CHS Pathfinder: Behavioral Health

Terms to use in searching the CHS Catalog

mental health, mentally ill, eating disorders, specific problems such as panic attacks or schizophrenia

Call numbers: Go "browse" the shelves in these areas

150s - psychology e.g. stress
362.2 - mental and emotional illnesses, e.g. suicide
616.8 - diseases of the nervous system and mental disorders e.g. depression

Some books which may be borrowed

• Madness, Magic and Medicine: The Treatment and Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by  Horwitz  (1977) - old book but fascinating 362.2 HOR
• Mental Illness (Opposing Viewpoints) (1995) 362.2 MEN
• Cutting and  Self-Mutilation (2003) 616.85 WIN
• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (1995) 305.23 PIP
• Stress Relief: The Ultimate Teen Guide (2002) 155.5 POW

Some Reference books - to be used in the library

• Encyclopedia of Memory and Memory Disorders (2001) R 153.1 TUR
• Encyclopedia of Suicide (2003) R 363.28 E
• Psychology (2002) - a six volume encyclopedia R 150 PSY

Magazine databases and other eResources

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Health Reference Center Academic
Health Source
Newsbank   for Globe and Herald articles
Newspaper Source
SIRS  

Web sites

ADOL: Adolescence Directory Online  
Internet Mental Health
Mental Health & Psychology Resources Online  
National Institute of Mental Health  

Biography

• Conquering the Beast Within by Irwin (1998) - depression 616.85 IRW
• The Day the Voices Stopped: A Memoir of Madness and Hope  B STE
• Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D by Lizzie Simon  B SIM
• Stick figure : a diary of my former self by Lori Gottlieb (2000) B GOT

Fiction

• Best Little Girl in the World by Levenkron (1978)  - Anorexia F LEV
• The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (2003) - autism F HAD Georgie by  Doyle F DOY
• I never promised you a rose garden by Greenberg (1964) -schizophrenia F GRE
• Inside Out by Trueman (2004) - schizophrenia F TRU
• Stop pretending: what happened when my big sister went crazy by Sones (1999)  F SON

AV - Videos, DVDs

• Dying to be Thin ( NOVA) VID 616.852 DYI
• I Think They Think... VID 155.5 ITH
• Inside the Teenage Brain (Frontline) VID 155.5182 INS
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  VID F ONE
• You, Your Body and Your Self-image (ffh) VID 155.5 YOU

T Dakubu 2006