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Databases

PubMed Plus
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. PubMedPlus is an enhanced version with links to full-text journals that the Penn Library subscribes to.

PubMed [freely accessible website]
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. The indexing is the same as that for PubMed Plus, but it includes fewer full-text items. However, it is a resource that you'll still have access to after graduation.
ScienceDirect [Penn only]
Full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 journals and almost 20,000 books.
PsycINFO [Penn only]
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields.
PsycTHERAPY [Penn only]
PsycTHERAPY is a database of streaming psychotherapy demonstrations from the American Psychological Association.
Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP) Archive [Penn only]

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders [electronic resource] : DSM-5.
DSM-5 is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings- inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 (paper)
There are non-circulating copies at Van Pelt Library and the Biomedical Library.

CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e
This book emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management. This is the chapter on Psychiatry.
Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (9th edition)
Known as "CTP," this thorough text on all aspects of mental health covers psychotherapies, biological therapies, child psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and cognitive disorders.