Psychology 161: Mental Health Unit: Research resources
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Psychology Reference Sources (eBooks)
- Mental Health and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions, Treatments, and Well-Being
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- The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
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Search by keyword or use the Table of Contents in these eBooks to locate articles on the disorder you are researching.
GBS Database Resources
- Scientific American Mind This link opens in a new window
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Excellent resource for popular articles on psychology, neuroscience, and related areas of research. **Stopped publication in September 2022** - Gale Science This link opens in a new window
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Includes thousands of reference articles, science journals, and science news resources, as well as multimedia. Covers biology, environmental science, chemistry, health & medicine, technology, and physics & astronomy.
First Person Accounts from People Living with Mental Illness
- When Doctors Deny a Woman’s Pain
The author has bipolar II - When Life Gave Me Lemons, I Had a Panic AttackThe author has panic disorder.
- The ‘Madman’ Is Back in the BuildingThe author has bipolar disorder
- When the self slips
Includes first person descriptions of depersonalisation disorder. - The usefulness of dreadThe author, a philosopher, describes his life with anxiety disorder.
- A First Hand Account of Severe AutismExcerpt from the book Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder nearly ruined her life
The author is a freelance writer.
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Mental Health and Media
- Friday essay: TV’s troubling storylines for characters with a mental illness
Excellent piece from a media studies scholar. Includes video clips. - Dr. Otto Wahl on Mental Illness & StereotypesInterview with the author of Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness.
First Person Media /Cultural Critiques from Authors Living with Mental Illness
- Please Stop Merchandising Mental IllnessEssay from a journalist with clinical depression.
- My So-Called Bipolar LifeA journalist with bipolar disorder discusses "Homeland".
- Calling Out Homeland's Bipolar BS
This bipolar author is not a fan of "Homeland" - Mental Illness Is Not a Horror ShowThe author, who has clinical depression, describes Halloween haunted house VR experiences that simulate psychiatric hospitals.
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