Library: Mental Health: Getting started

About this guide

Please view the key sources listed below and then browse through the tabs to find more specific information in various formats.

Please note - The Psychiatric Services Library provides resources (online and print) and services for staff employed in WA public mental health services. Registered staff access resources outside of the major mental health sites using their usual network credentials.
Click here to join that Library and register for online access.

Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC)
Choice and Medication - WA Health
Provides information about psychotropic medications to consumers and their carers and families who are receiving healthcare provided by the Health Services that are part of the WA Department of Health.
Green Book - Directory of Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health Service Providers in WA
Contains a listing of organisations providing Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) services and Mental Health services to the Western Australian community.
Clinician Assist WA
Provides health professionals with guidance for assessing, managing and referring patients across Western Australia. It has replaced HealthPathways WA.
Mental Health Commission (WA)
Working to establish mental health, alcohol and other drug systems that meet the needs of WA’s population and deliver quality outcomes for individuals and their families.
Mental Health Network - WA Health
National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - 30 November 2020
Sigmund Freud Papers (1856 - 1939) digitised and available from the Library of Congress