This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Psychological Medicine
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
PubMed,
1950- PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes
over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for
biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text
articles and other related resources. Staff and students are encouraged to
access via NUS Libraries portal for seamless access to full articles
subscribed by the Libraries.
Guides for searching PubMed available at: PubMed Tutorial
(The Publisher)
Pubmed
UpToDate UpToDate is specifically designed to answer the
clinical questions that
arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so that it can be
used right at the point of care. Physician editors and authors review and
update the content on a continuous basis and a new, peer-reviewed version is
issued every four months. The published evidence is summarized and specific
recommendations made for patient care. For Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
staff and students only.
Guides for searching UpToDate available at: Demos (The
Publisher)
PsycARTICLES
(via OvidSP) Published by the American Psychological Association, PsycARTICLES is
recognized worldwide as a leading full text source for academic, research
and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines.
PsycInfo,
1872- (via OvidSP) PsycINFO is produced by the American Psychological Association. It
provides abstracts and bibliographic citations to articles in the field of
psychology and its related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry,
nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics.
The records in the database are drawn from over 1,400 journals in more than
30 languages, dissertations, books and book chapters. It includes empirical
studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews,
discussion articles, and conference reports.
CSA Neurosciences Abstracts, 1982-
This database enables neuroscientists to keep abreast of major advances
within the field and their implications for other medical specialties. The
database covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience,
emphasizing basic research but also including such devastating neural
diseases as Alzheimer's. Updated monthly, it contains over 419,688 records as of December 2007.
Guides for searching CSA Neuroscience Abstracts available at:
CSA
Illumina Quick Search (The Publisher)
PILOTS Database, 1871-
The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International
Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction,
Vermont. The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of
traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical
limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. Updated
monthly. Contains over 33,165 records as of December 2007.
Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Faculty of 1000 Medicine is the next-generation literature evaluation and
awareness service for medicine. Based on the recommendations of a selected
faculty of nearly 2500 leading international researchers and clinicians, it
systematically highlights and reviews the most pertinent papers in any field
of medicine, including Psychiatry.
Guides for searching F1000 database available at:
F1000 Medicine Tour (The Publisher)
Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index
(1980-present)(via Web of Science)
Science Citation Index Expanded (1980-) and Social Sciences Citation Index
(1980-)is a significant multi-disciplinary index to scientific journals,
produced by the Institute of Scientific Information. Disciplines covered
include neuroscience and psychiatry. It is unique for its citation
index and related record search capability. Abstracts are available from
1991 onwards. Updated weekly.
This is a select list of reference sources that give background information
including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events,
keywords and bibliographies.
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS Psychological Medicine Dept are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number
RC435 *yyyy where yyyy represents the year of graduation.
This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc.. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Institute of Mental
Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov
One of the 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which
is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Concise
information on various mental disorders and clinical trials.
INTERNET MENTAL HEALTH
http://www.mentalhealth.com
Designed primarily for mental health professionals and anyone else with an
interest in mental health. Information on a large number of mental
disorders (including treatment and research) and psychiatric medications.
Includes both DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria for each disorder listed and online
diagnostic testing for some disorders. Extensive list of Internet links by
disorder, including some links to journal articles.
MedlinePlus -
Mental Health and Behavior
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealthandbehavior.html
A consumer oriented site that brings together authoritative information from
the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
and other government agencies and health-related organizations. The site is
maintained by the NLM.
MENTAL HEALTH INFOSOURCE
http://www.mhsource.com
Designed for professionals and knowledgeable lay people, the site contains
plenty of information about mental disorders (including question and answer
forums). The site also provides access to an online journal: PSYCHIATRIC
TIMES.National
MENTAL HELP NET http://www.mentalhelp.net/
Founded in 1995. Helps to coordinate various mental
health components such as education, counseling, community networking,
prevention, medication management, etc. Organized by the following
categories: issue and disorder centers, resources and information centers,
professional services.
National Mental Health Information Center (United States Dept. of Health
and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration) (SAMHSA)
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
PsiTri
http://psitri.stakes.fi/EN/psitri.htm
PsiTri is a freely available database on published and unpublished
controlled clinical trials, reporting on treatments and interventions
for a wide range of conditions within the field of mental health. Offering
access to the specialised trial registers of the five mental health related
Cochrane Review Groups, PsiTri is a comprehensive source of reliable, high
quality research.
Download information on disease ,drugs, interactions, alternative medicine,
toxicology, news & alerts and convenient calculators into your PDAs. Access
the above database first via NUS Libraries portal. Click on the tab
"Handheld PDA" to obtain customer number and instructions on downloading
information onto PDAs.
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