Psychology Research Guide
Mental Health
The following resources on mental health can help you narrow your topic, learn about the language used to describe these psychology topics, and get you up to speed on the major advancements in this field.
- The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness by David Pilgrim (Editor); Bernice Ann Pescosolido (Editor); Anne Rogers (Editor) This link opens in a new windowCall Number: Available Online (Click Title)ISBN: 9781847873828Publication Date: 2010-12-29
- Global Mental Health by Vikram Patel (Editor); Martin J. Prince (Editor); Alex Cohen (Editor); Harry Minas (Editor) This link opens in a new windowCall Number: Available Online (Click Title)ISBN: 9780199920181Publication Date: 2013-10-17
Mental Health Subject Headings
You may find it helpful to take advantage of predefined subjects or subject headings in Shapiro Databases. These subjects are applied to articles and books by expert catalogers to help you find materials on your topic. Learn more about subject searching:
Consider using databases to perform subject searches, or incorporating words from applicable subjects into your keyword searches. Here are some mental health subjects to consider:
- anxiety
- counseling
- depression
- mental disorders
- personality
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- therapy
Mental Health Example Search
Not sure what you want to research exactly, but want to get a feel for the resources available? Try the following search in any of the databases listed above:
"Mental Health" AND Psych*
There isn't just one accepted word for this area of psychology, so we use OR boolean operators to tell the database any of the listed terms are relevant to our search. We use parenthesis to organize our search, and we stem or truncate the word psychology with the asterisk to tell the database that any ending of the word, as long as the letters psych are at the beginning of the word, will do. This way, the word psychological and other related terms will also be included.
Mental Health Organization Websites
- American Counseling Association This link opens in a new windowThe American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. Founded in 1952, ACA is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings.
- American Mental Health Counselors Association This link opens in a new windowThe AMHCA's mission is to advance the profession of clinical mental health counseling by setting the standard for: collaboration, advocacy, research, ethical practice, education, training, and professional development.
- American School Counselor Association This link opens in a new windowThe ASCA supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, career and social/emotional development so they achieve success in school and are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society. ASCA provides professional development, publications and other resources, research and advocacy to more than 36,000 professional school counselors around the globe. ASCA administers the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP), the School Counselor of the Year Awards and publishes the ASCA National Model.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) This link opens in a new windowNAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) This link opens in a new windowThe National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)