Department of Health website with information and advice about drug problems. Books Fanning P and O \200\231Neil J (1996) The addiction workbook: step-by-step guide to q uitting alcohol and drugs. Oakland: New Harbinger. Dementia: patient organizations Alzheimer \200\231s Society (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) M http://www.alzheimers. org.uk Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London, SW1P 1PH 0845 300 0336 (helpline) 020 7306 0606 (professional contact) Local and telephone support services for those affected by dementia. Alzheimer Scotland \200\224Action on Dementia M http://www.alzscot.org 22 Drumsheugh Garden s, Edinburgh, EH3 7RN 0808 808 3000 (helpline) 0131 243 1453 (professional contact) Local and telephone support services for those affected by dementia. 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1014 12/7/2012 5:39:57 PM RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS 1015 Eating disorders: patient organizations Beating Eating Disorders M http://www.b-eat.co.uk W ensum House, 103 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich NR1 1DW 0845 634 1414 (helpline) 0845 634 76 50 (under-18 helpline) Information and self-help for people with eating disorders. Overeate rs Anonymous M http://www.oa.org PO Box 19, Stretford, Manchester M32 9EB 07000 784985 (hel pline) 01236 825507 (local meeting information) Supportive fellowship for people with compu lsive overeating, following the 12-step program. Books Cooper P (1993) Bulimia nervosa and binge-eating. London: Robinson. Schmidt U and Treasure J (1993) Getting better bit(e) by bi t(e). London: Brunner-Routledge. Freeman C (2009) Overcoming anorexia nervosa. London: Robi nson. McCabe R (2004) The overcoming bulimia workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Gauntlett-Gi lbert J and Grace C (2005) Overcoming weight problems. London: Robinson. Learning disability: patient organizations Down \200\231s Syndrome Association M http://www .downs-syndrome.org.uk Langdon Down Center, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington, TW11 9PS 0845 230 0372 (helpline) Information, education, and training about Down \200\231s syndrome. Down \200\231s Syndrome Scotland M http://www.dsscotland.org.uk 158/160 Balgreen Road, Edinburgh , EH11 3AU 0131 313 4225 Advice, information, advocacy, and local group support for individ uals with Down \200\231s syndrome and their families. Fragile X Society M http://www.fragil ex.org.uk Rood End House, 6 Stortford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1DA 01371 875 100 Char ity offering information and supporting research. Mencap M http://www.mencap.org.uk 123 Gol den Lane, London, EC1Y 0RT 020 7454 0454 National charity offering housing support, educati on, and employment and local groups for individuals with learning disability. 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1015 12/7/2012 5:39:57 PM CHAPTER 25 Useful resources 1016 Prader Willi Syndrome Association UK M http://pwsa.co.uk 125a London Road, Derby, DE1 2QQ 0 1332 365 676 Charity supporting sufferers and carers. Rett Syndrome Association UK M http://www.rettuk.org/ 113 Friern Barnet Road, London, N11 3 EU 01582 798 911 Charity offering information, advice, and practical help to people with Rett syndrome, thei r families, and carers. Neurotic disorders: patient organizations Anxiety UK M http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ 08444 7 75 774 Information and self-help guides on a range of anxiety disorders. OCD Action M http://www.ocdaction.org.uk 0845 390 6232 Information and advice for people suffering from OCD and related disorders. OCD-UK M http://www.ocduk.org 0870 126 9506 Information and self-help advice for people suffering from OCD. Panic Center M http://www.paniccenter.net Information and web-based self-help program for o vercoming panic attacks. Books Pollard A and Zuercher-White E (2003) Agoraphobia workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. B ourne E (2011) Anxiety and phobia workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Kennerley H Managing an xiety: a user \200\231s manual. Oxford: Oxford University Press. From the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Available at: M http://www.octc.co.uk Westbrook D and Morriso n N Managing obsessive-compulsive disorder. Oxford: Oxford University Press. From the Oxfor d Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Available at: M http://www.octc.co.uk Beck \201 eld D (2004) Master your panic and take back your life. USA: Impact. Davis M and Eshelman E R (2008) Relaxation and stress reduction workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Hyman B and Pedr ick C (2010) OCD workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Kennerley H (2009) Overcoming anxiety. L ondon: Robinson. 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1016 12/7/2012 5:39:57 PM RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS 1017 Veale D and Willson R (2009) Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder. London: Robinson. Si love D (1997) Overcoming panic. London: Robinson. Sanders D Overcoming phobias. Oxford: Oxf ord University Press. From the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Available at: M http:// www.octc.co.uk Butler G (2009) Overcoming social anxiety and shyness. London: Ro binson. Herbert C and Wetmore A (2008) Overcoming traumatic stress. London: Robinson. Willi ams M-B and Poijula S (2002) PTSD workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Antony M and Swinson R (2008) Shyness and social anxiety workbook. Oakland: New Harbinger. Foa E and Wilson R (200 1) Stop obsessing! USA: Bantam. Kuchemann C, Sanders D Understanding health anxiety. Oxford : Oxford University Press. From the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Availabl e at: M http://www.octc.co.uk Westbrook D and Rouf K Understanding panic. Oxford: Oxford Un iversity Press. From the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Available at: M htt p://www.octc.co.uk Herbert C Understanding your reactions to trauma. Blue Stallion. From th e Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center, 01865 223986. Available at: M http:// www.octc.co.uk Schizophrenia: patient organizations Rethink (previously National Schizophrenia Fellowship) M http://www.rethink.org Head Of \201 ce, 5th \202 oor, Royal London House, 22 \200\223 25 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1DX 0300 5000 927 (national advice line) 0845 456 0455 (pr ofessional contact) Charity running support groups, carer support, advocacy services, residen- tial and rehabil itation services and supported housing. Books Torrey F (2001) Surviving schizophrenia: a family manual. New York HarperCollins. Somatization Books Campling F and Sharpe M (2008) Chronic fatigue syndrome: the facts. Oxford: Oxford Un iversity Press. Fennell P (2011) The chronic illness workbook. Albany Health Management Pub lishing. Shepherd C (1999) Living with M.E.: the chronic, post-viral fatigue syndrome. Verm ilion. Frances C and MacIntyre A (1998) M.E./chronic fatigue syndrome \200\223a practical g uide. Thorsons Health. Burgess M and Chalder T Overcoming chronic fatigue. London: Robinson . Cole F, MacDonald H, Carus C (2005) et al. Overcoming chronic pain. London: Robinson. 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1017 12/7/2012 5:39:57 PM CHAPTER 25 Useful resources 1018 Online clinical resources Over the last decade a huge amount of clinically useful informati on has become available online. Most major journals, professional bodies, gov- ernmental or ganizations and clinical authorities now publish new material online and more historical ma terial is digitized and added each month. Database portals HON (Health on the Net Foundation) Portal to quality assessed medical info rmation, based in Geneva. M http://www.hon.ch NHS Evidence in Health and Social Care Nation al NHS e-library M https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/ Intute: Health and Life Sciences Catalog of hand-selected and evaluated Internet resources in health and medicine (formerly known as O MNI). M http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medicine The Knowledge Network NHS Ed ucation for Scotland e-Library. M http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk PubMed Medline searches via the US National Library of Medicine. M http://www.pubmed.gov TRIP (Turning Research Int o Practice) Allows simultanous searches of multiple databases. M http://www.tripdatabase.co m Evidence-based medicine resources Center for Evidence-Based Medicine Oxford-based center pr omoting the practice of evidence-based health care. M http://www.cebm.net Clinical Evidence This \200\230evidence formulary \200\231 from the BMJ aims to supply the best available c urrent evidence of therapeutic effectiveness. M http://www.clinicalevidence.com Cochrane Li brary Evidence from systematic reviews of the results of medical research studies. M http:/ /www.cochrane.org NHS Center for Reviews and Dissemination Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, and the Health Technology Assessment Databas e. M http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1018 12/7/2012 5:39:58 PM ONLINE CLINICAL RESOURCES 1019 Online journals Directory of Open Access Journals Free, full text, scienti \201 c and scho larly journals across all topics. M http://www.doaj.org Free Medical Journals Online, full text journals. M http://www.freemedicaljournals.com PubMed Central Journal Archive US Natio nal Institutes of Health \200\231s free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences jou rnal literature. M http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov Science Direct Large electronic collect ion of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. M http://w ww.sciencedirect.com Wiley Interscience International resource with scienti \201 c, techni cal, medical, and professional content. M http://www3.interscience.wiley.com American Journ al of Psychiatry The journal of the American Psychiatric Association. M http://ajp.psychiat ryonline.org British Journal of Psychiatry The \200\230yellow journal \200\231, published monthly by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. M http://bjp.rcpsych.org British Medical Jou rnal General Medical Journal published by the British Medical Association. M http://bmj.bmj journals.com Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Published weekly by the Ame rican Medical Association. M http://jama.ama-assn.org New England Journal of Medicine High impact factor general medical journal. M http://www.nejm.org/ Clinical guidelines NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) Organizati on responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. M http://www.nice.org.uk 25_Semple_Chap25.indd 1019 12/7/2012 5:39:58 PM