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) communities. This site contains many resources relating to transcultural mental health in both Australia and New Zealand.

ATMHN Home Page

Healthy Start

Healthy Start is an Australia-wide initiative to support parents with learning difficulties and promote a healthy start to life for their young children. It is a joint partnership between the University of Sydney's Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration and the Victorian Parenting Centre, and is funded by the Australian Government. The Healthy Start website is an information-rich site that provides access to evidence-informed resources for professionals working with parents who have learning difficulties. The site also helps link experts and professionals who share an interest in this area.

Healthy start website

Maternal Mental Health Links and Resources

Ruth DeSouza's page of maternal mental health links and resources

International Marcé Society

The UK-based web site for the international society, with news, events and links.

International Marcé Society

Société Marcé Francophone

La SMF est une association francophone pour l'étude des pathologies psychiatriques puerpérales et périnatales, qui a été officiellement créée, à Paris, le 24 janvier 1998. Elle a pour but l'amélioration de la compréhension, de la prévention et du traitement des maladies mentales liées à la puerpéralité et à son retentissement dans le champ de la petite enfance.

The French-language branch of the Marcé Society was formed in Paris in January 1998 and now has over 120 members.

Société Marcé Francophone

Marcé Gesellschaft

The German branch of the Marcé Society.

Marcé Gesellschaft

 

Postpartum Support International

Postpartum Support International is a US-based social support network, information center and research guide concerning postpartum mood disorders and depression.

Postpartum Support International

The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

A non-profit organisation that offers comprehensive information packages for over 20 different disorders, a bookstore and details of coming events:

www.mentalhealth.org.nz

TABS - Trauma And Birth Stress

Originating in New Zealand, TABS is Trauma And Birth Stress, a Charitable Trust that serves as a support group of mothers. We have in common stressful and traumatic pregnancies or births that affected our lives negatively for months or years afterwards. We formed TABS because of the need to make PTSD known as a form of mental illness that can happen following childbirth, but quite distinct from the Baby Blues, Post Natal Depression (Post Partum Depression) and Post Natal Psychosis.

www.tabs.org.nz or email ptsdtabs@ihug.co.nz

WellMother.com

WellMother.com is an online resource for women and their families designed to offer support and resources on a number of issues related to the emotional challenges specifically related to their reproductive cycle including: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnancy Loss, PMS, and Menopause

WellMother.Com

Government Departments

These are the official sites for state and federal government health departments in Australia and for the Ministry of Health/Manatu Hauora in New Zealand:

Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health
The South Australian Government
Northern Territory Health Services
New South Wales Public Health Division
Western Australia Public Health
Queensland Health Information Network
Victoria Department of Human Services - Public Health Division
New Zealand Ministry of Health Manatu Hauora

Outside of Australasia, the UK and US pages are worth a visit. Health Canada's page has an excellent search engine and contains lots of useful material.

Department of Health Home Page (UK)
Department of Health and Human Services (USA)
Health Canada/Santé Canada


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