New edition of the DSM available through PsychiatryOnline

The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is now available through the PsychiatryOnline database. The DSM-5® is the product of more than ten years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health.

The DSM has been the most comprehensive resource used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. In the United States the DSM serves as a universal authority for the diagnosis of psychiatric illnesses. Treatment recommendations, as well as payment by health care providers, are often determined by DSM classifications, so the appearance of a new version has significant practical importance.

The DSM-5® was published on May 18, 2013, superseding the DSM-IV®, which was published in 1994. The development of the new edition began with a conference in 1999, and proceeded with the formation of a Task Force in 2007, which developed and field-tested a variety of new classifications. In most respects DSM-5® is not greatly changed from DSM-IV®. Notable innovations include dropping Asperger syndrome as a distinct classification; loss of subtype classifications for variant forms of schizophrenia; dropping the “bereavement exclusion” for depressive disorders; a revised treatment of gender identity issues; and a new gambling disorder.

 Also featured in PsychiatryOnline’s DSM Library are:

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR®)
• DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
• Cases from DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and Its Treatment Companion

PsychiatryOnline is a web-based psychiatry portal that includes books, journals, textbooks, practice guidelines, self-assessment, clinical and research news and medication patient handouts. LSUHSC-NO faculty, staff, and students can access PsychiatryOnline on campus, or off campus with use of a valid LSUHSC library barcode and PIN. Visit our PsychiatryOnline electronic resource page for more info. You can also connect to PsychiatryOnline by visiting the Library’s website, and then selecting the “Online Resources” category.

Faculty Works Featured in New Books Display

Twelve authors from several schools within LSUHSC-NO have recently had prestigious inclusion in important books and book chapters that are geared to those in the health professions. The Library is currently highlighting these on our New Books shelf:

1. Campbell-Walsh Urology (2012: 4 vols). J. Christian Winters (Medicine), Christopher J. Chermansky (Medicine), contributors
2. Clinical Laboratory Science Review: a bottom line approach (2011). Patsy C. Jarreau (Allied Health), author
3. Clinical Work with Traumatized Young Children (2011). Joy D. Osofsky (Medicine), author
4. Essentials of General Surgery (2013). John T. Paige (Medicine), contributor
5. Essentials of Regional Anesthesia (2012). Alan David Kaye (Medicine), ed.
6. Hernia Surgery (2013). John T. Paige (Medicine), contributor
7. Health Policy: application for nurses & other healthcare professionals (2012; on reserve). Demetrius J. Porche (Nursing), author
8. Medical Physiology: a systems approach (2011; on reserve). Michael G. Levitsky (Medicine), author
9. Moderate & Deep Sedation in Clinical Practice (2012). Alan David Kaye (Medicine), ed.
10. Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation: physiological & clinical applications (2012; on reserve). Jimmy M. Cairo (Allied Health), author
11. Pulmonary Pathophysiology: a clinical approach (2010; on reserve). Michael G. Levitsky (Medicine), Juzar Ali (Medicine), Warren R. Summer (Medicine), eds.
12. Pulmonary Physiology (2013; on reserve). Michael G. Levitsky (Medicine), ed.
13. Simulation in Radiology (2012). Hugh J. Robertson (Medicine), John T. Paige (Medicine), Leonard Bok (Medicine), eds.
14. Textbook of Simulation: skills & team training (2012). John T. Paige (Medicine), contributor

This Month in History: The Alligator Men

As a Louisiana native or even an adventurous visitor, you’ve probably fed an alligator a marshmallow or two. What’s the allure of marshmallows to a wild swamp creature? We may never truly know, but for an animal that will scarf down turtle shells, rocks, lures, beer cans, and shoes, marshmallows are probably the least of its worries.

Profiled in the Times-Picayune for their project in 1951, the self-proclaimed LSU “alligator men” studied the production of acid gastric juice and self-induced hibernation in alligators, as compared to iguanas and chameleons. The stars of this “zoo” were Dr. Roland Coulson, LSUMC faculty (1944-2004), Dr. Thomas Hernandez, LSUMC faculty (1960-1977) and Chair of Pharmacology, Dr. Fred G. Brazda, LSUMC faculty (1939-1977) and Chair of Biochemistry, and their graduate student, Dr. Herbert C. Dessauer. In the preface of a later work, Alligator Metabolism, Coulson and Hernandez speak to the origin of their honorary titles”: “It is not possible to have done research on alligators for many years without having gained a reputation for eccentricity as a consequence of the choice of experimental animal. One accepts this and learns to live with it. [...] By some, an alligator man is tolerated (as a harmless eccentric should be), and by others he is admired for the fearless manner in which he confronts such a ‘terrifying’ beast.”

Though certainly fearless, these doctors chose smaller gators to reduce the risk of injury, and by the time the animals reached a rowdy 20 pounds, they were returned to the swamp. Because alligators produce a large amount of hydrochloric acid during digestion, they perform a more dramatic and more readily observable process of digestion. Alligators are also tougher physically and less prone to blood poisoning, making them easier to study. In addition to their excellent acid production, the test gators self-induced a sort of hibernation in winter despite the fact that researchers kept them in windowless rooms with automatic lights; by abstaining from food and decreasing sugar in the bloodstream, the test subjects did not grow.

The practical application of the research of the “alligator men” may not seem readily apparent, but as Dr. Coulson explains in the newspaper article, “The scientist doesn’t have to be working toward the cure of any specific malady […] but often he stumbles upon it by accident, through just a study as ours.” They developed enough material to write numerous journal articles (PubMed author search results hyperlinked above) and monographs. Two books co-authored by Dr. Coulson and Dr. Hernandez are available in the Library: Alligator Metabolism: Studies on Chemical Reactions in Vivo and Biochemistry of the Alligator: A Study of Metabolism in Slow Motion.

Dr. Herbert Dessauer, who began as a humble graduate student and would go on to become Professor Emeritus of molecular biology at LSU Medical Center, passed away earlier this month after a brief illness. We would like to recognize his contributions to not only the scientific community, but also to LSU.  For more information on the contributions of each of the renowned doctors mentioned in this post, please consult A History of LSU School of Medicine New Orleans, which is available in the Library. When you stop by, be sure to check out our display cases, which are home to various medical artifacts including an analytical balance used by Coulson, Hernandez, and Dessauer.

Glimpse of the Past is an ongoing project to promote the Louisiana Digital Library effort. This Month in History will present for your reading pleasure a closer look into a newspaper clipping of note from our Digital Collections and articles relating to the LSU Medical School.

Book request form now available online!

The Collection Development Department is pleased to offer a new web page for its services: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/services/colldev.html.  Collection Development is primarily responsible for ordering books, managing reserves, and processing donations.  Patrons can now submit book requests online and find important information regarding reserves and donations.  We hope you will find these features to be helpful!

Spotlight on the New Books Display

1. Using occupational therapy theory in practice (2012) by Gail Boniface & Alison Seymour
2. Cellular and molecular immunology (2012) by Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, & Shiv Pillai ; illustrations by David L. Baker, Alexandra Baker
3. Arthritis in black and white (2012) by Anne C. Brower & Donald J. Flemming, Stephanie A. Bernard, associate editor
4. Clinical gynecologic oncology (2012) by Philip J. Di Saia & William T. Creasman, editors
5. Smith’s patient-centered interviewing : an evidence-based method (2012) by Auguste H. Fortin VI, et al
6. Visual attention in children : theories and activities (2012) by Kenneth A. Lane
7. Medically important fungi : a guide to identification (2011) by Davise H.Larone
8. Public health for an aging society (2012) by Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda A. Anderson, & Robert H. Binstock, editors
9. A nuts-and-bolts approach to teaching nursing (2012) by Mary T. Quinn Griffin & Jeanne M. Novotny
10. Nurses in war : voices from Iraq and Afghanistan (2012) by Elizabeth Scannell-Desch & Mary Ellen Doherty
11. APA addiction syndrome handbook (2012, 2 volumes) by Howard J. Shaffer, editor-in-chief ; Debi A. LaPlante & Sarah E. Nelson, associate editors
12. Handbook of stress, coping, and health : implications for nursing research, theory, and practice (2012) by Virginia Hill Rice
13. Ocular differential diagnosis (2012) by Frederick Hampton Roy
14. Wounds and lacerations : emergency care and closure (2012) by Alexander Trott
15. Research for the public good : applying the methods of translational research to improve human health and well-being (2012) by Elaine Wethington & Rachel E. Dunifon, editors

Friday fun: It came from the stacks, groovy shorthand edition

The Medical Secretary's Manual, 1966

Dig that cover.

Before dictation machines, tape recorders or speech recognition software, there was shorthand, an abbreviated writing method that increases speed of writing. When The Medical Secretary’s Manual burst onto the scene in 1966, it differed from other medical shorthand books by offering clinically oriented material to accompany the dashes and swoops that encompass stenography. A 1967 JAMA review observed:

Each section is devoted to a particular system or organ of the body. Before confronting the reader with definitions and shorthand symbols for each specific term or phrase, Miss Eshom provides a simplified description of the system under discussion and frequently includes helpful schematic drawings. This background information distinguishes her book from the usual text of medical shorthand.

For avid note-takers with an aversion to technology medical shorthand can still be useful, and indeed, those in need of a simplified overview of anatomy and medical terminology may find the clinical information interesting as well. I suppose that is why this book is still up in the library stacks, keeping the Sixities alive.

Alone no longer: the story of a man who refused to be one of the living dead

A book new to our library adds to our collection of Hansen’s disease materials.

Alone no longer; the story of a man who refused to be one of the living dead! By Stanley Stein with Lawrence G. Blochman. (1963) 

From a 1963 JAMA book review:

Written for popular readership, this engrossing autobiography of a Carville patient chronicles medical and social progress in treating Hansen’s disease. The author, editor of the hospital newspaper, stresses the crusade to dissociate Hansen’s disease from the “leprosy” stigmatized in the Bible, and to eradicate the term “leper” with its odious social and moral connotations.

Stanley Stein was a Hansen’s disease patient at Carville from 1931 until his death in 1967. He established The Star in 1941, four years after he became completely blind. Alone no longer is his autobiography.

This book was generously donated by Dr. James Riopelle, and is available for check out in the library.

New Additions to the Books Collection

The Library is highlighting 16 recent publications that have been added to the fourth floor stacks! For now, they can be perused on the New Books Shelf, which is on the third floor next to the internal elevator. And yes, they CAN be checked out!

1. Bray, George A. Contemporary diagnosis and management of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. (2011)
2. Meinert, Curtis L. An insider’s guide to clinical trials. (2011)
3. Urman, Richard D. Moderate and deep sedation in clinical practice. (2012)
4. Kandel, Eric R. In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind. (2007)
5. Klyklo, William M. Clinical child psychiatry. (2012)
6. Walls, Ron M. Manual of emergency airway management. (2012)
7. Jensen, Gail M. Handbook of teaching and learning for physical therapists. (2013)
8. Day, Robert A. How to write and publish a scientific paper. (2011)
9. Perloff, Joseph K. Perloff’s clinical recognition of congenital heart disease. (2012)
10. West, John B. Pulmonary pathophysiology : the essentials. (2013)
11. West, John B. Respiratory physiology : the essentials. (2012)
12. Gettings, Robert M. Forging a federal-state partnership : a history of federal developmental disabilities policy. (2011)
13. Cui, Dongmei. Atlas of histology : with functional and clinical correlations. (2011)
14. Sewell, Jeanne P. Informatics and nursing : opportunities and challenges. (2013)
15. de Chesnay, Mary. Caring for the vulnerable : perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research. (2012)
16. Benner, Patricia E. Clinical wisdom and interventions in acute and critical care : a thinking-in-action approach. (2011)

Hidden Treasures: NLM

Book Cover

It was always exciting to go digging around in your grandparent’s attic as a kid. You never know what you might find; old photos, love letters and toys, maybe a treasure map to lost pirate gold.

Imagine if you got to dig around in all the old stuff the National Library of Medicine has laying around. Now you can catch a glimpse of their weird, wacky and wonderful collection.

Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine is a beautiful and fascinating new book. Check out a New York Times review or have a look yourself. The book is available in the Isché Library stacks and as an EBook online from NLM.

Campuswide Book Club Discussion

Now available in the library

 

The Book Club will gather on Monday, May 7^th from 12:15pm to 1:45pm in MEB Lecture Room 4 for a “brown bag” discussion of the book and its relevance for the work we all do. A distinguished panel featuring Drs. Corey Hebert, Cassandra Youmans, and John Estrada will lead this important discussion.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Broadway Paperbacks 2011), by Rebecca Skloot, is an enjoyable read that delves into issues of health care disparities and medical ethics. An award winning piece of non-fiction, this book was featured on over 60 critics’ best of the year lists and was awarded the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Award for Excellence in Science Writing, the 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, and a Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Award.

Books Featured for Occupational Therapy Month

The Isché Library and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) are celebrating April as Occupational Therapy Month. The Library has a group of important books on the subject of OT currently displayed on the third floor next to the Library elevator.

These titles include:

1. Cole, MB. Group dynamics in occupational therapy: the theoretical basis and practice application of group intervention (2005; 2012 edition is also available on Reserve).
2. Stein, F, & Cutler, SK. Psychosocial occupational therapy: a holistic approach (2002).
3. Hemphill-Pearson, BJ. Assessments in occupational therapy mental health: an integrative approach (2008).
4. Willard, HS, & edited by EB Crepeau, ES Cohn, BA Boyt Schell; 104 contributors. Willard & Spackman’s occupational therapy (2003; 2012 edition is also available on Reserve).
5. Christiansen, CH, CM Baum, & J Bass-Haugen. Occupational therapy: performance, participation, and well-being (2005; 2009 edition is also available on Reserve).
6. Law, M, C Baum, & W Dunn. Measuring occupational performance: supporting best practice in occupational therapy (2005).
7. Letts, L, P Rigby, & D Stewart. Using environments to enable occupational performance (2003).
8. Law, L, & MA McColl. Interventions, effects, and outcomes in occupational therapy: adults and older adults (2010).
9. Moyers, PA, & LM Dale. The guide to occupational therapy practice (2007).
10. Wilcock, AA. An occupational perspective of health (2006).
11. McCormack, GL, EG Jaffe, & M Goodman-Lavey. The occupational therapy manager (2003).
12. Jacobs, K. Ergonomics for therapists (2007).
13. Fazio, LS. Developing occupation-centered programs for the community (2008).
14. Kielhofner, G. A model of human occupation: theory and application (2002).
15. Radomski, MV, & CA Trombly Latham. Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (2008).

Don’t forget to also investigate the Library’s occupational therapy eBooks: an assortment is available through online resources such as the R2 Digital Library, Stat!Ref, and Books@Ovid.

More info about Occupational Therapy Month and the OT profession is available on the Association’s website at www.aota.org.

Introducing the LSUHSC Campuswide Book Club

Now available in the library

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.

The Isché Library is proud to announce that the inaugural LSUHSC Campuswide Book Club selection is now available in the Reserve Collection.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Broadway Paperbacks 2011), by Rebecca Skloot, is an enjoyable read that delves into issues of health care disparities and medical ethics. An award winning piece of non-fiction, this book was featured on over 60 critics’ best of the year lists and was awarded the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Award for Excellence in Science Writing, the 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, and a Medical Journalists’ Association Open Book Award.

The Book Club will gather on Monday, May 7^th from 12:15pm to 1:45pm in MEB Lecture Room 4 for a “brown bag” discussion of the book and its relevance for the work we all do.  A distinguished panel featuring  Drs. Corey Hebert, Cassandra Youmans, and John Estrada will lead this important discussion.

For more information contact drovar@lsuhsc.edu

Showing of Books to Promote Nutrition

The American Dietetic Association is celebrating March 2012 as National Nutrition Month! Check out their website at www.eatright.org for lots of recipes, ideas, and info, and investigate these delicious recent publications on nutrition on display here in the Isché Library (on the third floor next to the Library elevator):

1. Behan E. Therapeutic Nutrition: a guide to patient education (2006).
2. CB Cataldo, LK DeBruyne & EN Whitney. Nutrition & Diet Therapy: principles & practice (2003).
3. Dudek SG. Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (2006).
4. Escott-Stump S. Nutrition & Diagnosis-Related Care (2008).
5. Gershwin ME, JB German & CL Keen. Nutrition & Immunology: principles & practice (2000).
6. Grodner M, S Long & BC Walkingshaw. Foundations & Clinical Applications of Nutrition: a nursing approach (2007).
7. Hark L, & G Morrison. Medical Nutrition & Disease: a case-based approach (2003).
8. Katz DL, & RSC Friedman. Nutrition in Clinical Practice: a comprehensive, evidence-based manual for the practitioner (2008).
9. Kaufman M. Nutrition in Promoting the Public’s Health: strategies, principles, & practices (2007).
10. Mangels R, VK Messina & M Messina. The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets: issues & applications (2004).
11. Nehlig A. Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, & the Brain (2004).
12. Owen AL, PL Splett, & GM Owen. Nutrition in the Community: the art & science of delivering services (1999).
13. Snetselaar LG. Nutrition Counseling Skills for the Nutrition Care Process (2009).
14. Stipanuk MH. Biochemical, Physiological, & Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition (2006).
15. Whitney EN. Nutrition for Health & Health Care (2007).
16. Whitney EN, CB Cataldo & SR Rolfes. Understanding Normal & Clinical Nutrition (2002).
17. Williams SR. Williams’ Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy (2005).

February is National Heart Month

The Library is recognizing National Heart Month by highlighting a selection of recent and new books in the subject of cardiology and the cardiovascular system. The Library’s featured books display is located on the 3rd floor next to the Library elevator, and these titles include:

WG 102 K66 2012: Klabunde, Richard E. Cardiovascular physiology concepts.

WG 340 K12c 2010: Kaplan, Norman M. & Ronald G. Victor; with a chapter by Joseph T. Flynn. Kaplan’s clinical hypertension.

WG 370 F33 2010: Feldman, Arthur M. Heart failure: device management.

WG 106 K45h 2009: Kern, Morton J. Michael J. Lim & James A. Goldstein. Hemodynamic rounds: interpretation of cardiac pathophysiology from pressure waveform analysis.

WG 120 W89 2007: World Health Organization. Prevention of cardiovascular disease: guidelines for assessment and management of cardiovascular risk.

WG 120 N11 2007: Nguyen, Thach N. Management of complex cardiovascular problems: the evidence-based medicine approach.

WG 140 F81t 2007: Foster, D. Bruce. Twelve-lead electrocardiography: theory and interpretation.

WG 140 K968 2009: Kusumoto, Fred. ECG interpretation: from pathophysiology to clinical application.

WG 141 F92ex 2006: Froelicher, Victor F. & Jonathan N.Myers. Exercise and the heart.

WG 140 T32o 2007: Thaler, Malcolm S. The only EKG book you’ll ever need.

WG 140 Su7c 2008: Surawicz, Borys & Timothy K. Knilans. Chou’s electrocardiography in clinical practice: adult and pediatric.

WG 141 Is3n 2008: Iskandrian, Ami E. & Ernest V. Garcia. Nuclear cardiac imaging: principles and applications.

WG 141 P75h 2007: Pohost, Gerald M. & Krishna S. Nayak. Handbook of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

WG 202 K15p 2006: Katz, Arnold M. Physiology of the heart.

WG 300 El5 2006: Ellis, Stephen G. & David R. Holmes, Jr. Strategic approaches in coronary intervention.

WG 340 B561 2007: Black, Henry Richard & William J. Elliott. Hypertension: a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease.

WG 330 Zi6c 2009: Zipes, Douglas P. & José Jalife. Cardiac electrophysiology: from cell to bedside.

WG 168 T62t 2008: Topol, Eric J. Textbook of interventional cardiology.

Inner Beauty of Nature: X-Ray Photography

The retired professor of surgery, Bert Myers, published a book about x-ray photography. A mere 18 years after the x-ray was discovered by Roentgen, the French scientist Goby took an x-ray of a leaf in 1913 and soon to follow were others that took an interest in the unique and creative art form. Most recently, Myers has been adding color to some of his x-rayed images through Photoshop.

The book mentions four image manipulations: positive, negative, solarized, and line derivation.  Below is a positive black & white image of a blue crab.

For more details and an up close look at more photos, the book is available through his website or borrow the library’s copy.

If you aren’t familiar with locating books in our library don’t fret, take a look at our How to find a book tutorial on the library’s homepage (updates coming soon!).

http://www.bmyersphoto.com/