Databases Evidence-based Practice/CPD
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across the Plymouth Healthcare Community.
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NEW CONTENT
New print content added 03/12/2018 (click title to check availability)
Cayoun, B., Francis, S. and Shires, A. (2019) The clinical handbook of mindfulness-integrated cognitive behaviour therapy: a step-by-step guide for therapists. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
New print content added 19/11/2018 (click title to check availability)
Husain, M. and Schott, J. M. (2016) Oxford textbook of cognitive neurology and dementia. Oxford: Oxford university Press.
New ebook content added 14/11/2018
Gibson, F. and Haight, B. (2019) International perspectives on reminiscence, life review and life story work. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Faulconbridge, J., Hunt, K., Laffan, A. and Brennan, S. (2019) Improving the psychological wellbeing of children and young people: effective prevention and early intervention across health, education and social care. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
Databases (handout)
Search the NHS healthcare databases:
AMED- covers topics for allied health professions
British Nursing Index (BNI)- primarily of use for nurses but also includes allied health, CINAHL- international nursing & allied health
EMBASE- European biomedicine- particularly good for pharmacology & drug therapy
Health Business Elite- all aspects of health service management and organisation
HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature
MEDLINE- most medical/surgical and other health topics
PsycINFO- psychology & psychiatry including psychological aspects of trauma/injury
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login.
Databases contain bibliographic records i.e. references. Whilst you won’t have fulltext access to all the articles, for some journals there will be a link to online access or details of where the print journal can be found within the library.
See the library website for details of our information skills training programme and literature searching support services.
Evidence Based Practice and CPD
A range of evidence-based resources are available to help inform patient care including:
- ClinicalKey– clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and other fulltext resources
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.
- TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
Journals
To see the full range of journals that you have access to online & in print at the library click here – you will need an NHS Athens account- click here to register.
Direct links to key online psychiatry journals are also listed below.
You should always select to login with OpenAthens first
If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
Books (handout)
Books (handout)
Check our print and electronic book holdings at http://www.swims.nhs.uk/
This is a regional NHS catalogue so select ‘just in these libraries’ or click here to limit your search to books held in Plymouth.
You can also renew your books here.
We have the majority of the Reading Agency’s Books on Prescription lists for:
Selected psychiatry ebooks – click title to login with NHS Athens account
| Title |
Year |
Edition |
First Author |
| ABC of alcohol |
2015 |
5th |
McCune |
| ABC of anxiety and depression. |
2014 |
|
Gask |
| ABC of dementia |
2014 |
|
Coope |
| ADHD in Adults : A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management |
2013 |
|
Surman |
| Appreciative healthcare practice : a guide to compassionate person-centred care. |
2015 |
|
Roberts |
| Behavioral Treatments for Sleep Disorders |
2011 |
|
Perlis |
| Care planning in mental health : promoting recovery. |
2013 |
2nd |
Hall |
| CBT for adults : a practical guide for clinicians |
2014 |
|
Drummond |
| Child Sexual Exploitation After Rotherham |
2017 |
|
Gladman |
| Clinical topics in disorders of intellectual development |
2015 |
|
Woodbury-Smith |
| A clinician’s brief guide to children’s mental health law. |
2016 |
|
Huline-Dickens |
| A clinician’s brief guide to the Mental Capacity Act. |
2015 |
2nd |
Brindle |
| A clinician’s brief guide to the Mental Health Act. |
2016 |
4th |
Zigmond |
| Companion to Psychiatric Studies |
2010 |
8th |
Johnstone |
| Compassion focused therapy for dummies |
2016 |
|
Welford |
| Complex Disorders in Pediatric Psychiatry: A Clinician’s Guide |
2018 |
|
Driver |
| Core Psychiatry |
2012 |
3rd |
Wright |
| Counselling skills for dummies |
2013 |
2nd |
Evans |
| Creative ideas for solution focused practice : inspiring guidance, ideas and activities |
2017 |
|
Milner |
| DBT therapeutic activity ideas for working with teens: skills and exercises for working with clients with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and other emotional sensitivities |
2018 |
|
Lozier |
| The ECT Handbook |
2013 |
3rd |
Waite |
| Emergency psychiatry |
2015 |
|
Nicholls |
| Enabling recovery : the principles and practice of rehabilitation psychiatry |
2015 |
2nd |
Holloway |
| Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment |
2009 |
|
Miller |
| Fast facts: Depression |
2017 |
4th |
Haddad |
| Finding my professional heart : a brief guide to compassionate care and mindfulness for practitioners |
2016 |
|
Oelofsen |
| Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing : An Essential Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students. |
2018 |
|
Clifton |
| Handbook of secure care. |
2015 |
|
Dickens |
| The health improvement profile (HIP) : a manual to promote physical wellbeing in people with severe mental illness. |
2015 |
|
Hardy |
| How to Become a More Effective CBT Therapist: Mastering Metacompetence in Clinical Practice |
2014 |
|
Whittington |
| Improving the psychological wellbeing of children and young people: effective prevention and early intervention across health, education and social care |
2018 |
|
Faulconbridge |
| In therapy : how conversations with psychotherapists really work |
2016 |
|
Orbach |
| Independent mental health advocacy : the right to be heard : context, values and good practice |
2015 |
|
Newbigging |
| An integrative approach to treating babies and children: a multidisciplinary guide |
2017 |
|
Wilks |
| Intelligent kindness : reforming the culture of healthcare |
2011 |
|
Ballatt |
| International perspectives on reminiscence, life review and life story work |
2018 |
|
Gibson |
| Introducing mental health: a practical guide. |
2015 |
2nd |
Kinsella |
| Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists |
2017 |
8th |
Kaufman |
| Leadership for person-centred dementia care |
2013 |
1st |
Loveday |
| Learning Disability Nursing at a Glance |
2015 |
|
Gates |
| Legal aspects of mental capacity |
2016 |
2nd |
Dimond |
| Lecture Notes: Psychiatry |
2014 |
11th |
Gulati |
| Management for psychiatrists |
2016 |
4th |
Bhugra |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry |
2016 |
2nd |
Stern |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry |
2010 |
6th |
Stern |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics |
2016 |
|
Stern |
| Mastery of your anxiety and panic : therapist guide |
2007 |
4th |
Craske |
| Mastery of your anxiety and panic : workbook |
2007 |
4th |
Craske |
| Mastery of your anxiety and worry : therapist guide |
2006 |
2nd |
Zinbarg |
The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry
(download for up to 3 months at a time) |
2018 |
13th |
Taylor |
| MCQs in psychiatry for medical students. |
2016 |
|
Lally |
| Mental Capacity Legislation |
2013 |
|
Jacob |
| Mental Health Nursing at a Glance |
2015 |
|
Smith |
| Mental illness, human rights and the law |
2016 |
|
Kelly |
| Meyler’s Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs |
2009 |
|
Aronson |
| The mindfulness and acceptance workbook for depression: using acceptance and commitment therapy to move through depression and create a life worth living. |
2017 |
2nd |
Strosahl |
| A multidisciplinary handbook of child and adolescent mental health for front-line professionals |
2018 |
3rd |
Dogra |
| Overcoming challenges in the Mental Capacity Act 2005: practical guidance for working with complex issues |
2019 |
|
Kong |
| Partnering for recovery in mental health : a practical guide to person-centered planning. |
2014 |
|
Tondora |
| Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
2015 |
2nd |
Ford |
| Practical Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 |
2015 |
|
Graham |
| Practical supervision for counsellors who work with young people. |
2017 |
|
Luxmoore |
| Process-based CBT: the science and core clinical competencies of cognitive behavioral therapy |
2018 |
|
Hayes |
| Promoting public mental health and well-being: principles into practice. |
2015 |
|
Brown |
| Psychiatric interviewing : the art of understanding |
2017 |
3rd |
Shea |
| Psychiatric mental health nursing : concepts of care in evidence-based practice |
2015 |
8th |
Townsend |
| Psychiatry at a glance |
2012 |
5th |
Katona |
| Psychiatry: Breaking the ICE : introductions, common tasks and emergencies for trainees |
2016 |
|
Stringer |
| Psychology and Geriatrics |
2015 |
|
Bensadon |
| Rapid mental health nursing |
2016 |
|
Smith |
| The reality of recovery in personality disorder. |
2016 |
|
Castillo |
| Reminiscence and Life Story Work: A Practice Guide |
2011 |
|
Gibson |
| Safeguarding adults and the law. |
2013 |
2nd |
Mandelstam |
| Safeguarding children across services: messages from research. |
2012 |
|
Davies |
| Self-care for the mental health practitioner: the theory, research, and practice of preventing and addressing the occupational hazards of the profession |
2014 |
|
Malinowski |
| Sensory perceptual issues in autism and Asperger syndrome : different sensory experiences – different perceptual worlds |
2016 |
2nd |
Bogdashina |
| A short introduction to attachment and attachment disorder |
2017 |
2nd |
Pearce |
| A short introduction to understanding and supporting children with eating disorders. |
2016 |
|
Watson |
| Sims’ symptoms in the mind: textbook of descriptive psychopathology |
2018 |
6th |
Oyebode |
| Solution focused harm reduction: working effectively with people who misuse substances |
2017 |
|
Foy |
| Spirituality and narrative in psychiatric practice : stories of mind and soul |
2016 |
|
Cook |
| Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals |
2012 |
2nd |
Chehil |
| Supporting the mental health of children in care : evidence-based practice. |
2017 |
|
Guishard-Pine |
| Theory and practice of democratic therapeutic community treatment |
2017 |
|
Pearce |
| Theory of Addiction |
2013 |
2nd |
West |
| Treatment of Eating Disorders |
2010 |
|
Maine |
| Understanding OCD: a guide for parents and professionals |
2017 |
|
Lewin |
| Using solution focused practice with adults in health and social care |
2017 |
|
Milner |
| Vital conversations : improving communication between doctors and patients |
2014 |
|
Rosen |
| Working with the trauma of rape and sexual violence : a guide for professionals. |
2017 |
|
Daniels |
| Workplace-based assessments in psychiatry |
2011 |
2nd |
Malik |
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