The primary purpose of this publication is to increase road safety in Australia by assisting health professionals to:

• Assess the fitness to drive of their patients in a consistent and appropriate manner, based on current medical evidence
• Promote the responsible behaviour of their patients having regard to their medical fitness
• Conduct medical examinations for the licensing of drivers as required by State and Territory Driver Licensing Authorities
• Make recommendations regarding conditional licences
• Recognise the extent and limits of their professional and legal obligations with respect to reporting fitness to drive.

It combines the medical standards for commercial and private vehicle drivers and replaces the publications "Assessing Fitness to Drive 2001" and "Medical Examinations for Commercial Vehicle Drivers 1997". Comprehensive guidance is also provided for health professionals conducting examinations and provides a clear outline of the responsibilities and relationships in the licensing process for drivers, health professionals and driver licensing authorities.

The Better Health Channel is a free service by the Victorian Government. It provides consumer health and medical information which is constantly expanded and regularly reviewed.

Better Health Channel content partners are reputable health organisations with specialised knowledge in the particular topic area. There are articles under these subject groups

• Conditions and Treatments
• Healthy living
• Relationships and Family
• Support information

The Cochrane Library is a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care. Published on a quarterly basis, The Cochrane Library is designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Locate the evidence you need for informed healthcare decision making with The Cochrane Library. It is prepared by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration, an international network of individuals committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare.

HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative aiming to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health. HealthInsite offers consumers information ranging from daily health needs, such as nutrition, to information related to life events, such as having a baby. Specific information topics, such as diabetes or asthma, are also be available.

HealthInsite is also a resource for health professionals, service providers and researchers for both their own use and for patient referral.

Explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated; also provides information about prognosis.

PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM). With PubMed Central, NLM has taken the lead in preserving and maintaining access to the electronic literature, just as it has done for decades with the printed biomedical literature. PubMed Central aims to fill the role of a world class library in the digital age. NLM believes that giving all users free access to the material in PubMed Central is the best way to ensure the durability and utility of the archive as technology changes over time.

The RANZCP has developed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) to provide mental health practitioners, consumers, and carers with evidence-based information about particular mental illnesses and appropriate treatment options. These have been developed with the support of both the Australian and New Zealand Governments.

The CPGs address six specific disorders or conditions that have considerable impact on psychiatric practice in Australia and New Zealand, as expressed from both the psychiatric profession and consumers. These are:

• anorexia nervosa;
• bipolar disorder;
• deliberate self harm (youth and adult);
• depression;
• panic disorder and agoraphobia; and
• schizophrenia.

For each disorder or condition, two Guidelines have been developed - one for consumers and carers, and one for mental health clinicians (summary and full versions). Links to the Guidelines are provided below.

The CPGs:

• systematically evaluate research evidence;
• were developed by representatives from a range of professional groups, as well as consumers;
• are specifically designed to assist, rather than dictate, clinical decision-making; and
• are to be applied on a case-by-case basis.

The Guidelines are current at the time of publication, but because they are evidence-based, they will inevitably become out of date as new research emerges regarding established and novel treatments. Therefore a crucial aspect of implementing the Guidelines will be ensuring that they are reviewed on a regular basis.

The VTPU is a statewide unit which supports area mental health and psychiatric disability support services in working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) consumers and carers throughout Victoria.