The Mental Health node of JBI COnNECT is a unique mental health-specific web based facility that provides online resources and tools to mental health clinicians, patients and their families to utilise evidence-based information in clinical decision making processes.

The Mental Health node is a user-friendly collection of online resources designed to inform and assist:

• the users of mental health services;
• service providers (managers of mental health facilities); and
• healthcare professionals (nurses, medical practitioners and allied health professionals);

JBI COnNECT is essentially a "one-stop-shop" stocked with a wide range of resources for facilitating effective and appropriate evidence-based mental health.

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) has a well-established reputation in the area of evidence-based clinical decision support and clinical practice improvement and has provided a resource which assists users to summarise, disseminate and utilise the best evidence available.

This node of JBI COnNECT is designed for, and readily accessible to, mental health professionals and providers and service users. The resources address aspects of clinical care relevant to the care of patients in mental health facilities. The resources enhance the ability of mental health workers to provide consistent and appropriate care, while reducing the risk of clinical adverse events. The resources also facilitate staff training and continuous improvement within the mental health sector.

Expert Reference Group
Denise A Coia (Chair)
Sean Doherty
Peter Athanasos
Nicholas G Procter
Philippa Enid Rasmussen
David J Hall
Joyce E. Wilkinson
Joyce McKee
Keith Brown
Kevin Power
Anne Joice

Corresponding Reference Group
Winny Stroop
Giancarlo Costanza
Andy Benn
Anysia M. Rusak
Patraporn Tungpunkom
Maria José Vicente-Edo
Yajai Sitthimongkol 
Rafael Sales-Orts
Aurelio Costa-Suárez
Barbara Caldwell
Steven Pryjmachuk
Steve Trenoweth
Jennifer Knox