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This section of the site provides users with quick and easy access to helpful tools that have been developed to assist with screening of various mental of behavioural problems; as well as providing links to important sites for use i.e. electronic billing systems, online CPD providers, and others. 
 
Once again -
ALWAYS keep in mind requirements of your professional registration Body before you make use of any Internet tools.

Easy Electronic
Billing

http://www.turbomed.co.za. 
South African billing program for professionals (Windows users).

 http://www.datamax.co.za. 
D.Comm is communications software. Datamax provides it free of charge to clients
wishing to make use of our services. Once D.Comm has been installed you are able to send claims electronically via Datamax. Note that you must register (free) with Datamax before trying to send claims. Monthly billing is more than affordable.

Storytelling in healing is also sometimes called Bibliotherapy. http://www.healingstory.org
 offers a wealth of folklore and other (applied) stories which can be successfully integrated into therapy
practices.

http://www.parinc.com offers psychiatric and other psychological tests for sale.  worthwhile to compare their pricing.

http://learn.nctsn.org/ The Learning centre for child and adolescent trauma present
sponsored courses and webinars in trauma training and development.

Family therapy - counselling techniques from Jaime Lavie

Burnout and the ethics of self-care for Therapists

A very important matter we tend to neglect in this profession.... to download, go to : http://snack.to/f1kazyqf (or contact me for the pdf version)

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DSM-5 :

Here you can get a free PDF version of the DSM5: 
http://www.terapiacognitiva.eu/dwl/dsm5/DSM-5.pdf

Lecture 8 narrative therapy from Kevin Standish

Professional
South African Bodies & Services

http://www.hpcsa.co.za
 http://www.psyssa.com
 http://www.globallinkagelearning.com. Online CPD activities. 
http://www.ecpdsa.co.za.  Online CPD activities. 
http://www.traumatrainingonline.com. Online CPD activities.
http://www.mycpd.co.za. Online CPD activities  (cheapest ever!)

Aipcs free & open case studies for therapists

aipcs-case-study-collection.pdf
File Size:	747 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

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ADHD news headlines provided courtesy of Medical News Today.

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/clinical-scales 
offer online and mobile scales for download (membership required) - 

ADHD CLINICAL SCALES
AUTISM CLINICAL SCALES
BIPOLAR CLINICAL SCALES
DEPRESSION  and ANXIETY CLINICAL SCALES
GENERAL SCALES

A variety of other general scales in PDF format also available.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/resource-library/tools-professionals

http://autism.yale.edu/  lecture content and supporting materials available online for free for anyone who desires to learn about Autism Spectrum Disorders.

http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/user_mod.php

Solution-focused Counseling for Depression from Jeffrey Guterman

Screening tools



 http://www.mytherapy.ca.
Interactive psychiatric tools.

If you wish to obtain a copy of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire(SPQ) , click HERE.

 For details on scoring, reliability and validity of the SPQ, click HERE.

For a copy of the brief version of the SPQ - the SPQ-B - click HERE

http://www.medal.org. provides medical algorythms based on certified psychometric tests. Subscription is free for professionals. Algorytmhs are provided for psychiatry, neurology, forensic
evaluations, enviromental, general health, etc.Various tests/questionnaires for screening problem behavior.

http://www.proqolid.org/. Quality of Life and other screening tools. Subscription required.

Risk for suicide

 S PATH WARM is a helpful device for recognizing and remembering the warning signs of suicide. This
empirically based tool, developed by the American Association for Suicidology, can be used as an educational resource when training gatekeepers to
recognize potential signs of suicide.

 SAD PERSONS is a useful tool that was developed by Patterson and colleagues (1983) to facilitate an easily remembered approach for conducting a thorough suicide risk assessment. 

The Suicide Assessment Five-step
 Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) is a helpful pocket card that guides clinicians through the process of suicide risk assessment through the use of five key steps.

Working With the Suicidal Patient: A Guide for Health Care Professionals is a useful
step-by-step guide for assessing and managing suicidal behaviour. It was designed for health care providers, including those that may be working in an  acute care/emergency setting.

Practice Tool for Exercising Discretion: Emergency Disclosure of Personal
Information was recently produced by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC to support decision-making when working with individuals at risk for suicide.

http://www2.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/
screeningtools_table.asp offers screening tools and rating scales from anxiety, OCD, mood disorder, behavioural problems, to learning and other developmental disorders. Some free, some to purchase.

http://www.CounselingFormsOnline.com
offers thousands of worksheets, counselling forms, activities, techniques, assessments and e-books to use in your practice. Subscription required.

http://info.med.yale.edu/psych/3s/about.html
offers free manuals and workbooks (individual
and group) to integrate with addictions and HIV therapies.

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