Research Guides: Physician Assistant: Behavioral Medicine

Behavioral Medicine: Article resources

Your core databases for searching should be Pubmed and CINAHL, but you should consider the following if searching for behavioral medicine and psych.

PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of citations, abstracts and full-text articles from major psychology journals, books, and dissertations. Journal coverage begins in 1894 and includes international material.
PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Features full-text peer-reviewed articles in psychology. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and includes 50 APA journals.
Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a variety of mental health resources including the DSM-5, the DSM Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, the DSM Clinical Cases, and all previous editions of the DSM. Other resources include nine leading textbooks in the field of mental health, and some full-text access to leading psych journals, with articles arranges chronologically and topically.

Clinical Capsules: Psychiatry
Clinical Capsules: Psychiatry is a collection of clinical learning modules covering mental, emotional, and behavioral conditions in children, adolescents, and adults created for students to reference during rotations and preparation for taking exams. Modules are templated and include Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment for psychiatric diseases and disorders.

SymptomMedia This link opens in a new window
An online mental health education and training film library. Symptom Media's library of over 300 mental health simulations including a DSM 5 and ICD Guided Film Collection and Assessment Tools provide viewers with training tools critical for symptom recognition.

Case Files Psychiatry, Sixth Edition by Eugene C. Toy; Debra L. Klamen
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Case Files: Psychiatry presents realistic clinical scenarios to enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Sixty high-yield cases illustrate essential concepts in psychiatric care. Each case begins with a vignette accompanied by relevant open-ended questions designed to teach diagnostic or therapeutic approaches relevant to psychiatry. The answers that follow emphasize mechanisms and underlying principles.
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Psychiatry, Third Edition by Michael H. Ebert; James F. Leckman; Ismene Petrakis
Call Number: eBook
Valuable information on psychiatry and the law, psychological testing, emergency psychiatry, evaluating infants, and more.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association Staff
Call Number: eBook
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. The information contained in the manual is also valuable to other physicians and health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, nurses, and occupational and rehabilitation therapists, as well as social workers and forensic and legal specialists.
Essentials of Psychiatry in Primary Care: Behavioral Health in the Medical Setting by Smith
Call Number: eBook

PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
A database of more than 18,000 chapters from over 1,400 books published by APA and others. Includes more than 700 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology published since 1806.
Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a variety of mental health resources including the DSM-5, the DSM Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, the DSM Clinical Cases, and all previous editions of the DSM. Other resources include nine leading textbooks in the field of mental health, and some full-text access to leading psych journals, with articles arranges chronologically and topically.

MedlinePlus: Mental Disorders
MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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