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NC LIVE Medical & Health Sciences Resources
Online Module:Mental Health
Resources
Lara HandlerUNC-CH Health Sciences Library
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Welcome! Instructor: Lara Handler Logistics
90 minute class Please log in to NC LIVE in a separate
window Please use the chat at any time Chat-based discussion follows each
section Archived for public use
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Class Outline Welcome and Introduction (10 min) Issues in finding mental health
information (10 min) PsycINFO: Keyword Searches (30
min) PsycINFO: Advanced Searches (30
min) Wrap-Up (5 min)
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Introduction Please use the chat to introduce
yourself: Name(s) Institution Why you are taking this class
Lara will respond orally to questions, etc.
Lisa will also be available to respond via chat to your comments
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Class Outline Welcome and Introduction (10 min) Issues in finding mental health
information (10 min) PsycINFO: Basic Searches (30 min) PsycINFO: Advanced Searches (30
min) Wrap-Up (5 min)
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What is “Mental Health?” American Heritage Dictionary: “1. A state
of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. 2. A branch of medicine that deals with the achievement and maintenance of psychological well-being. 3. A person's overall emotional and psychological condition.”
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Mental Health in NC LIVE Browse Resources by Categories
Medical & Health Category List: CINAHL, HealthSource, PubMed, PsycINFO
Resources for Teachers Category List: ERIC, Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO
We will be focusing on searching PsycINFO today
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Finding Mental Health Information Lots of resources exist for health info
PubMed (MEDLINE) CINAHL, etc.
Lots of resources exist for social sciences Sociological Abstracts (not in NC LIVE) ERIC (education)
One major resource specifically for psychology / psychiatry PsycINFO
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Using Non-Specific Sources #1 PubMed treats mental health
differently in the MeSH hierarchy than “physical” health: Diseases Category vs. Psychiatry &
Psychology Category Category includes mechanisms,
disorders, processes, and disciplines Mental Health = “The state wherein the
person is well adjusted”
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Let’s Discuss!Here are some questions to think about – and to discuss in the chat:
1. Where do you tend to go first for mental health information?
2. What kind of information do you find there?
3. Now that you know how PubMed treats psychiatry, will you act differently?
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Class Outline Welcome and Introduction (10 min) Issues in finding mental health
information (10 min) PsycINFO: Keyword Searching (30
min) PsycINFO: Advanced Searching (30
min) Wrap-Up (5 min)
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PsycINFO: Overview Citations and summaries dating from the early 1800s 2.5+ million articles from more than 2,200 periodicals Academic research and practice literature in
psychology Also includes related disciplines such as medicine,
psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior
International focus (over 45 countries in more than 27 languages)
Formats: journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, etc.
Increasing amount of full-text
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The Basics
Standard EBSCO Searching Keywords, Boolean, Stemming Search by field or in all text (default)
Standard EBSCO features apply: Sorted by reverse chronological date Title goes to citation record Can save, email, etc using Folders Faceted searching of subjects/publication
type
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Citation Record Standard EBSCO
Hyperlinked authors, journal, subject headings
“Find Similar Results” Additional PsycInfo indexes
Classification, population, location, age group, tests/measures used, methodology, publication type
Number of items in bibliography
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Refining Your Search “Limit your results” tab
Standard EBSCO limits (Full text, peer reviewed, etc.)
“Narrow results by” tab Source type, Subject, Publication, Age
group Population group, Intended audience Methodology, Classification code
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Search History: Combos and Alerts Standard EBSCO feature
View/print recent search history Go back to previous search Combine searches Save/Retrieve searches & alerts
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Let’s Practice! You have a student who is interested in
studying the psychosocial needs and stresses on people who care for Alzheimer’s patients. The student would like to find, in particular, tests for evaluating Alzheimer’s caregivers’ mental health, as well as articles evaluating these tests.
Using PsycINFO, do a keyword search, including limits as appropriate, to find one or two RECENT articles that would be a good starting place for this student.
Come back and chat about what you did and what you found!
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Class Outline Welcome and Introduction (10 min) Issues in finding mental health
information (10 min) PsycINFO: Keyword Searching (30
min) PsycINFO: Advanced Searching (30
min) Wrap-Up (5 min)
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Subject Searching: Thesaurus Link at top left of the page Browse for terms by relevancy
(recommended) or vocabulary Select terms straight from results or
view more detailed record of one Explode = include more narrow terms Major Concept = main point of article No subheadings (unlike PubMed, CINAHL) Browse for terms up/down/sideways in
tree
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Searching by Citation Relations Search forward & backward in scholarly
time – parents & children of an article Find articles by browsing or searching
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Citing References: Children Citing Articles = Newer articles that
use yours in their bibliographies
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Cited References: Parents Cited references = older articles, in
the bibliography
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Related Records: Cousins Related Records = Articles that share
references in common with yours
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Let’s Practice! Staying with our psychology of
caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients: Find appropriate thesaurus terms for
this search Using one of the good articles you
found first, find some citing and cited articles that may be helpful
Come back to the chat to discuss!
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Class Outline Welcome and Introduction (10 min) Issues in finding mental health
information (10 min) PsycINFO: Keyword Searching (30
min) PsycINFO: Advanced Searching (30
min) Wrap-Up (5 min)
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What Have We Learned? Psychiatry / psychology is not
adequately addressed by either the medical literature or the social sciences literature
Searching for – and defining – information in “psych” can be complex and time consuming.
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What Else Have We Learned? PsycINFO is the primary source for
finding mental health literature citations & abstracts.
PsycINFO allows several different modes of searching: keyword, thesaurus, and citation.
These search options are similar to PubMed and CINAHL, with important differences.
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Further (chat) QuestionsWhat didn’t we talk about?
What do you want to know more about?
Where do you see these resources as useful?
Please use the chat to discuss!
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Thank you! Watch for the SurveyMonkey course
evaluation that will be coming via email.
Feel free to visit http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Guides/MentalHealth.cfm for more information and mental health resources.
For upcoming classes, visit http://www.nclive.org/training/training_schedule.phtml