Free access to OUP cannabis readings

 

Oxford University Press are helping contribute to the debate on the legalisation of cannabis by offering free access to a special collection of articles. Access is available until the 31st May, 2014.

http://oxfordjournals.org/subject/medicine/cannabiscollection.html

Meet the library staff

There are a few more people around the library at the moment and we thought it might be a good time to introduce the staff in here and what we are working on.  Those with access to the office are welcome to call in at any time to chat with the staff.  If you aren't within visiting distance you can email the library at library@drugarm.com.au or contact one of us via the details below.

Each member of the library staff is able to help you with any of the enquiries that you have, be it a short "yes" or "no" question, or a more detailed reference search.  We also can help with loaning, reserving, extending and returning materials, as well as signing you up for membership.  However, each of us has different work projects, skills and areas of interest, which may be relevant to where you want to direct your enquiry.


Justin Clark

Position: Librarian

 

Work hours: Mon-Fri

 

Contact details: justinc@drugarm.com.au

 

Qualifications

2009 – Evidence Based Medicine for the Medical Librarian

University of North Carolina

2008 – Bachelor of Librarianship and Corporate Information Management

Curtin University of Technology

2004 – Diploma of Library and Information Studies

Southbank Institute of Technology

 

 

Work background

eResearch Analyst, Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF).

• Worked at the University of Queensland helping to implement a $98 Million research computing infrastructure project

Librarian, Herston Health Sciences Library, University of Queensland .

• Worked with staff at the University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research to improve teaching and research outcomes.

Multiple positions, The University of Queensland Library,

• Worked as a senior library technician, senior library assistant and library assistant at the following libraries, the Biological Sciences Library, Herston Health Sciences Library, the UQ/Mater McAuley Library, and the UQ Dentistry Library.

Volunteer Library Aide, Yeronga State High School Library

• Worked with the librarian to help maintain the library.

 

Publications

 

Clark, J. (2013) Systematic reviewing: introduction, locating studies and data abstraction, Chapter 11 in Williams, G and Doi, SA (eds), Methods of Clinical Epidemiology, (ch. 12). Springer Series in Epidemiology and Public Health.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-37131-8_12

Stone JC, Clark J, Cuneo R, Russell AW, Doi SA. (2013) Estrogen and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for the treatment of acromegaly: a meta-analysis of published observational studies. Pituitary. Aug 8.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23925896

Doi SA, Clark J and Russell AW. (2012) Concordance of the late night salivary cortisol in patients with Cushing's syndrome and elevated urine-free cortisol. Endocrine. 43 2:327-33.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23238876

Hieu, Trinh Trung, Russell, Anthony W., Cuneo, Ross, Clark, Justin, Kron, Tomas, Hall, Per and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2012) Cancer risk after medical exposure to radioactive iodine in benign thyroid diseases: a meta-analysis. Endocrine Related Cancer, 19 5: 645-655.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22851687

Baghdadi, Leena R., Abu, Hatem Abu, Amer, Saad A. K., Palomba, Stefano, Falbo, Angela, Al-Ojaimi, Eftekhar, Ott, Johannes, Zhu, Wenjie, Fernandez, Herve, Nasr, Ahmed, Ramzy, Abdel Maguid, Clark, Justin and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2012) Impact of obesity on reproductive outcomes after ovarian ablative therapy in PCOS: A collaborative meta-analysis. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 25 3: 227-241.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22809865

Yousef, Altayyeb, Clark, Justin and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2010)Thyroxine suppression therapy for benign, non-functioning solitary thyroid nodules: A quality-effects meta-analysis. Clinical medicine and research, 8 3-4: -150.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20739581

 

Chen, G, Clark, J and Cook, R. (2012) Research services delivery in an integrated NeCTAR/RDSI node eResearch Australasia Conference 2012, Sydney NSW, Australia.

http://eresearchau.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/eresau2012_submission_65.pdf

 

Current work projects

Overseeing, improving and redesigning library operations and services

Increasing access to high quality resources through the library

Ensuring the organisations historical documentation is properly preserved

 

Areas of interest

Improving the evidence base of health by collaborating with the research community,

Current research projects are:

• Does Tai Chi help reduce anxiety and depression in hospital patients
• What is the prevalence of Clostridium Difficile bacteria in the community
• What is the most effective way to treat tuberculosis in developing countries

 

 

Jerome Davis

 

 

Position: Library Technician

 

Work hours: 11.30am – 4.30pm Mon, Tues, Wed

 

Qualifications

2012 - Diploma of Library and Information Services

Southbank Institute of Technology

 

1983 - Associate Diploma in Applied Science - Applied Chemistry

Queensland University of Technology

 

Work background

 

Library Technician (Volunteer) - Drug Arm Australasia

• Circulation and general reference inquiries

Library Technician - Australian College of Applied Psychology – Casual

• Circulation and general reference inquiries

Laboratory Technician

• Worked in various laboratories in the coal, oil and defence aviation.  Analysis of samples for quality control purposes

 

Current work projects

Assisting the librarians improve the Resource Centre’s presence and performance

Assist with updating library catalogue records

Relocating the Reference Collection to the General collection

 

Areas of interest

Assisting the Resource Centre become more accessible and engaged with staff, clients and the general community

Kate Bugden

 

... I'm in the middle

Position: Librarian

Work hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm Wed, Thurs, Fri

Contact details: kateb@drugarm.com.au

Qualifications: 
2014 - Master of Information Services (Librarianship)
Charles Sturt University

2009 - Diploma of Library and Information Services
Southbank Institute of Technology

2002 - Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
University of Queensland

Professional affiliations: Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) member

Work background:
Library technician - Australian Catholic University

• Working with faculty and post graduate students to deliver interlibrary loans and document services. Circulation, resource and reference enquiries 

Amphetamine-Type Stimulants project coordinator - Drug Arm

• Implementation of an organisation wide capacity building project including quality certification, research project with QADREC, treatment process documentation, policy and procedure documentation, training program role out and social marketing campaign. 

Current work projects:
Increasing and improving the library's online presense including:

• new library website with inclusion of recommendations, organisational publications, and current awareness services
• new online catalogue with added functionality such as commenting, tagging, creating resource lists
• social media engagement, such as this blog and future Twitter, delicious, YouTube accounts
• online news curation, delivery of AOD and MH news online
• online material delivery, such as eMagazines

Policy and procedure documentation
Projects within the organisation - consultation and assistance

Areas of interest:
Increasing access and engagement with regional offices - "distance librarianship". 
Online information delivery and utilising technology in appropriate and engaging ways. 
Working on resources and programs that develop literacy and information literacy. 
Ongoing professional development and life-long learning.
The impact of reading on cognitive development and the benefits of reading (especially fiction), including the use of reading groups and reading skills as an intervention in a variety of settings.

DSM V online access trial

As we prepare to start a new round of purchasing there is certainly one item that has been requested above all others...

DSM V!

 

Given the spread of requests across offices, and the demand in the busier offices we're considering purchasing online access.  This will be a significant purchase by the library.  Unlike an individual purchasing an eBook, libraries pay significantly more (30-100 times more) to deliver access to multiple people simultaneously.

 

We are beginning our access to the DSM V on a one month trial basis to assess whether this item should be purchased. Our access has been arranged by supplying IP addresses for the organisations' servers, because of this you will need to use a computer in your office.  Every office should have access.  Please make sure it works by visiting www.PsychiatryOnline.org and without logging in you should see at the top right column, "Your access is provided courtesy of Healthy Options Australia." If this is not the case, please let the library know. We have a limited package now for the trial, which includes DSM V (full package details below).  The DSM V is set out across a series of webpages, not as an eBook per se. 

The decision whether to purchase this costly item for the library will be based on your usage and feedback over the next month. You can provide feedback in the comments here, or email library@drugarm.com.au
 

If we purchase a full package online access will include:

 

Reference books
 

 

 

 

 

• DSM V
• DSM V
• DSM-5™ Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
• DSM-5™ Clinical Cases
• American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines in both comprehensive and quick-reference formats
• Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Seventh Edition
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, Fifth Edition, with its companion study guide, Self- Assessment in Psychiatry
• Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, Fourth Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Substance Abuse Treatment
• Gabbard’s Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Fourth Edition
• Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, Second Edition
• Dulcan’s Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology, Fourth Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Psychopharmacology
• The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry, Fourth Edition, with its companion study guide, Self-Assessment in Geriatric Psychiatry
• Helping Parents, Youth, and Teachers Understand Medications for Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Resource Book of Medication Information Handouts
• What Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications

 

 

 

Journals

 

 

• The American Journal of Psychiatry*
• Psychiatric Services*
• Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences*
• Psychiatric News – The Official Newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association

*1997 - present

 

Please note that this item is available for staff and volunteers of the Healthy Options organisations only.



New factsheet - best practice for working with CALD clients

Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC) have just released an easy to read ten strategy factsheet on best practice approaches to working with culturally and linguistically diverse clients.

http://www.damec.org.au/resources/damec-publications/workforce-development-resources/best-practice-approaches-for-working-with-culturally-diverse-clients-in-aod-treatment-settings

The factsheet also lists some great websites for getting multilingual resources for clients. 

Included in the list of external resources is Mental Health in Multicultural Australia who also have a good Knowledge Exchange section for professional reading.  They've outlined a framework for mental health in multicultural Australia, which they've spread out over an entire website.  It is relatively easy to navigate, particularly if you scroll straight to the bottom of the homepage and select "I am a service manager" or "I am a worker/clinician".  Once viewing the framework outcomes you can reflect on whether you (or your service) meets the requirements of an entry, developing, or advanced standard.

Journal club follow-up - Counselling Transgender Clients

I presented journal club this month.  My article choice was based on a discussion with Lizzie Bayliss who heads up the Improved Services Initiative (ISI) project.  Lizzie's project is all about capacity building in the organisation, particularly increasing capacity to work with clients from a range of backgrounds.
 
From that discussion the following article was chosen:

O’Hara, C., Dispenza, F., Brack, G., & Blood, R. A. (2013). The Preparedness of Counselors in Training to Work with Transgender Clients: A Mixed Methods Investigation. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 7(3), 236-256.

Accessed at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15538605.2013.812929


If you would like a copy with my annotations (my scrawled notes), please email me kateb@drugarm.com.au.  I also have a copy of the LGB tool that was modified for the study to measure attitudes, knowledge and skill working with transgender clients.



These additional resources for working with transgender clients may be of interest:

This first one is the one I mentioned during the session:
American Counseling Association's Competencies for Counseling with Transgender Clients (2010) Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 4 (3), 135-159
http://www.pinktherapy.com/portals/0/CourseResources/aca_competencies_for_counseling_with_transgender_clients.pdf

 

Queensland Association for Healthy Communities Inc. (2008) Supporting sex and gender diverse (trans) clients: Providing respectful and inclusive services to transsexual, transgender, genderqueer and sistergirl clients

http://www.qahc.org.au/files/shared/trans_resource_181010.pdf

Centre of Excellence for Transgender Health: Transgender Health Learning Centre
http://www.transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=lib-00-00


Thanks to those who attended journal club yesterday!  The attendance was great and really fabulous to have some volunteers attend too.


If you have other resources that may be useful for supporting transgender clients be sure to share them with your colleagues in the comments. 

New DrinkWise commercials promote "proper" drinking

You may have seen an earlier post about an ad campaign in New Zealand that was a bit "outside the box" in terms of drug and alcohol awareness.  Another campaign has been launched recently that might also be described as falling outside of the usual.

If you haven't come across it yet, DrinkWise - a not-for-profit organisation established by the alcohol industry to promote safer and healthier drinking behaviours - has launched an online campaign to promote "classy" drinking.  The adverts aim to draw a distinction between what is appropriate drinking behaviour and what is not.

The target group for the ads is young adults and the clips are currently circulating through social media.

There has been an uproar from professionals in the area, as well as less informed commentators.  You can see some of the back lash here:

DrinkWise's cynical campaign shouldn't fool anyone - Adrian Carter (NHMRC Research Fellow at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research)  & Wayne Hall (Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland). The Conversation.
http://theconversation.com/drinkwises-cynical-campaign-shouldnt-fool-anyone-23813

Expert condemns 'appalling' DrinkWise campaign - Amanda Hoh & Megan Levy, quoting Professor Mike Daube, the director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute and the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth.  Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/expert-condemns-appalling-drinkwise-campaign-20140228-33q2j.html#ixzz2v2YMzT00

Susie O'Brien: If the new DrinkWise ad is supposed to promote safe drinking it's sadly missing a sober mark. Herald Sun.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/susie-obrien-if-the-new-drinkwise-ad-is-supposed-to-promote-safe-drinking-its-sadly-missing-a-sober-mark/story-e6frf7jo-1226844010368

Somewhat predictably, less informed commentators are calling for more "scare them straight" tactics.  Evidence suggests that these scare campaigns don't work.  Will the DrinkWise campaign be effective, or will it do what some fear and promote drinking?   

Before proceeding please note: these items contain coarse language that may offend.

 

The website with ads is locate here: http://howtodrinkproperly.com/

Self-care resources

Working in the human services field can be a rewarding but challenging experience. 

Some of the following readings and resources may be worth investigating when considering your own self-care.

Self-care starter kit - from the University of Buffalo.  This resource steps you through creating a self-care plan, provides self assessments and measures to examine your current well being, and includes self-care exercises and activities

http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/students/self-care/

What I Wish I Had Known: Burnout and Self-Care in Our Social Work Profession - in this article SaraKay Smullens discusses burnout including compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Field_Placement/What_I_Wish_I_Had_Known%3A_Burnout_and_Self-Care_in_Our_Social_Work_Profession/

How Clinicians Practice Self-Care & 9 Tips for Readers - very short article with quick tips for self care, an easy read.

http://psychcentral.com/lib/how-clinicians-practice-self-care-9-tips-for-readers/00011200


The building blocks of resilience - by Michael Pearn.  This clip is of a workshop presentation on building resilience



From - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygIiJuOTRks

Any useful resources that you've come across for self-care? Be sure to include them in the comments.