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Disclaimer

This guide was created for patrons looking for general consumer health information. These resources are for informational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For questions related to advice, diagnosis, or treatment please contact a licensed medical provider.

Websites

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
The mission of the ABPN is to promote and assess the competence of psychiatrists and neurologists to provide high quality patient care.
American Medical Association - Psychiatry
The AMA promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental illness, including substance use disorders.
Encyclopædia Britannica - Psychiatry
Explore our 250-year history of fact-checked, insightful articles, biographies, and interactive features, curated from the rich knowledge of leading contributors from around the globe and thoroughly vetted with a meticulous editorial process.
Medscape - Psychiatry
Medscape is the leading online global destination for physicians and healthcare professionals worldwide, offering the latest medical news and expert perspectives; essential point-of-care drug and disease information; and relevant professional education and CME.
Psychiatric News
Psychiatric News, the print and electronic news service of the American Psychiatric Association, is intended to provide the primary and most trusted information for APA members, other physicians and health professionals, and the public about developments in the field of psychiatry that impact clinical care and professional practice.

eVideos

Article Databases

Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works (Vol. 1) This link opens in a new window
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works is a landmark database that contains more than 2,000 transcripts of actual therapy sessions, 44,000 pages of client narratives and 25,000 pages of major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full text of therapy and counseling sessions themselves. All accounts are non-fiction, delivered in the first person and, where possible, contemporaneous.
EBSCO multi-search This link opens in a new window
Search articles in many EBSCO databases at once. Encompasses ERIC, Professional Development Collection, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Newspaper Source, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE, Business Source Complete, Academic Search Complete.
Psychiatry Online (DSM-5) This link opens in a new window
Includes a number of American Psychiatric Publishing books and journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry. Content dates back to 1844.
Psychology Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Covers clinical & social psychology, genetics, psychology of business & economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, etc.
Psychotherapy.net This link opens in a new window
Provides access to streaming videos which show actual psychotherapy sessions, and experts discuss their thoughts behind their interventions.

Books & eBooks

All of Touro's books can be found by searching the catalog (below, or where it says Catalog Find Print Books on the library homepage).

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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Psychological Issues by Edwin E. Gantt
Call Number: BF149 .T34 2020
ISBN: 1260497720
Publication Date: 2019-12-16
Available in print format at the Health Sciences Library
Primary Care Psychiatry by Robert M. McCarron
Call Number: WM 141 A849 2019
ISBN: 9781496349217
Publication Date: 2018-11-16
Available in print format at the Health Sciences Library
Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry by Robert Boland; Marcia Verduin; Pedro Ruiz
Call Number: WM 140 S126k 2022
ISBN: 9781975145569
Publication Date: 2021-04-22
Available in print format at the Health Sciences Library
Psychosocial Occupational Therapy by Nancy Carson
Call Number: WM 450.4 C321 2020
ISBN: 9780323089821
Publication Date: 2019-11-25
Available in print format at the Health Sciences Library and the Cross River location
Abnormal Child Psychology by Eric J. Mash; David A. Wolfe
Call Number: WS 350 M397 2019
ISBN: 9781337624268
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Available in print format at the Health Sciences Library, and also at the Forest Hills and Midwood locations
Precision Psychiatry by Hack WILLIAMS
ISBN: 9781615371587
Publication Date: 2021-10-15
Available in eBook format
Geriatric Mental Health Care by Robert P. Roca (Editor); Micheline Dugue (Editor); Maria Llorente (Editor)
ISBN: 9781615374656
Publication Date: 2022-03-14
Available in eBook format
DSM by Allan V. Horwitz
ISBN: 9781421440699
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
Available in eBook format
Psychiatry in Medicine by Norman Q. Brill (Editor)
ISBN: 9780520331068
Publication Date: 2023-04-28
Available in eBook format
The Complexity of Psychopathy by Jennifer E. Vitale (Editor)
ISBN: 9783030831554
Publication Date: 2022-03-13
Available in eBook format