Marriage and Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Psychologist, Licensed Social Worker

Databases

Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
A collection of links to resources about domestic violence, aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. From the Maternal and Child Health Library.
ETOH - Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Databases
Contains links to databases and resources for alcohol researchers and practitioners. From NIAAA.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
Health and Psychosocial Instruments features material on unpublished information-gathering tools for clinicians that are discussed in journal articles, such as questionnaires, interview schedules, tests, checklists, rating and other scales, coding schemes, and projective techniques. Over 2/3 of the tools are in medical and nursing areas such pain measurement, quality of life assessment, and drug efficacy evaluation.
MEDLINE® with Full Text
MEDLINE® with Full Text lets you search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals, with full text access for more than 1,470 journals.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. The database includes all substantive material from the print journals. These journals can also be accessed through the eJournals tab in the navigation bar above.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection™ is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Contains full text links to more than 500 journals.
PsycInfo
PsycINFO® is the comprehensive international bibliographic database of psychology, with coverage starting in 1806. From the American Psychological Association.
PubMed Clinical Queries
Specialized PubMed searches for clinicians. Finds citations that correspond to a specific clinical study category, such as etiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and more.
Social Work Abstracts
From the National Association of Social Workers.
Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database
This database is intended to help clinicians and researchers find instruments used for screening and assessment of substance use and substance use disorders. Some instruments are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the web; others can only be obtained from the copyright holder. The database doesn't provide copies of instruments, but links to contact and availability information are included if known.
Guidelines & Evidence

DynaMed
With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics, DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Full text of highly structured systematic reviews and protocols focusing on the effects of healthcare.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
Reference

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. We feature the latest on topics from prevention to permanency, including child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR™)
Stat!Ref
ICD-9-CM - Volumes 1, 2 and 3
Stat!Ref
Ingenix® CPT with RVUs Data File
Stat!Ref
PAL: Partnership Access Line (Mental Health Consultation Outreach for children)
The Partnership Access Line (PAL) is a telephone based child mental health consultation system funded by the Washington State Legislature, being implemented now in Washington State. PAL employs child psychiatrists, child psychologists, and social workers affiliated with Seattle Children’s Hospital to deliver its consultation services.

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