ROHCG Medical Library

The Champlain Library

2011-08-17T08:54:00.002-04:00

Dear ROHCG Staff,

In July 2011, a group of hospitals within The Champlain LHIN decided to streamline the way we share resources between our libraries. Books and other print materials from the new Champlain Library, which include the Queensway Carleton Hospital, The Royal, The Ottawa Hospital, Bruyère Continuing Care, CHEO, The Cornwall Community Hospital and the Resource Centre on Aging, are now listed in a single catalogue.

The web-based catalogue can be found here: http://www2.ottawahospital.on.ca/Inmagiclibrary/AdvSearch.aspx

Staff and physicians at The Royal can borrow books from the Champlain Library for three weeks with the option to renew for an additional three weeks. This means that in addition to accessing the library holdings of The Royal’s Medical Library, you now have access to the holdings of all hospital libraries listed above. Of course, we are still here to help you in person at The Royal’s Medical Library or you can visit our virtual library on OREO. http://oreo.rohcg.on.ca/departments/library/index.cfm

For more information about this service and future activities of the Champlain Library, please contact Cathy MacLean: cathy.maclean@rohcg.on.ca , 613-722-6521 ext.6832, or Chris Penn: library@rohcg.on.ca , 613-722-6521 ext.6268.

NICE Guidance Updates: (UK)

2011-06-20T08:40:00.002-04:00

NICE Alerts
19 June 2011

Guidance in development: the following guidance topics have been published or updated recently:

Conduct disorders in children and young people

Guidance by topic: the following guidance topics matching your health area preferences have been published or updated:

Alcohol-use disorders (prevention)

Autism spectrum disorders in children and young people

Autistic spectrum conditions in adults

Brief interventions and referral for smoking cessation

Common mental health disorders

Conduct disorders in children and young people

Dementia

Nocturnal enuresis - the management of bedwetting in children and young people

Preventing the uptake of smoking by children and young people

Schizophrenia (update)

Schizophrenia - aripiprazole

School-based interventions to prevent smoking

Service user experience in adult mental health

Smoking harm reduction

Social anxiety disorder

Structural neuroimaging in first-episode psychosis

Reliable Resources on the Internet

2011-01-27T14:56:00.007-05:00

Knowledge Ontario has recently launched its eResources Portal, which provides easy access to many searchable databases to internet users in Ontario - no password required. Resources range from peer-reviewed articles in medical journals (full text available in some cases) to databases on business, law, literature, Ontario Government documents and much more. You can also search for general interest topics such as health, auto repair, gardening, cooking, travel, current affairs, and students from kindergarten to Grade 12 can find age-appropriate information for school projects.

Try it at eresources.knowledgeontario.ca.

Spirituality and Mental Health

2010-08-26T10:07:00.004-04:00

The role of spirituality in mental health has been a much researched subject in recent years, with many books and journal articles published on the topic. In addition to religious beliefs, spirituality may include meditation, yoga, enjoying nature and creative activities, practices which help give a sense of meaning and hope to life.

Searching our book catalogue using the key word “Spirituality” brings up 99 titles. Here are some recent additions:

Creativity, spirituality and mental health : exploring connections (Ashgate : 2009) by our chaplain Dr Kelley Raab-Mayo looks at the connections between imagination, creativity and spirituality and their role in healing, specifically for mood, anxiety and eating disorders.

Spiritual resources in family therapy by Froma Walsh (Guildford Press : 2009)

Religious and spiritual issues in psychiatric diagnosis: a research agenda for DSM V edited by John Peteet (American Psychiatric Association : 2011)

Religions that heal, religions that harm: a guide for clinical practice by James L Griffith ( Guilford Press, 2010)

If you would like to join the discussion, the Association of Spirituality and Mental Health has a journal club which meets every second month from September to May here at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. Details can be found on the web site.

Never-ending Book Sale

2010-05-20T11:26:00.005-04:00

The never-ending book sale continues in the library! This is a great time to stop by and pick up some summer reading for the cottage. Books range in price between $0.50 - $1.00, and all proceeds go towards supporting your medical library service!

We are located in room 2100 - - 2nd floor, and are open between 8:00am-12:00; 1:00-4:00pm.

Updates from the Cochrane Library

2010-04-06T08:25:00.001-04:00

Systematic Reviews from the Cochrane Library

This month there have been 11 newly published or updated reviews from the Cochrane Library:

Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal
Antidepressants for depression in physically ill people
Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal
Early psychological interventions to treat acute traumatic stress symptoms
Fluvoxamine versus other anti-depressive agents for depression
Group-based parent-training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in children from birth to three years old
Olanzapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia
Pharmacological treatment of depression in patients with a primary brain tumour
Physical health care monitoring for people with serious mental illness
Preventive staff-support interventions for health workers
Reduction versus abrupt cessation in smokers who want to quit

PsychiatryOnline Trial

2010-01-27T15:14:00.003-05:00

http://www.psychiatryonline.com

We are currently participating in a trial of PsychiatryOnline, the most comprehensive, sophisticated reference and research tool available for mental health professionals and students.

Here you will find online full-text access to 15 reference books, core journal titles, practice guidelines and information for patients. In addition to that, each month will feature a new textbook, in PDF format that you can download and save to your computer.

Click on the link above and try it out now! Please send me your feedback by February 22. Our free trial ends on March 1 2010. cathy.maclean@rohcg.on.ca

Check Your Spam Quarantine!

2010-01-14T09:10:00.002-05:00

Please check your Spam Quarantine. Many of the Ebsco Auto-Alerts are being filtered out as spam. In addition to the Ebsco (epnet.com) emails, many outside e-newsletters and listserv emails are also being filtered.

The spam quarantine email you receive looks like: "EXG-SpamFirewall" and comes from barracuda@globalservercenter.ca This email will contain a list of emails that have been considered as spam. If you recognize any of the email, and it is not spam, then click on the "deliver" link.

The Red Book - Carl G. Jung

2009-12-04T10:14:00.003-05:00

We now have a copy of the Red Book in our reference collection. Though written between 1914 and 1930, Jung’s heirs denied access to the book until 2001, and it was not published until 2009. Jung refers to the Red Book as “a voluntary confrontation with the unconscious” through which he developed his theories of archetypes, collective unconscious and individuation. The book itself is a work or art, written in illuminated Gothic script and containing numerous paintings, and is well worth a visit to the Library to see.

Jung's Red Book - The art of psychology

We also have Jung’s biography : Memories, Dreams, Reflections for loan.

NHS-Evidence: Mental Health

2009-10-27T09:02:00.003-04:00

Check out the UK's NHS Evidence Based Mental Health web site and portal. It contains updates on practice guidelines, information for patients, links to other relevant sites and a monthly newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free!

http://www.library.nhs.uk/mentalHealth/

Subscribe to the newsletter now! Click HERE.

Cochrane Library for all!

2009-10-07T10:07:00.002-04:00

The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Access to this online library has been made available to all Canadians, free of charge this year. This opportunity may not be available by the end of the year. Please access the Cochrane Library, and fill out this online survey. We hope to secure funding, to ensure that all Canadians have access to evidence-based health information. http://tiny.cc/cochranesurvey

My Stroke of Insight

2009-10-06T11:03:00.004-04:00

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

Please drop by the library if you would like to read Dr. Taylor's book, or you can listen to her amazing story on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html#

9 Minutes a Day ... the Kaplan & Sadock Way!

2009-09-23T09:37:00.007-04:00

Hey Folks. There's no need to go to the gym to follow Michelle Obama's 9 minute workout, when all you need to do is come to the library, and check out the latest edition of Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry! Weighing in at 10 lbs, one volume of this book is sure to give your arms the workout they need to stay strong and toned!

BTW, the book also has some pretty amazing content ... read about it here.

Summer Break

2009-08-14T09:01:00.003-04:00

Library Blog is taking a break for the summer.

However, it's still business as usual in the library. As well as our usual library services, our book sale continues, with bargains from 50c to $2.00, and our recreational reading library keeps on growing.

ROMHC Medical Library is having a used book sale!

2009-05-06T10:31:00.009-04:00

It's official ~~~ the ROMHC Medical Library Used Book Sale has begun! All books are priced between $0.50 - $2.00, and the selection includes books from all subject areas. (cookbooks, novels, etc...)

Please stop by the library (room 2100) and have a look. There are some great summer reading ideas.

We are continuing to collect donations of your old books - so please drop them off anytime!

New books for Spring

2009-04-17T09:33:00.021-04:00

We've updated our "new books" table to show some of the new additions to our collection. Click here for details. You can also search for books on our catalogue

2009-04-15T10:36:00.004-04:00

All Canadians now have one-click access to The Cochrane Library thanks to the collaborative work by the Canadian Health Libraries Association and the Canadian Cochrane Network & Centre who successfully secured a national license for a nine-month pilot period. (Exp.Dec 31 2009)

Canadians are one click away from the best available evidence on which health treatments work, which ones don’t, and which may cause harm. As of April 15, everyone in Canada with Internet access will be able to view the full content of The Cochrane Library, which provides evaluations of health treatments.

This nine-month pilot project provides a national subscription for Canadians to have access to the wealth of information in The Cochrane Library at http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/. Until now, The Cochrane Library has only been available to some Canadians through a patchwork of networks and libraries across the country.

Cochrane Groups
The Cochrane Collaboration assesses most areas of health care. To do this, it is divided into Cochrane Groups: Cochrane Review Groups, each of which concentrates on a specific healthcare area. Some of the Cochrane Goups that you may be interested in are:

Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group
Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group
Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group
Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group
Cochrane Schizophrenia Group
Cochrane Stroke Group
Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group

Want to learn more about how to use The Cochrane Library? Click here!

If you have any questions about the Cochrane Library, please contact us in the ROHCG Medical Library @ 6268, or 6832 or library@rohcg.on.ca

2009-04-02T11:02:00.006-04:00

I am happy to announce that our library now has access to Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, a vital new research database and teen self-help resource created by Rosen Publishing. This resource has been made available to all libraries in Ontario through the Knowledge Ontario initiative, that is supported by the Ontario Government.

http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com

It offers the features such as:

Comprehensive articles about issues essential to teen health and well being.

Content thoroughly reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.

Regularly updated homepage features connecting medical news and social issues to database articles.

Automatically generated citations, plus the ability to print and email articles.

Resource sections with Web sites, organizations, and recommended reading.

Interactive polls and quizzes.

Authentic, first-person teen narratives.

You can log on to Teen Health & Wellness from any computer in the hospital without as password. It is also available from home using a user id and password. Please contact the library for more information.

eReference Collection Online - trial

2009-03-02T08:53:00.006-05:00

We now have a 30 day free trial to Sage's online collection, called eReference. This electronic resource includes titles such as: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science, Encyclopedia of Counseling, Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Health & Aging, Encyclopedia of Health Care Management, and more!

Please contact the library for the user id and password.

Phone: 6268 / 6832

Email: library@rohcg.on.ca

We need your books!

2009-02-18T10:12:00.004-05:00

Coming Soon...

Fundraiser for the medical library

Looking for a new home for the books you no longer need? We’ll take them!

We’re looking for novels, children’s books, cook books, biographies, etc, etc. (no magazines please) in good condition to raise funds for the library.

Drop them off at the Library, Room 2100 Monday to Friday 8:00-12:00 and 1:00 -4:00.

Health Libraries Ottawa - Putting Users First!

2009-02-02T14:39:00.004-05:00

I am please to announce that effective immediately, staff in good standing with the library at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre will be able to borrow books in person from the other medical libraries located at hospitals in Ottawa, and at the Libraries of the University of Ottawa.

This service does not replace the current interlibrary loan service, that is still available to all staff at the ROHCG.

You must obtain a library card first, so if you think this may be of interest to you, please drop by the ROMHC Medical Library, room 2100 for more details.

This is a collaborative 1 year pilot project from a group called Health Libraries Ottawa / Bibliothèques de la santé D'Ottawa. The member libraries include:

-Ottawa Hospital - General and Civic campus libraries
-Bruyère Continuing Care
-Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Conway Medical Library
-Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Medical Library
-Queensway-Carleton Hospital, Medical Library
-University of Ottawa, Heart Institute, Berkman Library
-University of Ottawa - Library Network

New Guidance from NICE (personality disorders)

2009-01-28T07:48:00.006-05:00

The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released 2 new practice guidelines this month; one on Borderline Personality Disorder, and the other on Antisocial Personality Disorder.

You may read about and download the full guidelines from their web site:
http://www.nice.org.uk/

NICE is an independent organisation (in the UK) responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.

For more guidance on mental health issues, click on the link below:
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byTopic&o=7281

The Brain that changes itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science

2009-01-19T14:21:00.004-05:00

We've just added some new books to our library. One of them, The Brain that changes itself by Dr Norman Doidge, gives an overview of the science of neuroplasticity--the study of the capacity of the brain to alter and reorganize itself under the influence of learning and experience.

The book is a collection of case studies, told through the stories of patients, scientists and doctors, who, without operations or medications have made use of the brain's own ability to change. Some describe patients who had what were thought to be incurable brain disorders; others are about people who wanted to improve the functioning of their brains or preserve them as they aged.

To view the CBC “Nature of Things” Documentary of The Brain that Changes Itself, click here.

For more information about the book, visit Dr Norman Doidge’s web site.

To find out about other new books in the Library, click here

Loansome Doc : a quick way to order journal articles

2008-12-11T10:51:00.003-05:00

Order articles directly from PubMed with LOANSOME DOC

With LOANSOME DOC, you can order full text copies of articles directly from your PubMed search. This is how:

Register for a Loansome Doc account
The Royal Ottawa Medical Library is your Ordering Library and our Library Identifier (LIBID) is ONCYLO

Follow the steps on the registration page to create your account. Click here for additional registration information.

Order articles
Run your literature search on PubMed and order selected articles. Here’s how.

Check the status of your requests
Keep track of your requests using the Order Status Page

This service is available at no charge to all staff at the Royal Ottawa and to other health professionals and members of the public in the Ottawa area for a small fee.

For more information, please contact the library at 613-722-6521 ext 6268 or library@rohcg.on.ca

Drug Information Portal

2008-10-17T14:18:00.002-04:00

News from the National Library of Medicine!

The National Library of Medicine has developed a free online Drug Information Portal that you may be interested in. Information from their web site states:

"The NLM Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. At the top of the page are links to individual resources with potential drug information, including summaries tailored to various audiences.

Resources include the NLM search systems useful in searching for a drug, NLM research resources, resources organized by audience and class, and other NIH and government resources such as FDA and CDC. The search box in the middle of the page lets you search many of these resources simultaneously. More than 12,000 drugs can be searched using this facility. The portal covers drugs from the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the market place (Drugs@FDA). The PubMed/Medline link provides medical literature describing research, and TOXLINE provides toxicology literature. Resources such as MedlinePlus provide easy to read summaries of the uses and efficacy of a drug.

You may search by a drug's trade name or generic name. For example, the trade name "Advil" and the generic name "ibuprofen" will retrieve the same drug record. A spell checker gives suggestions if the name is not found. You can find embedded portions of names by using an asterisk at the beginning and/or end of a search term. Once a drug is found, a summary of the drug's type and usage is given, as well as links leading to further information at one of the portal's resources. Outside links open in a new window. Within a given drug record, you may click on the drug category and retrieve drugs with the same or similar uses. "

Recreational Reading is good for you!

2008-09-26T11:52:00.005-04:00

Our Summer Reading Program was a great success, and we have decided to keep it going. It's now an ongoing, 4-season Recreational Reading Program!

The wonderful collection of novels and non-fiction books has grown to 75. You can view the full list on our Library Thing catalogue: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/royal1

Please drop by and sign out a book, or donate an old favourite that you'd like to share with others.

Learn @ Work Week @ your Library!

2008-09-24T09:32:00.003-04:00

In support of Learn @ Work Week, the library will be hosting open houses at each of it's libraries. The new BMHC Medical Library located in the Forensic Treatment Unit, Brockville Mental Health Centre had it's grand opening, and Open House on Tuesday September 23. A great number of staff came to check out the new spot, and after completing a short quiz, entered their names for a door prize - $25.00 gift card for Chapters / Coles Bookstore.

The ROMHC Medical Library will be holding it's open house all day on Thursday September 25. Drop by room 2100 to meet the staff, check out the resources, and enter your name for another door prize!

Hope to see you then,

Cathy.

Sleep on It! How Snoozing Makes You Smarter!

2008-08-06T10:28:00.003-04:00

In the latest issue of Scientific American Mind, Robert Stickgold and Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen have written an article on sleep. They claim, "During slumber, our brain engages in data analysis, from strengthening memories to solving problems."

Key Concepts from the article:

As we snooze, our brain is busily processing the information we have learned during the day.

Sleep makes memories stronger, and it even appears to weed out irrelevant details and background information so that only the important pieces remain.

Our brain also works during slumber to find hidden relations among memories and to solve problems we were working on while awake.

You can read the full article online at: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-snoozing-makes-you-smarter

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

2008-06-30T13:32:00.009-04:00

Following from the successful workshop on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy held here in June, we now have three new books on this topic for loan:

ACCEPTANCE & COMMITMENT THERAPY FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS :A PRACTITIONER'S TREATMENT GUIDE TO USING MINDFULNESS, ACCEPTANCE, AND VALUES-BASED BEHAVIOR CHANGE STRATEGIES
Eifert, G H ; Forsyth, J P Call Number: RC 531 .E36 2005

LEARNING ACT : AN ACCEPTANCE & COMMITMENT THERAPY SKILLS-TRAINING MANUAL FOR THERAPISTS
Luoma, Jason B ; Hayes, Steven C ; Walser, Robyn D Call Number: RC 489.A32 L86 2007

THE MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE WORKBOOK FOR ANXIETY : A GUIDE TO BREAKING FREE FROM ANXIETY, PHOBIAS, AND WORRY USING ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
Forsyth, John P ; Eifert, G H Call Number: RC 531 .F67 2008

To see what else is new, click the "New Books" link on the left.

Read any good books lately?

2008-06-12T13:56:00.003-04:00

Looking ahead to the relaxing days of summer and a change of pace from journals and textbooks, we've gathered together some of the books we've read recently. Come browse and borrow. You can borrow a book for as long as you like. To make this even better, we invite you to bring any of your favourite books that you would like to share. Here's the list:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/royal1

Note: For a description of each book, click on the title and then on "description" on the left.

Patient Safety and Quality : an evidence-based handbook for nurses

2008-06-05T10:13:00.002-04:00

Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient care—not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes.

To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality—Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043).
Experts in the field reviewed the literature, and their contributions are grouped into these sections:

Patient Safety and Quality / Evidence-based Practice / Patient-centered Care / Working Conditions—Work Environment / Critical Opportunities for Patient Safety and Quality / Tools

The full 1400 page handbook can be downloaded here: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Nightingale Declaration : sign it now!

2008-05-13T09:47:00.004-04:00

Dear ROHCG Nurses,

Here is the Nightingale Declaration for global health! You can sign the declaration by clicking on the link below.

"We, the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community, hereby dedicate ourselves to the accomplishment of a healthy world by the year 2020.

We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity.

We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations, making this goal for the year 2020 achievable and inevitable, beginning today in our own lives, in the life of our nations and in the world at large."

Sign it now by visiting this website: http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net/ or drop by the library to pick up a Nightingale Declaration postcard.

Happy Nurses Week!

Nursing Week in the Library (May 12-16)

2008-05-09T08:34:00.004-04:00

Calling all nurses! To help celebrate Nurses Week, and Florence Nightingale's birthday, the library will host a special display of books. Please drop by anytime, and have a look.

All nurses are eligible to enter in a draw for a book written by Flo herself! A replica of the original "Notes on Nursing" will be the prize at the end of the week.

Remember: Nurses working evenings, nights, and weekends will be able to check out the display, and enter their names for the draw. After-hours access is available to all staff by paging security.

Used Book Sale in the Library!

2008-04-17T11:13:00.005-04:00

Spring is upon us, and we have weeded the library collection
to make room for new growth!

Used books are for sale, staring @ $1.00 each, and are available for all disciplines. (psychology, management, HR, nursing etc...)

The used book sale will be on-going, and new items will be added each week.

PsychiatryOnline.com - trial

2008-04-10T10:22:00.003-04:00

We have set up a short (2 week) trial on the PsychiatryOnline.com website. This site is produced and maintained by the American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. and contains online access to many of their core titles - including books, journals, practice guidelines and more! Please check it out and let us know what you think - it may be possible for us to subscribe to this service.

For the login and password information, please contact us in the library. (phone: 6268/6832)

New - International Journal of Cognitive Therapy

2008-03-31T11:23:00.002-04:00

The International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, official journal of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy, is now available at your library. Read the first issue on line

E.K. Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry

2008-03-05T14:06:00.002-05:00

CDs of the 2008 Koranyi Review Course in Psychiatry are now available at the Medical Library and can be borrowed for one week.

You can download handouts of all the lectures from the University of Ottawa's website

March is Nutrition Month!

2008-02-29T10:22:00.002-05:00

March is the time of year when we celebrate Nutrition Month. Looking forward to spring and summer, it's time to look at our eating and physical activity habbits. Health Canada has a great web site to help you find out everything you need to know. The Canada Food Guide was changed recently, and now includes versions for our First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Canadians.

You can access the web site here: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html

To accompany the food guide, Health Canada has also developed Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living.

Stay tuned for updates on this topic!

Happy Nutrition Month!

Psychology Month: Week 4 : Assessment

2008-02-22T15:18:00.003-05:00

Hi Folks! Well, it's already week 4 of Psychology Month! This week's topic is Psychological Assessment. Here is the list of books that will be on display for the week beginning February 25th.

Adolescent Suicide: A School-based Approach to Assessment and Intervention - Kirk
Handbook of Psychological Assessment - Goldstein & Hersen
Psychological Assessment, Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment Planning - Hurt, Reznikoff, Clarkin
The Millon Inventories: Clinical and Personality Assessment - Millon
Essentials of Millon Inventories Assessment - Strack
Assessment Scales in Depression, Mania and Anxiety - Lam, Michalak & Swinson
Practical Guidelines to the Assessment of the Sexually Abused Child - Horsham, Bradford, McCormack, Denton
Defiant Teens: A Clinician's Manual of Assessment and Family Intervention - Barkley, Robin & Edwards
Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Adolescents: Nature, Assessment and Treatment - Mash & Wolfe
Family Assessment: Rationale, Methods and Future Directions - Jacob & Tennenbaum
Assessment of Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa - Williamson & Davis
Assessment, Treatment and Community Management of Violence - Harris & Rice
Concise Guide to Assessment and Management of Violent Patients - Tardiff
Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Assessment - Rogers
Geriatric Neuropsychology: Assessment and Intervention - Attix & Welsh-Bohmer
Clinical Neuropsychology: A Pocket Handbook for Assessment - Snyder & Nussbaum
Neuropsychological Assessment - Lezak
Essentials of WAIS-III Assessment - Kaufman & Lichtenberger
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment - Kaufman & Flanagan

Thanks to all that dropped by, and remember, these lists are just a sample of the full collection. You can search the full catalogue of books by clicking on the link on the left hand side of the page.

Psychology Month: Week 3: Supervision

2008-02-15T11:09:00.002-05:00

The week of Feb 19th, marks the beginning of week 3 for Psychology Month. This week's topic is clinical supervision. The display in the library during this (short) week, is smaller, yet very important! Please drop by to check it out.

Supervision
* Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision - Bernard & Goodyear(1992 and 1998)
* Handbook of Psychotherapy Supervision - Watkins
* Psychotherapy Supervision: Theory, Research and Practice - Hess
* Mentoring and Supervision: Creating Relalationship for Fostering Professional Development - Baptiste
* Key Skills and Techniques: The Supervisor's Handbook - Hollingworth
* Assorted supervision articles from journals.

Group, Couples & Family Therapy

2008-02-08T10:08:00.000-05:00

Our Psychology Theme for week 2 is Group, Couples and Family Therapy, and here is a list of a few of the books that will be on display next week. (Feb11-15)

Group Psychological Treatment:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Groups - Bieling, McCabe, & Antony
Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents: Specific Settings and Presenting Problems - Christner, Stewart & Freeman
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Social Phobia - Heimberg & Becker
Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy - Kaplan & Sadock
Group Psychotherapy for People with Chronic Mental Illness - Stone
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Specific Problems and Populations - White & Freeman

Couples Psychological Treatment:
Emotionally focused therapy for couples - Greenberg & Johnson
Couple and Family Therapy of Addiction - Levin
Couples in Conflict: New Directions in Marital Therapy - Gurman & Rice

Family Psychological Treatment
Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders - Mueser, Tornvall & Glynn
Ethnicity and Family Therapy - Giordano, McGoldrick, & Garcia-Preto
Family Therapy and Major Psychopathology - Lansky

Please drop by anytime to have a look.

Individual Therapy : Psychology Week

2008-02-04T13:12:00.001-05:00

Welcome to week one of Psychology Week! The focus this week is individual therapy. As you may know, the library has a great psychology collection, thanks to the amazing recommendations we receive from all of our psychologists. Here are a few that are on display this week:

Individual Treatment Books:
1. Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression - Greenberg & Watson
2. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents - Mufson
3. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents - Miller, Rathus, & Linehan
4. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy of Schizophrenia - Kingdon & Turkington
5. Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders - Beck
6. Practicing Harm-Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions- Denning
7. Social Phobia: Clinical Application of Evidence-based Psychotherapy - Rapee and colleagues
8. Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice: Doing What Works - Washton & Zweben
9. Treating the Elderly with Psychotherapy : the Scope of Change in Later Life - Sadavoy & Leszcz
10. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder - Linehan

For your convenience, there is a take-away list on the display table. Please note, that for this week only, we would like the books to remain on display. There will be a new display next week.

Enjoy!

Psychology Month!

2008-01-30T14:43:00.000-05:00

Feburary 2008 is Psychology Month, and the library will be hosting weekly displays of books on different topics. Stay tuned for a new reading list each week! The first book display will begin on Monday February 4. Please drop by the library anytime between 8am - 4pm.

Happy Psychology Month!

New Year - New Books!

2008-01-24T14:08:00.000-05:00

If you would like to learn more about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), check out this new book.
"This concise overview of TMS offers practical guidance for psychiatrists and other clinicians using it as a therapy, or referring their patients to have this done, as well as updating the field for neuroscientists and neurologists. It begins with background on the physics and safety of TMS, a guide for administering the procedure, and a review of basic neurophysiological studies with TMS, showing how it can be used to measure connectivity and excitability of the cerebral cortex. The heart of book is then devoted to its clinical applications, organized by disorder"(American Psychiatric Publishing Inc web site)

Here's a list of our other new books for January:

THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING TEXTBOOK OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCES
Yudofsky, Stuart C ; Hales, Robert E

CLINICAL MANUAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND LAW
Simon, Robert I ; Shuman, Daniel W

ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE
Levenson, James L

MANAGING METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES IN THE PSYCHIATRICALLY ILL : A CLINICAL GUIDE FOR PSYCHIATRISTS
Bermudes, Richard A ; Keck, Paul E Jr. ; McElroy, Susan L

MANUAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Schatzberg, Alan F ; Cole, Jonathan O ; DeBattista, Charles

TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION IN CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
George, Mark S ; Belmaker, Robert H

TRAUMATIC DISSOCIATION : NEUROBIOLOGY AND TREATMENT
Vermetten, Eric ; Dorahy, Martin J ; Spiegel, David

Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare

2008-01-18T10:57:00.000-05:00

"A 100-page book – ‘Testing Treatments: better research for better health care’ – was published by the British Library in 2006 and is available online without charge, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
This book is good for our health. It shines light on the mysteries of how life and death decisions are made. It shows howthose judgements are often badly flawed and it sets a challenge for doctors across the globe to mend theirways. Yet it accomplishes this without unnecessary scares; and it warmly admires much of what modern medicine has achieved."

To view and read the book online, please click here.

Lessons Learned from the Move

2007-12-11T09:12:00.001-05:00

Now that a full year has passed since we moved into our new location, we can reflect back on what worked and what didn't work. A report has been prepared as a result of a consultant soliciting feedback from groups of staff from different areas of the hospital. That report is now available in the library. Please drop by to have a look.

Please note, the report is confidential and cannot be signed out from the library.

How doctors think

2007-11-28T13:47:00.000-05:00

How Doctors think by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Houghton Mifflin Publishing Co, 2007

“On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within 18 seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment.” Jerome Groopman, a practicing hematologist/oncologist writes from his research, interviews and personal experience about the cognitive and communication failures which lead to misdiagnosis and poor outcomes. Click here to read the review in JAMA (August 8th, 2007), or borrow the book from our library.

Remember This ...

2007-11-09T11:52:00.000-05:00

As a personal subscriber to the National Geographic Magazine, I came across a wonderful article on Memory in the November 2007 issue called: "Remember this, in the archives of the brain our lives linger or disappear". By Joshua Foer Photography by Maggie Stebe

You can read the article online at: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-11/memory/foer-text.html

New Books in the Library : September/October 2007

2007-10-18T14:58:00.000-04:00

New books are added to our collection all the time. Here are some recent ones, which can be borrowed by ROHCG staff and students for 3 weeks.
We welcome your suggestions for book purchases. To recommend a book, please send the information to Library@rohcg.on.ca.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN GROUPS - find out more
Bieling, Peter J. ; McCabe, Randi E. ; Antony, Martin M.

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH IN CANADA : THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE – find out more
Davis, Simon

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY WITH SUICIDAL ADOLESCENTS – find out more
Miller, Alec L. ; Rathus, Jill H. ; Linehan, Marsha M

ENABLING OCCUPATION II : ADVANCING AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY VISION FOR HEALTH, WELL-BEING, & JUSTICE THROUGH OCCUPATION - find out more about the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists ; Townsend, Elizabeth, ed. ; Polatajko, Helene J.

A GUIDE TO CONSENT AND CAPACITY LAW IN ONTARIO - find out more
Hiltz, D'Arcy ; Szigeti, Anita

HANDBOOK OF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR GROUP THERAPY WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS : SPECIFIC SETTINGS AND PRESENTING PROBLEMS - find out more
Christner, Ray W. ; Stewart, Jessica L ; Freeman, Arthur

HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION - find out more
King, Robert ; Lloyd, Chris ; Meehan, Tom

MENTALIZATION-BASED TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER : A PRACTICAL GUIDE - find out more
Bateman, Anthony ; Fonogy, Peter

ONE IS ONE TOO MANY : ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM : NURSES WORKBOOK ON PREVENTING ABUSE + DVD - watch parts of the video online
College of Nurses of Ontario

PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER : FUNDAMENTALS AND BEYOND - find out more
Antony, Martin M. ; Purdon, Christine ; Summerfeldt, Laura

PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER : MENTALIZATION-BASED TREATMENT - find out more
Bateman, Anthony ; Fonagy, Peter

PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS - find out more
Qualls, Sara H. ; Knight, Bob G.

SOLUTION FOCUSED NURSING : RETHINKING PRACTICE - see the companion web site
McAllister, Margaret

Clinical interviewing: practical tips from master clinicians

2007-09-10T14:52:00.000-04:00

The June 2007 issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America is devoted to both the description of clinical interviewing skills and to the methods of teaching these skills, written in what the editor describes as an “informal, easy-reading, enjoyable and no-nonsense fashion”. Articles are divided into three sections: Part I – Innovative strategies for navigating difficult clinical interviewing tasks. Part II – Favorite interviewing tips from those who “wrote the book”. Part III Training psychiatric residents in clinical interviewing: state-of-the-art strategies for residency directors and interviewing mentors.

For more details, click this link to the tables of contents:
http://www.psych.theclinics.com/issues/contents?issue_key=S0193-953X(07)X0022-4

The last 3 on the contents page articles are available on line. We have the print version of the journal in the library if you would like to read the others.

For more clinical interviewing tips, take a look at the “Interviewing tip of the month” archive on the Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing web site at:
http://www.testflight.net/suicideassessment/catalog/archives.php

Bipolar Illness in the Young - NY Times article

2007-09-06T09:47:00.000-04:00

"Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young" is the title of the latest article published in the New York Times, as part of a series on Mental Health and Youth. (Troubled Children). You can read this article and other related articles by following this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/health/04psych.html

MentalHealthMinute.com

2007-08-17T11:25:00.000-04:00

This website is a must for all to check out! It is a consumer friendly mental health education and information site. http://www.mentalhealthminute.com/

The primary editor for this website is Dr. Thomas Ungar, a psychiatrist from Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and currently works as a community psychiatrist having previously practiced as a family physician. Dr. Ungar is also the Medical Director of the Adult Mental Health Outpatient Program at North York General Hospital. Dr. Ungar is Board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has two years post graduate training in Psychosomatic Medicine and a Masters degree in education.

The website includes fact sheets, videos and teleseminars on many mental health topics.

Special thanks goes to Cynthia Dillon, Rights Adviser, Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (BMHC), for recommending this site.

Toxic Emotions!

2007-08-15T13:38:00.000-04:00

Toxic emotions at work and what you can do about them by Peter J. Frost is a book recently acquired, and is available in both libraries at the ROHCG. Call #: HD 42 .F76 2002. Here is a review from the Amazon.com website:

"Human interaction is never flawless. Even the best relationships produce tension and at times, unpleasant emotions. Since organizations are comprised of people, all organizations generate emotional pain as part of the process of doing business: producing new products on tight deadlines, setting benchmarks for performance, creating budgets, crafting company policies, and so on. Getting the job done is rarely painless. But when emotional pain goes unmanaged or is poorly handled, it can negatively affect both employees and the bottom line—in essence, it becomes toxic. In Toxic Emotions at Work and What to Do About Them, Peter J. Frost argues that the way an organization responds to pain determines whether it remains toxic or becomes generative, whether it endures as a debilitating poison or is transformed into a force for healthy organizations.
According to Frost, when ignored, toxic emotions betray employees’ hopes, bruise their egos, reduce their enthusiasm for work, and diminish their sense of connectedness to their company’s community and goals. Compassionate responses to pain, on the other hand, encourage those who are suffering to effect constructive changes in their work lives. Despite their powerful role in employee performance, toxic emotions are rarely addressed by organizations. Instead, most companies respond to pain informally and unconsciously through self-selected individuals whom Frost calls “toxin handlers.” Typically a senior manager or someone with a high emotional intelligence capacity, toxin handlers soften the blow of emotional pain for others, but over the course of time, absorb much of the pain they handle to their own detriment. They are often unrecognized, unrewarded, and poorly supported by their organizations. And, while they often provide a temporary relief from the symptoms of toxic organizational pain, toxin handlers alone are unable to eradicate toxic emotions for the long-term.
Toxic Emotions at Work and What to Do About Them suggests that handling toxic emotions effectively is an important, though unrecognized set of competencies that must be understood and embraced—not only by toxin handlers, but by leaders, managers, and the organization as a whole. Through rich examples of how individuals and organizations have managed emotional pain successfully, Frost describes the key skills necessary to cope with emotional pain and to manage it effectively, and offers concrete courses of action for organizations to institutionalize compassion in the face of emotional pain. "

About the Author Peter J. Frost is the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor of Organizational Behaviour on the Faculty of Commerce of the University of British Columbia.

New Books in the Library

2007-08-14T09:26:00.000-04:00

There's always something new in the library! When I returned from vacation, lots of new books had arrived. Here's a brief list: (I hope to post a few reviews of select titles in the near future!)

AUTISM AND PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
xii, 343p. ; 23cm. Call Number: RJ 506 .A9 A8929 2007
Location: ROMHC

THE CLINICIAN'S THESAURUS : THE GUIDE TO CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS AND WRITING PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
Zuckerman, Edward L. 378 p. Call Number: W 15 .Z94 2005
Location: BMHC

ESSENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPIES : THEORY AND PRACTICE
xii, 580 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Call Number: WM 420 .E78 2003
Location: BMHC & ROMHC (RC 480 .E69 2003)

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
705 p. ; 1 CD-ROM Call Number: BF 713 .P35 2003
Location: ROMHC

THE MINDFUL WAY THROUGH DEPRESSION : FREEING YOURSELF FROM CHRONIC UNHAPPINESS (INCLUDES CD)
Williams, Mark ; Teasdale, John ; Segal, Zindel ; Kabat-Zinn, Jon / 273 p.; 1 CD, 77:25
Call Number: RC 537 .W56 2007
Location: ROMHC & BMHC (WM 171 W56 2007)

PSYCHIATRIC AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS IN INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Bouras, Nick, ed. ; Holt, Geraldine / xv, 464p. ; 25cm. Call Number: RC 451.4 .M47 P77 2007
Location: ROMHC & BMHC (WM 307 .M5 P974 2007)

THE PSYCHIATRY OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
ix, 196 p. : ill. Call Number: WM 300 R888p 2006
Location: BMHC

TOXIC EMOTIONS AT WORK AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM
251 p. Call Number: HD 42 .F76 2002
Location: ROMHC & BMHC

TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS
xiv, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Call Number: WM 400 S739t 2003
Location: BMHC

EbscoHost available from home!

2007-06-22T10:57:00.000-04:00

The EBSCO collection of full text journals, and online databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE & PSYCINFO) are now accessible from home (or off-site) with a user id and password. If this interests you, please contact the library for more information. Chris: 6268; Cathy 6832.

Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis finally here!

2007-06-06T13:06:00.000-04:00

The library has received, and catalogued the latest - 10th- edition of Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry. It is in the reference section of the library, and is now available for consultation. A second circulating copy will be purchased soon. This edition of the book comes complete with instructions for full-text online access.

The call number is: REF RC 454 .K35 2007.

Food for Thought ...

2007-05-29T13:58:00.001-04:00

Written in 1960 by a young French philosopher, Michel Foucault, this long awaited English translation is finally available in it's full unabridged format, including all of the appendices from the original edition entitled "Folie et déraison: histoire de la folie a l'age classique". From the inside cover ..."History of Madness begins in the Middle Ages with vivid descriptions of the exclusion and confinement of lepers. ... Why, within the space of several months in 1656, was one out of every hundred people in Paris confined? ... throughout modern history, madness has meant isolation, repression and exclusion."

This book is available for loan from the ROMHC, and can be found under the call # RC 438 .F61 2006

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - NEW

2007-05-23T09:52:00.000-04:00

I'm please to announce that the ROHCG Medical Library now subscribes to the print edition of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. From their web site, here's a description:

"The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (AJGP) is the authoritative source of information for the rapidly developing field of geriatric psychiatry. The Journal contains peer-reviewed articles on the diagnosis and classification of psychiatric disorders of later life, epidemiological and biological correlates of mental health of older adults, and psychopharmacology and other somatic treatments. The Journal is published twelve times a year.

According to ISI's 2004 Journal Citation Report, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (AJGP) has an impact factor of 3.469, which ranks it 16th among 90 journals in psychiatry and 4th among 29 geriatric/gerontology journals. When compared with the other journals in psychiatry, AJGP is the #1 publication dedicated to geriatric psychiatry."

Our subscription starts with the April 2007 issue - - please drop by and check it out!

Welcome to the Library's Blog!

2007-05-17T13:33:00.000-04:00

The purpose of this blog is to keep you informed on news from the Medical Library. You will see postings describing new services, books, journals and events. I hope you will find this useful, and invite you to submit comments on the postings. For example, if we post information about a new book, we would love you to submit a review (comment) on the book if you have read it.

Enjoy!