SW Web Links

Web Links

WEB LINKS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS

James W. Drisko, PhD, LICSW

from the
Massachusetts Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care
December 6, 2002

Jump to:
Professional Organizations (includes advocacy groups and topics)
   Personal Social Work Sites
      Social Work Info Search Sites
         Mental Health Sites
            Evaluating Web Resources
                Substance Abuse
                   Health
                     Support Groups
                      Online Support Groups
                           Patient Advocacy
                              Databases
                                 Social Work Job Resources
                                    People Finders and Maps

Professional Organizations (Formal and Informal)

1. NASW The Social Work profession's omnibus organization

www.naswdc.org or www.socialworkers.org

Sadly, much content is restricted to members

2. MA NASW (Mass State Chapter) (a well developed site just now updated!)
www.naswma.org

3. Clinical Social Work Federation
www.cswf.org

4. National Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
www.nmcop.org

5. Family Therapy Practice Academy
www.csf.org/family.html

6. American Association of State Social Work Boards
www.aswb.org (Useful licensing information)

7. American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work [ABE]
www.abecsw.org

8. Council on Social Work Education
www.cswe.org

9. Association of Oncology Social Work
www.aosw.org

10. Bertha Capen Reynolds Society (erratically available!)
www.aztlan.net/bcrs/

11. Society for Social Work and Research
www.sswr.org

12. Association for Community Organization and Social Administration
www.acosa.org

13. Social Welfare Policy and Practice Group (strong resource links)
www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/swppg.htm

14. E-The People (seeks to bring government closer to the people)
www.e-thepeople.com/affiliates/national/

15. Digital Librarian: Activism (many activism links)
www.digital-librarian.com/activism.html

16. Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
www.cosw.sc.edu/iaswr/index.html

17. Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (Admin.)
www.sswlhc.org

18. National Network for Social Work Managers
www.socialworkmanager.org

19. Community Organization (review and booklist, good history)
www.infed.org/community/b-comorg.htm

Personal Social Work Sites and Focused Resources

20. Clinicalsocialworkers.com (Pat McClendon)
www.clinicalsocialwork.com [No endorsement implied]

21. Cyber Social Worker (Ed Geraty) (Great overview of chat & list servs)
http://members.aol.com/BehavioralsciCon/cyber.html

22. Group Psychotherapy (H. Weinberg’s Resources & Discussion online)
www.group-psychotherapy.com

23. Socialwork.com (commercial page - under-developed)
www.socialwork.com [No endorsement implied]

24. Post-traumatic Stress
www.ptsdalliance.org or www.sidran.org (Sidran Foundation)

Major Social Work Resource Sites

25. World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers (Gary Holden; NYU SSW)
www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw (The largest, includes full text article links))

26. SWAN [Social Work Access Network] (University of South Carolina)
www.sc.edu/swan/

27. Social Work Resources (Jim Drisko, Smith College SSW) (Strong on diversity)
www.drisko.net or http://sophia.smith.edu/~jdrisko

Diversity Resources
Lesbian, Gay, Bi Resources
Disabilities Resources
Homelessness Issues
Clinical Pages
Web Searches

Mental Health Sites

28. Internet Mental Health (Phillip Long) (Excellent site)
www.mentalhealth.com [No endorsement implied]
Includes extensive materials on US and European diagnoses, treatments and medication. Includes a thoughtful self- or clinician done online diagnostic. Strong support materials for schizophrenia.

29. Mentalhelp.net (Commercial) Very good on assessment tools/tests
www.mentalhelp.net [No endorsement implied]

The Center for Mental Health Services also offers some useful mental health information
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/

30. Online Clinics has some useful links in the Library section (Commercial)
http://www.onlineclinics.com/cgi-bin/uno.cgi?value=library.htm
including information on prescription drugs used in mental health:
http://www.onlineclinics.com/cgi-bin/linx.cgi?value=http://www.druginfonet.com

31. The Wing of Madness (depression site) (from non-pro Deborah Gray)
www.wingofmadness.com/index.htm [No endorsement implied]

32. Mental Health Facts (A site critical of much MH care - You decide!)
www.mentalhealthfacts.com [No endorsement implied]

33. The AntiPsychiatry Coalition (who feel harmed by professionals)
www.antipsychiatry.org/index.htm (multi lingual) [No endorsement]

Evaluating Web Sites (always be cautious with online information!)

34. Thinking Critically about WWW Resources (UCLA Libraries)
www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

56. Evaluating Web Resources (Widener University Libraries)
www2.widener.edu/Wolgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webevl.htm
Includes specific information on evaluating advocacy pages

36. Evaluating Internet Resources (University at Albany Libraries)
www.albany.edu/library/interent/evaluate.html

37. Dr. Steven Barrett offers QuackWatch (broad, but conservative)
www.quackwatch.com [No endorsement implied]

Substance Abuse

38. Alcoholics Anonymous has a well developed site, with lots of information and links for members, even a screening tool for home use.
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/

39. Al-anon/Alateen also offer online resources http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/

40. Narcotics Anonymous offers great online information (check their online literature) http://www.na.org/

41. The National Institutes of Health offers Substance Abuse Information on Medline http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/substanceabuse.html

42. SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment offers information on programs that work http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csat2002/

43. The Dual Diagnosis Organization offers many links at http://www.dualdiagnosis.org/library/library.html

44. The Treatment Improvement Exchange also offers links about dual diagnoses related to several forms of social service intervention.
http://www.treatment.org/Topics/dual.html

45. Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists provide a great starting point for learning: http://salis.org/resources/links.htm

Health Resources - Disorder Specific

46. The National Cancer Institute’s CancerNet is an excellent source for information on cancer and its care. Easy to navigate.
www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov

47. JAMA's HIV/AIDS Resource Center is a fine starting point.
www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/hivhome.htm

48. The American Autoimmune Disorder site offers information and a source for advocacy efforts.
www.aarda.org/

49. The Alzheimer's Oragnization ( www.alz.org/ ) and the Alzheimer's Education and Referral Center ( www.alzheimers.org/ ) offer fine resources.

50. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers many resources on the costliest medical condition.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/

51. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association offers links and resources.
www.phassociation.org/

52. The Spinal Cord Injury Association offers many resources
http://www.spinalcord.org/

Professional Organizations related to Spinal Cord Injuries are found at: http://www.aascipsw.org/ or http://www.apssci.org/links.htm

Health Resources – General

53. Ask NOAH About: Health Topics and Resources (NY Public Libraries)
www.noah-health.org/english/qksearch.html (English)
www.noah-health.org/spanish/spproviders.html (Spanish)

54. An English equivalent is found at Care and Health (makes for interesting cross cultural comparisons!)
http://www.careandhealth.com/linksdisplay.asp

All Health Net is a Florida Based commercial site which offers a searchable data base. Lot's of material.
(commercial). [No endorsement implied]

55. Women’s Health Facts (Society for Women’s Health research)
www.womens-health.org/factsheet.html

56. Information about Health Topics (& Virtual Hospitals!) (U of Iowa)
www.uihealthcare.com/topics/index.html

57. The Administration on Aging's Resource Directory for Older People
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/directory/default.htm

58. Aging Issues and Metasites (thanks to Susan Mankita!)
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/agingsites/ and
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/agingsites/metasites.html

Massachusetts Social Worker Alta McDonald notes these two sites may be of interest to clients:
59. Canada RX has detailed information about ordering drugs in Canada as well as purchasing them. (This may be of particular interest to seniors on Medex Bronze/Medicare who don't have insured prescription drug coverage. The potential savings are considerable. The prescribing physician must contact them.)

60. Elder Life Planning is a site developed by a social worker, Bob O'Toole, with a lot of information about senior issues and a discussion section.

Colleagues from the Massachusetts Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care suggested the following links:

Hospice Foundation of America is a not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care. They offer excellent material on grief and loss as well as a lengthy alphabetical list of topical links (from the “air crash support network” to “widow net”)

The Hospice Association of America is a national organization representing more than 2,800 hospices and thousands of caregivers and volunteers who serve terminally ill patients and their families (i.e., a trade organization). It offers links and consumer-oriented fact sheets online.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project offers many fine links on end of life care, from statements of philosophy to patient oriented guidance.

The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others seeking to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice. They offer many links for professiona ls.

The American Pain Foundation is a consumer oriented education and advocacy organization, offering informational links organized by disorder.

Information, Support and Chat

61. Interpsych Forums Correspond with others who have shared interests
www.interpsych.org/inter.htm

62. Google Groups (formerly Deja.com) is a fine chat room directory (not just to social work)
www.groups.google.com [No endorsement implied]

Online Supports and (maybe) Online Therapy

63. The National Self-help Clearinghouse
www.selfhelpweb.org/

64. The ABCs of "Internet Therapy" (Martha Ainsworth)
www.metanoia.org/imhs/index.html [No endorsement implied]

65. Online Therapy [links] (Jim Drisko)
http://sophia.smith.edu/~jdrisko/online.htm

66. International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO)
www.ismho.org

67. OnlineClinics.com (a practice network) [No endorsement implied]
www.onlineclinics.com

68. Epotec (an online therapy corporation, with case examples)
www.epotec.com [No endorsement implied]

Patient or Case Advocacy

69. Patient Advocacy Numbers (Johns Hopkins InfoNet)
http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/advocacy.html

Databases

You can access abstracts and some articles online from home if you do not have access to an academic library.

70. The Merck Manual Online
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual

The Merck has a home edition, too.

71. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (for fee) Access to publications databases
www.csa.com [No endorsement implied]

Jobs for Social Workers

Try State NASW, too!

72. Social work jobs online (by state) (George Warren Brown School of Social Work)
http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/jobs/index.html

73. Job links (many by state) (from The New Social Worker journal)
http://www.socialworker.com/career.htm [No endorsement implied]

74. Socialservices.com (commercial site) [No endorsement]
www.socialservices.com

75. Mental Web (commercial site, bad name!) [No endorsement]
www.mentalweb.com

76. National jobs listings (from Geocities, a web host)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9300/ [No endorsement]

77. Job listings in health care (commercial)
http://www.healthcaresource.com/ [No endorsement implied]

Some Additional Resources

78. Susan Mankita's Social Work Forum an AOL chat service by a strong advocate for social workers on the web. [No endorsement implied]
http://hometown.aol.com/susanmankitalcsw/page1.html

79. Social Work Search Started in late 1996 by Tom Cleerman, MSW, its now a commercial site of high popularity. [No endorsement implied]
www.socialworksearch.com

People Finders

80. Switchboard locates people using the phone book. Spooky and fast!
www.switchboard.com

81. Yahoo! People Search
http://people.yahoo.com/

82. David Lamb reminds us to be courteous and thoughtful when seeking personal info (but it's always good advice).
http://www.cs.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/finding.html

Maps

83. Yahoo Maps will give you directions from just about any specific street address to any other. Really useful, but be sure to plan ahead (it's hard to use in your car!)

Keep in Touch!

Nominate any great sites you find for the next version of this presentation (and web posting, too).
e-mail to jdrisko@smith.edu

first version, April, 2000; last update 1/2/03