ONLINE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH Kate Flewelling, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region flewkate@pitt.edu 2/26/13
Agenda Introduction to the National Library of Medicine and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Patient Education Resources MedlinePlus NIHSeniorHealth Clinical Resources National Guideline Clearinghouse PubMed Health Drug Information Portal Pill Box Questions
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) NN/LM, formerly Regional Medical Library Program Established in the Medical Library Assistance Act (1965) Mission Provide health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical information Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine 8 Regional Offices Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission 5-year contracts
National Library of Medicine Part of the National Institutes of Health, NLM is the provider of PubMed.gov, MedlinePlus.gov, and many other health information resources http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Who can become Network Members? Any library, information center or other organization providing health information Membership is free! Resource Libraries Other Libraries Academic, community college, public, hospital, K-12 Community and Faith-Based Organizations Public Health Departments Health Organizations
Benefits of Membership Training and educational opportunities Networking opportunities Funding opportunities If your organization provides health information services become a member at: http://nnlm.gov/mar/services/
PATIENT EDUCATION RESOURCES
Your patients are online Over half of US adults have looked online for health information in the past year. 35% of US adults have used the Internet to self-diagnosis, but only half of them talked to a clinician about what they found online. 54% of those 65+ are online and over half of them have looked up health information online in the past year. Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/
MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MedlinePlus In a Nutshell Over 900 health topics in English and Spanish Drug and herbal supplement information Videos and animations Health Check tools Easy-to-read Materials Multiple Languages Medical Dictionary & Encyclopedia Health News
Topics Caregivers Prescription Drug Abuse Living with Cancer Elder Abuse Depression Alzheimer's Disease Self-Harm Coping with Chronic Illness Osteoporosis Substance Abuse Problems Personality Disorders
Anxiety Topic Page
Health Topic: Anxiety
Information for Seniors
NIHSeniorHealth http://nihseniorhealth.gov Health information for older adults Partnership of National Institute on Aging and National Library of Medicine Information comes from National Institutes of Health Senior-friendly features: large text contrast Information in bite-sized pieces Short videos for seniors and caregivers
Memory and Mental Health Topics
CLINICAL RESOURCES
National Guideline Clearinghouse Search evidence-based guidelines from a variety of sources Compare Guidelines side by side Save your favorite guidelines and organizations. http://guidelines.gov/
Examples Organizations American Geriatrics Society Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing American Occupational Therapy Association American Medical Directors Association American Psychiatric Association Topics Prevention of Falls in the Elderly American Geriatrics Society updated Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults Substance misuse and alcohol use disorders. In: Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice. Occupational therapy practice guidelines for adults with serious mental illness.
PubMed Health Clinical effectiveness research Summaries for practitioners and consumers Systematic Reviews Partners include: AHRQ, Cochrane, NHS http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/
Search results
A Few Tips for PubMed Health Searching is much more efficient than browsing Consider alternate spellings (labor, labour) because of European sources The Help section includes detailed examples for citing resources from PubMed Health Expect enhancements over time
Drug Information Portal http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/
Drug Information Portal: Haldol
Pillbox http://pillbox.nlm.nih.gov/ Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution images. Once a medication is identified, Pillbox provides links to drug information and drug labels.
Questions?
Thank You! Kate Flewelling, MLIS National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region http://nnlm.gov/mar/ flewkate@pitt.edu This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.