Tools
subject guides
clinical psychology and counselling
Where to Start:
If you are unsure about your subject, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Or try a handbook for the latest information with facts and figures. Why not try:
Psychologist’s desk reference |
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Encyclopedia of psychological assessment |
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Encyclopedia of mental health |
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The Mental measurements yearbook |
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Test critiques |
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Tests in print VI : an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests |
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The Sage Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy |
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Working with children in groups: a handbook for counsellors, educators & community workers |
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The biopsychosocial formulation manual :a guide for mental health professionals |
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Handbook of community-based clinical practice [electronic resource] |
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Handbook of personality disorders [electronic resource] :theory and practice / |
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A compendium of neuropsychological tests: administration, norms, & commentary |
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DSM IV TR handbook of differential diagnosis |
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DSM IV TR diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders |
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Management of Mental Disorders |
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Systematic reviews in the social sciences : a practical guide |
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Research methods in psychology |
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How to write psychology research reports and essays |
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Essentials of assessment report writing |
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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. |
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Concise rules of APA style. |
Books:
Use the Library Catalogue to search for books held in the Library.
Case approach to counseling and psychotherapy |
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The suicide and homicide risk assessment & prevention treatment planner |
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Clinical personality assessment: practical approaches |
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Principles & applications of assessment in counseling |
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Personality disorders and older adults :diagnosis, assessment, and treatment / |
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Assessment of addictive behaviours |
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Anxiety and depression |
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Theories of counseling and psychotherapy: systems, strategies & skills |
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Theory and practice of counseling & psychotherapy |
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Contemporary clinical psychology |
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Case studies in abnormal behavior |
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Abnormal psychology: an integrative approach |
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Essentials of WISC IV assessment |
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Skills & tools for today’s counselors and psychotherapists: from natural helping to professional counseling |
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Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology |
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Essentials of abnormal psychology |
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Interpersonal process in therapy: an integrative model |
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Current psychotherapies |
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Group counseling: strategies and skills |
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A modern scientist-practitioner: a guide to practice in psychology |
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Dieting and eating disorders |
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Human development :a life-span view |
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Psychiatry |
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Building strengths and skills :a collaborative approach to working with clients |
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Autism spectrum disorders :identification, education, and treatment |
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Evidence-based practices in mental health :debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions / |
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Modern measurement :theory, principles, and applications of mental appraisal / |
Or you can look on the shelves at the following numbers:
| Psychotherapy | Psychodiagnostics |
| Counseling – case studies | Interviewing |
| Depression | Clinical psychology |
| Mental disorders – diagnosis | Clinical psychology – authorship |
| Personality disorders | Report writing |
| Personality assessment | Psychotherapy |
| Phobias | Eating disorders |
| Compulsive behavior | Suicide |
Electronic Resources (including Journal Databases):
Electronic resources including journal databases provide secondary sources of information such as journal articles, news, reports. Access electronic resources (including journal databases) from the Library's Electronic Resources page.
The American Psychological Association’s abstract database in psychology and related fields. PsycARTICLES provides access to 42 journals in full text |
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Full-text database of books and chapters from the American Psychological Association from 1950. Includes archival resources and the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. |
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Multidisciplinary database specializing in academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images. Includes a large range of psychology journal titles. |
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Pubmed – a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – providing access to citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals and disciplines other than medicine. |
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Ovid Medline |
MEDLINE is a primary source of global information from international literature on biomedicine and health care – and the primary component of PubMed. |
Over 20 000 online books – including psychology, sociology and statistical research in the social sciences. |
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Stat!Ref allows searching across full text books covering all subject areas in medicine – including DSM-IV TR |
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The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based healthcare |
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Collection of major Australian journals in all subject areas – including Australian Psychology journal articles. |
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Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals – including psychology and sociology. |
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Multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images, including a range of full text psychology journal articles. |
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Includes the following databases: Criminal Justice Periodicals and Health and Medical Complete with access to a range of full text psychology journal articles |
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The Communcation Studies and Criminology collections provide access to full text articles of over 30 journals in areas such as Communication, Film Studies, Media Studies, Criminology, Forensic Psychology and Family and Domestic Violence. |
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Provides access to a large range of full-text psychology journal articles |
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ScienceDirect has a range of full-text journal articles and article abstracts available for subject areas such as psychology (note access restrictions apply) |
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Search the Library's electronic resources simultaneously |
Journals:
Journals may have more up-to-date information than books. You can search for journals using the Library catalogue. Try the following to start:
Psychiatry, psychology, and law |
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Clinical psychology and psychotherapy |
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Psychotherapy in practice |
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Case files: psychiatry |
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Evaluating outcomes: empirical tools for effective practice |
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Contemporary clinical psychology |
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Journal of Clinical Psychology |
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Applied Psychology |
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Psychological Assessment |
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Journal of counseling and development |
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Counselling paychology and development |
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audiovisual
Series: Psychotherapy with the experts (VHS) |
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Helping people at risk of suicide or self harm (VHS) |
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Eating disorders (VHS) |
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Phobias (VHS) |
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DSM IV Videotaped clinical vignettes (VHS) |
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DSM IV Personality disorders : the subtypes (DVD) |
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Series: Psychology: the human experience |
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Violence risk assessment (VHS) |
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Series: Introduction to psychology (VHS) |
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Counselling approaches (VHS) |
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Adult psychiatric diagnosis using the DSM IV TR (DVD) |
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Motivational interviewing for addictions (VHS) |
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Motivational interviewing : preparing people to change (DVD) |
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Exercises in the art of helping (Book + CD Rom) |
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Exercises in the art of helping (VHS) |
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Approaches to counseling supervision (VHS) |
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Good question!: solution oriented counseling (VHS) |
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The inner world of counseling (VHS Pt 1&2) |
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Discovering psychology: understanding research (VHS Pt 2) |
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Speaking from experience: mental health (VHS & DVD) |
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Personality disorders: the three clusters (CDRom) |
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Recognizing the DSM-IV-TR personality disorders (DVD) |
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Specific and social phobias (DVD) |
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Panic disorder and agoraphobia (DVD) |
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Generalized anxiety disorder (DVD) |
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Phobia desensitization program: mice, snakes and spiders (CD ROM) |
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Too much : mental health issues in adolescence. (VHS) |
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Attention deficit disorder (VHS) |
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Cognitive counseling and psychotherapy (DVD) |
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Autism (VHS) |
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Kids on drugs (VHS) |
Web Resources:
You can try searching the Internet for more resources.
Includes sections for psychologists, students and the public and quick links. |
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Website providing a wide range of links to psychology resources. |
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This Web site contains psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology |
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Directory of psychology resources divided into subject area and other general academic resources to assist psychology students |
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Official site of the Australian Psychological Society - the largest professional association for psychologists in Australia. |
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BehaveNet provides access to a range of psychology resources, including some online links for DSM-IV-TR |
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Search in the "Library" section of this site for the "Reference section" and click on the "Professionals resources page" for detailed psychological information. |
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Subjects covered are adolescence, cults, death and bereavement, family counseling, and general counselling issues. |
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Australian Psychological Society : Code of ethics [electronic resource]. |