Mental Health Nursing

Other useful websites include:

• Health Improvement Scotland
• Public Health Information for Scotland
• PubPsych 
  A search engine which searches psychological literature.
• Cochrane Library
  The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. These are the:

1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
2. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
3. Cochrane Clinical Answers

• Department of Health and Social Care 
  Find out about all the latest publications from the Department of Health including, reports, letters circulars, booklets, posters, statistics, etc.
• PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). 
  This is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.

The following websites provide guidance on evaluating different types of studies which students may find useful for their coursework

• CASP Checklists 
  A set of eight critical appraisal tools designed to be used when reading research. These include tools for Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule.
• Health Knowledge 
  A short list of useful questions to use when evaluating research.
• A set of Critical Appraisal worksheets from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, CEBM