MCC Library Newsletter

NetLibrary: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros (PublicAffairs, 2008).

To view the netLibrary eBook of the Month, go to the library home page, click on Quick Research Links and choose netLibrary from the list.  The eBook will be accessible from the lower right corner of the netLibrary home page.

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PsychiatryOnline: Clinial Manual for Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients by John A. Chiles, M.D., and Kirk D. Strosahl, Ph.D. (2005).

To view the PsychiatryOnline eBook of the Month, go to the library home page, click on Articles, Research & More and choose PsychiatryOnlinefrom the list.  The eBook will be accessible from the lower left of the PsychiatryOnline home page.

NetLibrary eBook of the Month
Retire Happy What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement by Attorneys Richard Stim & Ralph Warner

When planning for retirement, it’s easy to become preoccupied with stock portfolios, 401(k) balances and doomsday predictions about baby boomer’s lack of savings. But happiness in retirement isn’t about how much cash you can manage to sock away before the age of 65. Everyone wants a comfortable retirement—but most also plan to have some fun, maintain an active social life, and enjoy a healthy old age.

In Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement, author Rich Stim shows readers how to become rich in the ways that matter most. He encourages future retirees to balance financial concerns with an enriching lifestyle by cultivating interests outside work, leading a healthier lifestyle, revitalizing family relationships, and more. Retire Happy helps readers prepare for retirement—not just financially, but in every aspect of their lives.

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled Managing Metabolic Abnormalities in the Psychiatrically Ill: A Clinical Guide for Psychiatrists, edited by Richard A. Bermudes, M.D., Paul E. Keck Jr., M.D., and Susan L. McElroy, M.D

This book addresses an important unmet need of patients with both mental disorders and medical illness—namely, the lack of integration of general medical care with psychiatric care and the related problem of barriers to collaboration and communication among health care providers. Managing Metabolic Abnormalities in the Psychiatrically Ill is the first book to provide a current review of the relationships among psychiatric illnesses, metabolic abnormalities, and treatment, focusing on how clinicians can tailor care to those doubly-afflicted patients.

“Metabolic disturbances represent perhaps the major medical concern impacting patients with psychiatric conditions, yet many psychiatrists are still struggling with how to best manage these common problems. In this excellent text, Drs. Keck, Bermudes, and McElroy have compiled practical, relevant information for managing metabolic abnormalities and the related medical issues in psychiatric patients that practitioners will find timely, useful and important in their day-to-day practice. The editors have gathered an outstanding group of experts to write clear descriptions and recommendations that are easily incorporated into psychiatric care. I recommend this book highly.”—Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering; Director, Center for Imaging Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.

The NetLibrary Ebook of the Month is entitled From the Primaries to the Polls:
How to Repair America’s Broken Presidential Nomination Process
by Thomas Gangale

America’s presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed “front-runner” with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee.

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled The Early Stages of Schizophrenia, edited by Robert B. Zipursky, M.D., and S. Charles Schulz, M.D.

In sharp contrast to the prevailing belief during the past century that schizophrenia inevitably results in a progressive deteriorating clinical course, research since the early 1980s shows that early intervention can significantly improve the long-term outcome of this complex illness. With very early treatment, many affected individuals can achieve an excellent recovery.

The work of 19 experts in the field of schizophrenia research is available in this single, powerful volume that introduces the concept of early intervention and describes the clinical approaches most likely to facilitate the fullest degree of recovery. With its dramatically different perspective on the potential long-term outcome of a still-baffling illness, this volume is a must-read for mental health practitioners and educators, psychiatry residents, and family members of affected individuals.

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.

The NetLibrary Ebook of the Month is entitled Science and Technology in World History by James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn

This bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as “applied science” emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy, by Eva C. Ritvo, M.D., and Ira D. Glick, M.D.

Developed for use in the clinical setting, Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy presents the core knowledge in the field in a single quick-reference volume. With brief, to-the-point guidance and step-by-step protocols, it’s an invaluable resource for the busy clinician. Detailed indexes, easy-to-read prose, and at-a-glance charts and tables make it easy to find the information needed for work with families and couples in daily practice.

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.

Available freely during the month of January from two library databases –

NetLibrary:The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees) by Patrick M. Lencioni.

PsychiatryOnline: Core Competencies for Psychiatric Education: Defining, Teaching, and Assessing Resident Competence by Linda Boerger Andrews, M.D., and John William Burruss, M.D.

The NetLibrary Ebook of the Month is entitled Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger by Eric R. Braverman (2007).

“Discover how you can:

• Get a restful, restorative night’s sleep and have energy that lasts all day long
• Lift your mood by increasing your natural hormone levels
• Improve your heart health with natural supplements, herbs, and spices
• Increase your muscle mass, boost your memory, build your bones, save your skin, and much more!”

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., and Jinger G. Hoop, M.D., M.F.A. (2008).

“This first book of its kind for the medical profession brings the real-world translation of ethics to the care of patients, conduct of protocols, and training of professionals. An interactive, case-oriented approach to mental health ethics, Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals consists of questions and answers developed by the authors and fourteen contributors from backgrounds as diverse as family medicine, research ethics, social psychology, and public health.”

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.

The NetLibrary Ebook of the Month is entitled Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism by Howard Schwartz.

“Schwartz, a renowned collector and teller of traditional Jewish tales, illuminates the previously unexplored territory of Jewish mythology. This pioneering anthology is essential for anyone interested in the Hebrew Bible, Jewish faith and culture, and world mythology.”

To access the NetLibrary Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Quick Links and then NetLibrary. Click on book located in the lower right corner of the NetLibrary screen.

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The PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month is entitled Medical Illness and Schizophrenia edited by Jonathan M. Meyer, M.D., and Henry A. Nasrallah, M.D.

“Developed to fill a critical gap in the literature, Medical Illness and Schizophrenia is an important volume for any clinician who encounters patients with chronic severe mental illness. In addition, it serves to underscore the need to provide integrated medical and psychiatric care to this vulnerable population.”

To access the PsychiatryOnline Ebook of the Month, go to the library home page and click on Articles, Research & More. Then select PsychiatryOnline from the drop down list.

NetLibrary will provide access for one month beginning October 1 to the Ebook entitled
Capitalism as if the World Matters by Jonathon Porritt (revised edition, 2007).’

“In this substantially revised and updated edition with a new foreword by Amory B. Lovins, Jonathon Porritt—Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief environmental advisor—tackles the most pressing problems of our time and extends his powerful and controversial argument by suggesting new actions in a tightly argued and highly accessible book. New material includes in-depth coverage of the United States and the politics of climate change, the state of environmental debate and the massive upsurge in religious engagement with climate and the environment.”

To access the NetLibrary EBook of the Month, go to NetLibrary’s home page and click on the link to the current free EBook located on the lower right corner of the screen.

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PsychiatryOnline is offering during the month of October access to an electronic book entitled Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychiatry (2006).

“Drs. Spar and La Rue review the effects of aging on cognitive performance, including clinical presentations of memory loss and medication-induced symptoms of mental disorder. They offer practical guidance to help the clinician not only diagnose and treat these conditions but also address such issues as evaluating competency for informed consent.”

Locate the section on the lower left of the PsychiatryOnline main page labeled “EBOOK OF THE MONTH” and click on the link to download the PDF of the free ebook. To get to PsychiatryOnline from the library’s website, go to http://www.mclennan.edu/library and select “Articles, Research & More.”  Then scroll down the drop down list to locate the link to PsychiatryOnline.

From NetLibrary, during the month of August, you can freely access a book entitled Beyond the Bubble: How to Keep the Real Estate Market in Perspective—and Profit No Matter What Happens by Michael C. Thomsett and Joshua Kahr.

To view, go the the library homepage, click on Quick Research Links and select NetLibrary.  The book link is on the lower right of the netLibrary homepage.

netLibrary eBook of the Month - The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palenstinian State

To access this netLibrary eBook during July, go to the library homepage and select netLibrary from the Quick Research Links. The eBook of the month is accessible from the lower right corner of the screen.

“Rather than being a blueprint to be followed in every detail, The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State is designed to provide helpful ideas that Palestinians and other involved parties can study and develop further to best meet the needs of the Palestinian people. Provided through the generous support of the RAND Corporation, The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State is part of a multivolume study that offers the most comprehensive recommendations ever made for the success of an independent Palestinian state.”

PsychiatryOnline eBook of the Month - Relational Processes and DSM-V: Neuroscience, Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment

To access this PsychiatryOnline eBook of the Month, go the library homepage and select Article Databases and then P to find PsychiatryOnline in the alphabetical list. From the PsychiatryOnline homepage, find the eBook link on the lower left of the page.

“This book builds on exciting advances in clinical research on troubled relationships. Given the overwhelming research showing that relationships play a role in regulating neurobiology and genetic expression and are critical for understanding schizophrenia, conduct disorder, and depression among other disorders, relational processes must be a part of any empirically based plan for revising psychiatric nosology in DSM-V.”