HSP3M
Mental Health Research Project
Objectives:
Students will choose a mental health disorder and develop a pamphlet/booklet to present
information on the topic.
Topics:
Depression
Anorexia
Bulimia
Alcoholism
Autism
ADHD
Asperger’s
FASD
Schizophrenia
Anxiety/Panic Disorder
The information students need is:
 Description of the health issue
 Who gets the disorder most often? (image?)
 Is there a genetic component to the illness?
 How often does it occur in the population?
 What part(s) of the brain are affected? How? (diagram)
 What are the symptoms?
 When in life is it usually diagnosed?
 How does it affect the sufferer? Their family? Their work life?
 What is the treatment and how effective is the treatment?
 Can it be cured?
 What local supports exist for those suffering from the illness?
 How could you help someone with the illness?
Getting started:
To access these sheets…go to the Library website (Google Ancaster High
Library) or http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2/
Resources:
Virtual Library
Find general databases here too with magazine articles having case
studies:
Questia (FC email, Ancaster)
Directories:
http://directory.psychlinks.ca/
http://www.mentalhelp.net/
Websites:
Links to Resources in Canada
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/Resources.asp?lang=e
Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/mental-health/understanding-mental-illness/
Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/
CAMH
http://www.camh.ca/en/education/Patients-FamiliesPublic/public/mental_health_and_addiction_101_series/Pages/ment
al_health_and_addiction_101_series.aspx
Collaborative Mental Health Care
http://www.shared-care.ca/toolkits
Coastal Mental Health
http://www.coastmentalhealth.com/links.html
Mental Health Canada
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/ConditionsandDisorders.asp?lang=e
Resources
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/Resources.asp?lang=e
AllPsych On-line
http://allpsych.com/disorders/dsm.html
Fact sheets at your fingertips
http://www.fact-sheets.com/health/mental-health/
Fact sheets (use the drop down menu to find disorder)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/fact-sheets.shtml
PsychArticles
http://search.proquest.com/psycarticles
http://search.proquest.com/psycarticles/advanced\
shslibrary; trojans
Other On-line Sources:
Med-line Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
http://medlineplus.gov/
Merck Manual – On-line
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html
Web MD
http://www.webmd.com/
Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html
Invisible Web Directories
Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Sweetsearch –search engine for students
http://www.sweetsearch.com/
Librarians’ Internet Index
http://www.lii.org/
SCIRUS a free-science encyclopedia/article site.
http://www.scirus.com/
Mental health dictionary
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/resources/dictionary.aspx
Some other websites:
Centre for addiction and mental health
CAMH
http://www.camh.net/
“Check up from the neck up.ca”
http://www.checkupfromtheneckup.ca/
Mental Health Canada
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/ConditionsandDisorders.asp?lang=e
Depression:
Learn about depression: an intro site:
http://www.learn-about-depression.com/index.php3
Self-mutilation behaviour
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM00
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Bipolar Disorder
Gateway to bipolar disorders:
http://www.pendulum.org/
Schizophrenia
Intro website:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive compulsive organization :
http://www.ocfoundation.org/
Phobias/Panic disorder
http://www.phobialist.com/
A list of phobias :
http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/phobias.html
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Intro site:
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe01.html
Another site with more links:
http://open-site.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Psychiatric_Disorders/
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Internet Mental Health site:
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe04.html
Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s home site:
http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and referral site:
http://www.alzheimers.org/
General Medical Sites you can search for your topic:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000921.htm
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
Local Help for Mental Illness
http://www.mentalhealthrights.ca/
http://contacthamilton.ca/index2.php?page=childrenservices
http://halton.cioc.ca/tresults.asp?TC=YZ-5000
http://www.coasthamilton.ca/faq-hamilton.php
http://www.cmhahamilton.ca/educationandresources.htm
Lots of links
http://www.cmhahamilton.ca/links.htm
Mental health statistics
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=6-20-23-43
http://www.camh.net/News_events/Key_CAMH_facts_for_media/addictionmentalhealthstatisti
cs.html
http://www.pleo.on.ca/s6/statistics-mental-health
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/030903/dq030903a-eng.htm
MENTAL HEALTH WEBSITES
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Internet Mental Health
Continuing Medical Education Mental Health
Depression and Primary Care
American Psychological Association
National Institute of Mental Health
Change to National Alliance on Mental Illness
Schizophrenia.com
McMaster - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Canadian Mental Health Association - Ontario Chapter
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada
NHS Direct/Mental Health/Mental Distress
American Psychiatric Association
National Empowerment Center
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Mental Health Recovery
Mental Wellness
Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
AVOID PLAGIARISM…OR How to make a perfect Works Cited
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Remember…all good researchers cite any ideas they borrow from other sources.
Learn how your teacher wants you to reference your project or assignment.
Make sure you keep track of all resources you may want to cite or reference. We have
blank Bibliography sheets you can use to keep track of the important information as you
research. Just ask at the counter.
Use a note sheet for every major resource you use.
Use APA Style for this assignment. All the detail you need to complete a correct
Works Cited is on the school’s website:
http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2/
Click on the Citation Help Button to find the Knight Cite link and APA Help button.
Try on-line Citation help software:
Go to KnightCite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
or Citation machine http://citationmachine.net/
for on-line tools that help you to cite properly using APA Style.