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Psychiatry and the WWW: some implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. Senior ,
M. L. Phillips  and
A. S. David
C. Senior*
Affiliation:
Section of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; e-mail: c.senior@iop.bpmf.ac.uk
M. L. Phillips
Affiliation:
Section of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; e-mail: c.senior@iop.bpmf.ac.uk
A. S. David
Affiliation:
Section of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; e-mail: c.senior@iop.bpmf.ac.uk
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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This paper highlights the role that the World Wide Web (WWW) has to play as an aid to psychiatry. A basic history of the WWW is provided as is an introduction to some search techniques involved with the WWW. The literature on applications potentially relevant to psychiatry is reviewed using computer search facilities (BIDS, PsychLit and Medline). The WWW is one of the aspects of the Internet that possesses a huge potential for exploitation, both the clinical and research psychiatrist are able to benefit from its use.

Type
Computers in Psychiatry
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 1997 , pp. 775 - 778
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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