Mental Health & Stigma

Mental Health & Stigma Information Fair - Ms. Ngan

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• • Oakridge Catalogue

  • Reference

    • The Gale encyclopedia of mental health

    • Encyclopedia of human genetics and disease

    • The Merck manual of medical information

    • Psychology

Web Sites

• • Depression:  www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/direct problem with this link

  • Depression and Anxiety Disorders:  http://www.feeling-blue.com/

  • Canadian Mental Health Association: www.cmha.ca

  • Canadian Network for Mood & Anxiety Disorders: www.canmat.org

  • Centre for Mental Health & Addiction (CAMH): www.camh.ca

  • National Institute of Mental Health:  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Databases

• • Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module (Gale)

Including the respected Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Health & Wellness Resource Center delivers up-to-date reference material as well as full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets from a wide variety of authoritative medical sources. Additionally, consumers, students, and professionals are provided with descriptions of and links to many pertinent websites, selected for their usefulness and appropriateness.

• • Psychology Collection (Gale)

This set explores what makes people “tick” from childhood to death. This collection gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops — and diminishes — over time. Your library’s users will have instant access to 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

• • Teen Health and Wellness (Gale)

This database was developed for teens with their unique concerns in mind. It is award-winning and critically acclaimed, providing curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs & alcohol, nutrition, mental and emotional health, cyber literacy, family life, sexuality and more. Teen Health and Wellness was selected as one of Library Journal’s Best Reference Sources of 2007 and listed in the Top Ten Digital Product and Must Have Purchases in the Fall ’08 issue of School Library Journal. All content is reviewed by leading professionals across fields including medicine, mental health, nutrition, substances abuse prevention, guidance and career counseling.

School Google

• • Encyclopaedia Britannica

Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.