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Mental Health

This is a selective guide to the library's resources to help you find information on this subject. Assistance is always available at the Reference Desk (865 539-7107) and at the Ask a Librarian Web page.
Subject headings 
Use these subject headings to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog and the netLibrary eBook collection.

  

Call numbers for browsing 
Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections: 

Databases 
You may access these electronic resources provided by the library for magazine and journal information or full-text reference sources on this topic at the library Online Database page. (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/online.html)

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

PsycFIRST   - (OCLC)- Psychology First contains abstracts from psychology and related publications for the current and most recent three years.

EBSCO Host-- CINAHL and Pre-CINAHL - (online) - CINAHL provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals &other publications back to 1982. Full text material includes 60 journals.

WilsonWeb --Social Sciences - Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select - (online) - contains full text articles from 1,650 publications in Wilson databases including Social Sciences Full Text.



* You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail). NOTE: Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application.

Journals and Magazines 
The following journals are available at the Pellissippi library in the Reference area. Many journals now have websites, providing the table of contents and access to selected articles in the current printed journal. Many include additional information and resources in certain subjects.
Psychology Today - (http://www.psychologytoday.com/)
Mental Health Journals - 24 journals
Psychology and Psychiatry Journals - 85 journals



Reference Books 

Mental health [electronic resource]: a medical dictionary, bibliography, and annotated research guide to Internet references.  James N. Parker and Philip M. Parker, editors. Call Number: RA790.5 M46 2003eb. Publisher: San Diego, CA: ICON

Note: Medical dictionary coverage (in e-book form) on dozens of mental health-related topics may be accessed in the following way. From the Library Catalog page, click on Advanced Search (at top), select Pellissippi State Library, then type into the search box the term (one word only) you wish to search for plus the phrase: “and medical dictionary”. (Ex: depression and medical dictionary; child and medical dictionary). Click “Keyword."

The mental health desk reference [electronic resource]. Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel and R. Elliott Ingersoll, editors. Call Number: RC466 .M464 2001eb. Publisher: New York: Wiley, c2001.

The mental health handbook [electronic resource]. Trevor Powell. Health Publications. Publisher: Bicester: Winslow Press, 1992. Call number: RA790 .P54 2000eb.

Finding the evidence [electronic resource]: A gateway to the literature in child and adolescent mental health,Second Edition. 2001. Angela Scott, Mike Shaw, & Carol Joughin, editors. Call Number: RJ499 .F56 2000eb. Publisher: London: Royal College of Psychiatrists. An extremely thorough, well-organized guide to the literature, with brief introductions to disorders and extensive bibliographies, evaluation of resources, & more.

Advocacy for mental health [electronic resource]. Call Number: RA790.5 A38 2003eb. Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2003.

Opportunities in mental health careers [electronic resource]. Philip A. Perry. Call Number: RA790.75 .P47 1996eb. Publisher: Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, c1996.

Authoritative guide to self-help resources in mental health. John C. Norcross ... [et al.]. Call Number: RA790.6 .A94 2003 [Located in stacks.] Publisher: New York: Guilford Press, c2003.

Additional Reading
   Selected Mental Health Books Available at PSTCC Libraries

Web Resources 

National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov) - Mental health related information for psychologists, the public, and students.

Psych Web's Self Help Resources  (http://www.psychwww.com/resource/selfhelp.htm) - Links to information about addictions and disorders.

Psychology World Wide Web (http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html) - Click on "Mental Health Resources" for a directory of links to informative sites maintained by professional psychologists, universities, and others.

USDHHS:SAMHSA (http://www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx) - Information on a broad spectrum of issues plus programs from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration.