Skip to Main Content

Nursing: Mental Health Project

Mental Health Project - please read this first :-)

To help you utilize reliable and relevant sources, two journal articles are listed for each disorder and Quick Lessons are provided as well if available in CINAHL. Quick Lessons are clinically organized nursing overviews, with information such as description/etiology, signs and symptoms, assessment, treatment goals, red flags, and what to tell the patient/patient’s family. While Quick Lessons are written, edited, and reviewed by RNs, they are not considered journal articles. So, use this source for background information and helpful references.

You may use one or both articles for your project, but you must find one article on your own. Please follow the professor's instruction for requirements on sources. If you need a refresher on how to search CINAHL, please follow the step by step instructions below. 

Searching CINAHL

  1. At the top of this research guide, find the Databases and Journals tab. Right click to open a new Databases and Journals tab in the same browser so you can keep this page and check back for instructions.

  2. At Databases and Journals page, select CINAHL Complete, login with your Canvas login and password. 

  3. Click Advanced Search below the search box. Type the name of the disorder in the search box, more terms can be used such as: medications, ethical...,  don't click Search yet.

  4. Scroll down to Search Options, under Limit your results, select Evidence-Based Practice and/or other options, click Search.

  5. Evaluate your results, look to the left side for more options for refining your results such as Full-textDate range or Age group. 

  6. Click and open titles, read abstracts, email/print articles or request articles using the request link. Remember to get the citations (Cite icon to the right side) while you are at it. 

 

Sample Journal Articles

ADHD

Effects of game-based digital therapeutics on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents as assessed by parents or teachers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Practitioner Review: It's time to bridge the gap – understanding the unmet needs of consumers with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder – a systematic review and recommendations

Antisocial Personality Disorder

The role of therapeutic alliance in therapy for adults with problematic aggression and associated disorders

Antisocial personality disorder as a predictor of polydrug use: a longitudinal study of the dual mediating roles of deviant peer association and self-control among juvenile offenders

Autism spectrum disorder

Autistic pupils' experiences in primary and post-primary schools: A scoping review and consultation with autistic pupils in Ireland

Serious Games for Developing Social Skills in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

Quick Lesson

Bipolar disorder

Family-Focused Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: Reflections on 30 Years of Research

Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders in Adults: A Review of the Evidence on Pharmacologic Treatments

Quick Lesson

Borderline personality disorder

Treating Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder Through Narrative Therapy and Naltrexone

Evidence Base and Components of Brief Admission as an Intervention for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

Conduct Disorder

Effects of a smartphone app-augmented treatment for children with oppositional defiant disorder / conduct disorder and peer-related aggressive behavior - a pilot study

The Global Prevalence of Conduct Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Generalized anxiety disorder

Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Psychopharmacology in Pediatric Mixed Anxiety Disorder: An Evidence-based Review

Quick Lesson

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Cognitive-Behavioral Versus Supportive Psychotherapy for Intermittent Explosive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Childhood and parental characteristics of adults with DSM-5 intermittent explosive disorder compared with healthy and psychiatric controls

Major depressive disorder

A systematic review of interventions for treatment resistant major depressive disorder in adolescents

Prediction of treatment outcomes to exercise in patients with nonremitted major depressive disorder.

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Measurement Issues: The measurement of obsessive compulsive disorder in children and young people in clinical practice

Characteristics of Young Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Baseline Features from the POTS Jr. Sample

Quick Lesson

Phobias

A practical guide to the management of phobias

Ultra-brief behavioral skills trainings for blood injection injury phobia

Post-traumatic stress disorder

An Evidence Review and Model for Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Family-Focused Treatments for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Quick Lesson

Schizophrenia

A Case Study on Promoting Neuroplasticity in a Patient With Schizophrenia

Managing Agitation Associated with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in the Emergency Setting

Suicide

Suicide assessment and treatment: Gaps between theory, research, and practice

Evidence-based gatekeeper suicide prevention in a small community context

Tourette’s

Relaxation therapy as a treatment for tics in patients with Tourette syndrome: a systematic literature review

Long-term Outcomes of Behavior Therapy for Youth With Tourette Disorder

 

Librarian

Profile Photo
Theresa Flett