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1 Finding Mental Health Information Kate Flewelling, MLIS Outreach Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 MedlinePlus medlineplus.gov

6 Available in Spanish

7 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

8 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

9 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

10 MedlinePlus Health Topics

11 MedlinePlus Drugs & Supplements

12 MedlinePlus Videos & Tools

13 My mother has been using St. John's wort for her depression. Is it safe? Image Source: http://1.usa.gov/1h2sxzu

14 Drugs and Supplements

15 Depression health topic page

16 My 10-year-old son is stressed all the time—how can I help him relax?

17 Stress

18 Drug Information Portal http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/

19 Drug Information Portal: Haldol

20 Drug information portal: antidepressive agents

21 DailyMed http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov  Manufacturer’s Label  Indications and Usage  Contraindications  Warnings  Dosage and Administration  Patient Counseling Information

22 DailyMed: Celexa

23 Pillbox http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov 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.

24 PubMed Health Clinical effectiveness research Summaries for practitioners and consumers Systematic Reviews http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth

25 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: http://1.usa.gov/1iKAAA8

26 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

27 Search: treatment of delirium elderly

28 Are antidepressants effective for relieving fibromyalgia pain?

29 Search: smoking cessation cognitive behavioral therapy

30 ClinicalTrials.gov

31 Search: eating disorders pittsburgh

32 Study record

33 Study information

34 Advanced Search

35 Study results

36 Interactive map

37 By State

38 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-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System. Kate Flewelling, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region http://nnlm.gov/mar/ flewkate@pitt.edu


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