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Useful Links & References

 

Oral Health Links

Organisation

Topic/Publication

Site Address

Department of Human Services

Health information

www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Department of Human Services

Dental Information

www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/
topics1.htm#dental

Dental Health Services Victoria

 

www.dhsv.org.au

Australian Dental Association

 

www.ada.org.au

www.adavb.com.au (Vic Branch)

National Health and Medical Research Council

Dental publications

www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/publications/
titles.htm

National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse

 

www.nohic.nidcr.nih.gov

The Australian Nutrition Foundation

 

www.nutritionaustralia.org

International Assoc. for Disability and Oral Health

European Special Needs Dental Assoc

www.iadh.org

British Society for Disability and Oral Health

 

www.bsdh.org.uk

Federation of Special Care Organsiations in Dentistry

Special Care Dentistry Journal

www.foscod.org

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Mental Health Links

Organisation

Topic/Publication

Site Address

Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Mental Health Strategy
Mental Health Publications

www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/
www.health.gov.au/hsdd/
mentalhe/resources/index.htm

Mental Health Council of Australia

Peak Advisory Body

www.mhca.com.au

Mental Health Research Institute

 

www.mhri.edu.au

Guide to Mental Health on the Internet

Australian sites

www.mentalhealth.org.au/info/links
/index.html

The Beyond Blue Organisation

The National Depression Initiative

www.beyondblue.org.au

DepressioNet

Information and support

www.depressionet.com.au

Richmond Fellowship of Victoria

Services for people with a psychiatric disability

www.rfv.org.au

Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria

Information and support services

www.sfv.org.au

SANE Australia

Information and support

www.sane.org

VicHealth

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/index.html

VICSERV

Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria

www.vicserv.org.au

VMIAC

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council

home.vicnet.net.au/~vmiac/home.htm

Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria

Information and support

home.vicnet.net.au/~adavic

ARAFEMI

Association of Friends & Relatives of the Emotionally & Mentally Ill

home.vicnet.net.au/~arafemi

ATMHN

Australian Transcultural Mental Health Network

www.atmhn.unimelb.edu.au

VTPU

Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

www.vtpu.org.au

ADEC

Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities

www.adec.org.au

EPPIC

Early Psychosis Prevention & Intervention Centre

home.vicnet.net.au/~eppic/

NEAMI

North East Alliance for the Mentally Ill

home.vicnet.net.au/~neami/

Northern Region Mental Health

Comprehensive information about mental health services, news and networks.

www.infoxchange.net.au/
mental_health/

 

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References

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  2. Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, Dental Statistics and Research Unit, "Oral Health and Access to Dental Care" & "Oral Health and Access to Dental Care - the gap between the ‘deprived’ and the ‘priveleged’ in Australia", Research Report, March 2001.
  3. Barnes G., Allen E., Parker W., Lyon T., Armentrout W. & Cole J. 1988, ‘Dental treatment needs amongst hospitalized adult mental patients’, Special Care in Dentistry, July – Aug, pp. 173-178.
  4. Chalmers J. 2001, personal communication, 1st June, 2001.
  5. Chalmers J., Kingsford Smith D. & Carter K. 1998, ‘A multidisciplinary dental program for community living adults with chronic mental illness’, Special Care in Dentistry, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 194 –201.
  6. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care 2000, ‘What is Depression’ information brochure, Canberra ACT.
  7. Department of Human Services 1998, Dental Health for Children 0-6 years; Information for Maternal and Child Health Nurses, Melbourne Vic.
  8. Department of Human Services 1999, ‘Promoting Oral Health 2000-2004, Strategic Directions and Framework for Action, Melbourne Victoria.
  9. Department of Human Services 2000, www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au, accessed 12th June, 2001.
  10. FDI Second World Conference on Oral Health Promotion August 1999.
  11. Freeman R. 1999, ‘Barriers to accessing dental care: Patient Factors; Dental Health Professional Factors; Communicating Effectively; Strategies for motivating the non-compliant patient’, British Dental Journal, vol. 187, no. 3, pp. 141 –144, no. 4, pp. 197 – 200, no. 5, pp. 240 – 244, no. 6, pp. 307 – 312.
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