Finding Mental Health Information Kate Flewelling, MLIS Outreach Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) NN/LM, formerly Regional Medical Library Program Established in the Medical Library Assistance Act (1965) Mission Provide health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical information Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine 8 Regional Offices Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission 5-year contracts
Services/Resources we provide No-cost online and in-person training on health information resources from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources Exhibiting and presenting at your professional conference on free health information for health professionals and the public Free educational materials for order and download on National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources Consultation on health information outreach Program Planning and Evaluation Resources Funding opportunities for health information outreach
Finding Mental Health Information at the National Library of Medicine Patient Education Drug Information Clinical Effectiveness Research Clinical Trials MedlinePlus Drug Information Portal PubMed Health ClinicalTrials.gov
MedlinePlus medlineplus.gov
Available in Spanish
Mental Health Information on MedlinePlus.gov Start with the health topics For basic information, you can use the medical encyclopedia Find providers and hospitals/facilities in the directories Find support groups in organizations section Learn more about drug information Learn about supplements
Mental Health Topics Learning Disorders Prescription Drug Abuse Living with Cancer Coping with Disasters Depression Stress Self-Harm Coping with Chronic Illness Seasonal Affective Disorder Substance Abuse Problems Personality Disorders
Postpartum depression Overviews Treatments Easy to Read information Living With… Related Issues Videos and Tutorials Clinical Trials PubMed Search Find an Expert Patient Handout Multiple Languages
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My mother has been using St. John's wort for her depression. Is it safe? Image Source:
Drugs and Supplements
Depression health topic page
My 10-year-old son is stressed all the time—how can I help him relax?
Stress
Drug Information Portal
Drug Information Portal: Haldol
Drug information portal: antidepressive agents
DailyMed Manufacturer’s Label Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Dosage and Administration Patient Counseling Information
DailyMed: Celexa
Pillbox Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid- dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images. Once a medication is identified, Pillbox provides links to drug information and drug labels.
PubMed Health Clinical effectiveness research Summaries for practitioners and consumers Systematic Reviews
Contents Abstracts (short technical summaries) of systematic reviews in DARE, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects—many of them include a critical summary of the review Plain language summaries and abstracts of reviews from the Cochrane Collaboration Full texts of reviews from a growing group of public agencies Information developed by public agencies for consumers and clinicians that is based on systematic reviews More info:
Sources Cochrane Collaboration-Plain Language Summaries National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (UK) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US) National Cancer Institute-PDQ (Physician Data Query) Dept. of Veterans Affairs-Evidence-based Synthesis Program Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Over 30,000 systematic reviews from last 13 years
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Thank You! This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. Kate Flewelling, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region