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Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on 
a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their 
research project.

Mental Illness

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop.  Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, you can find some lists of books on mental illness by typing in:

Mental illness
Mental health
Mentally handicapped
Mentally ill
Mental retardation
or look for a specific disease such as schizophrenia

Some titles we have are:
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HYM		 Hyman, Bruce M. and  Cherry Pedrick. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books, 2003.
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CON		 Connolly, Sucheta and Simpson, David. Anxiety Disorders. NY: Chelsea House, [2006].
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SCH		 Barbour, Scott. Schizophrenia. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, [2002].
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FER		 Ferreiro, Carmen. Ritalin and Other Methylphenidate-Containing Drugs. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.
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GAL		 Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1996.
 
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MAG		 Irons-Georges, Tracy. Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science : Psychology. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003.
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PSY		 Psychology Basics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2004.
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KAH		 Kahn, Ada P., and Jan Fawcett. The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
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PSY		 Irons-Geroge, Tracy. Psychology and Mental Health. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001.

SELECTED WEB SITES

MEDLINEplus Health Information
 http://medlineplus.gov
From the National Library of Medicine, updated daily, provides information on diseases and conditions.  Includes a medical encyclopedia and dictionary.

Internet Mental Heath Disorders
 http://www.mentalhealth.com/p20-grp.html
Covers over 50 of the most common mental disorders.  Information includes disorder description, treatment information, magazine articles and more.

National Institute of Mental Health -- Depression
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
One of many topics covered.  Information on symptoms, treatment and local resources for people of all ages.

American Psychiatric Association: Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives.
http://www.healthyminds.org/Functional-Library/brochures.aspx
A series of up-to-date online PDF brochures on mental health. Information is on psychiatric disorders and their treatments.

Current Topics in Psychology
 http://www.fenichel.com/Current.shtml
Topically arranged, includes internet resources.

Yahoo! Health
http://health.yahoo.com
Includes quick links to health centers, an encyclopedia and a drug index.

PDRhealth
 http://www.gettingwell.com
Choose Disease Overviews. Then click on Mental Health. Contains some good information on dealing with emotional issues.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, and TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
12/08/09
Date last edited
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