Websites with preappraised resources and systematic reviews in mental health
Duke University Medical Center Library
- Clinical Tools at Duke University Medical Center Library [1] - available to Duke faculty and staff;
- Free Resources for Health Professionals [2] - available to anyone interested in professional health resources.
AHRQ: [3] The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Publishes evidence based reports on several health related topics including mental health.
Cochrane: [4]The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that aims to help clinicians make well informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining and ensuring the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions.
Evidence Based Mental Health [5]: This journal surveys a wide range of international medical journals applying strict criteria for the quality and validity of research. The key details of these essential studies are presented in a succinct, informative abstract with an expert commentary on its clinical application.
EBM tools
- This site has a spreadsheet that helps you calculate effect sizes [6] from published articles.
- Calculate simple statistics with the many calculators [7] here incuding number needed to treat (NNT).
- Here is an interactive Fagan nomogram [8] that gives your post test probability in seconds!