PPL 3O
Mental Illness Project
Objectives:
Students will choose one of the mental disorders and find as many resources as possible with
good information on their chosen topic and present it as a bulletin board.
Resources:
How do you find a book?
Use the On-line Book Collection (IPAC):
eMax
– to search for materials in our school library collection
http://hwdsb.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/506
There are many linked (online) books in ipac!!!!!
Virtual Library
http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/llrc/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
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
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
12875
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/
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 Wellness
Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
Some other websites:
Mental Disorders
http://www.mentalhealth.com/p20grp.html
http://www.mentalhealth.com/
Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/search_page.as
p?cid=58-120-122&lang=1
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.a
sp?cid=3&lang=1
Mental Health Canada
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/Co
nditionsandDisorders.asp?lang=e
Links to Resources in Canada
http://www.mentalhealthcanada.com/Res
ources.asp?lang=e
National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/in
dex.shtml
Fact sheets (use the drop down menu to
find disorder)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publicati
ons/fact-sheets.shtml
Depression:
Learn about depression: an intro site:
http://www.learn-aboutdepression.com/index.php3
The Depression Test:
http://nano.xerox.com/pair/cw/testing.ht
ml
National Mental Health Institute Site:
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/i
ndex.cfm
Self-mutilation behaviour
http://www.solveyourproblem.com/ment
al-illness/self-mutilitation-injuryteens.shtml
http://www.canadian-healthnetwork.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1
140963343074&pagename=CHN-
RCS/CHNResource/CHNResourcePageT
emplate&c=CHNResource
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.co
m/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1
ARTM0012875
http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/assets/alert
43.pdf
Bipolar Disorder
Gateway to bipolar disorders:
http://www.pendulum.org/
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformati
on/bipolarmenu.cfm
Schizophrenia
Intro website:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformati
on/schizophreniamenu.cfm
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.ht
ml
Post traumatic Stress Disorder
National center for PTSD
http://www.ncptsd.org/
http://mentalhealth.about.com/od/traum
aptsd/Trauma_PostTraumatic_Stress_Di
sorder_PTSD.htm
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformati
on/ptsdmenu.cfm
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Intro site:
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20pe01.html
Another site with more links:
http://opensite.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/
Psychiatric_Disorders/
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Internet Mental Health site:
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20pe04.html
Sociopathic/Psychopathic Personality
Now called antisocial personality
disorder
Hypochondria
Self-test for hypochondria
http://www.uib.no/med/avd/med_a/gastr
o/wilhelms/whiteley.html
Intro to the topic:
http://www.uib.no/med/avd/med_a/gastr
o/wilhelms/hypochon.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/enc
y/article/000921.htm
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
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 on the left and Knight Cite link and Find 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/