A Social Work Research Guide

Call, Text, or Chat. Free, 24-hour, confidential. https://www.missouri988.org/

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) "...provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels. Detailed, state-by-state, information is available ..." https://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/

1956-2007. Includes alcoholism, alcohol abuse and alcohol use. Indexes books, chapters, reports, audiovisual materials, and articles. https://alcoholstudies.libraries.rutgers.edu/

"...national survey reports, agency and federal initiatives, and related behavioral health resources." https://www.samhsa.gov/behavioral-health-equity/ai-an

https://www.apa.org/

From the Oregon Health Authority. Information on evidence-based services and processes approved as evidence-based. https://www.oregon.gov/OHA/HSD/AMH/Pages/EBP.aspx

https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Assertive-Community-Treatment-ACT-Evidence-Based-Practices-EBP-KIT/SMA08-4344

Online version of the directory. "...seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems..." https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

2020. Behavioral health United States is now called Behavioral health barometer. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/behavioral-health-barometer-united-states-volume-6

Research center at WUSTL. Includes smoking and tobacco. https://cphss.wustl.edu/

Developed by Christopher D. Green
"... is an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available..." https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/

See the Mental Health box on the subpage, "Freely Searchable Databases by Subject for Alumni." https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301116#s-lg-box-892277

By the American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/practice/resources/evidence/children-report.pdf

https://ebbp.org/

By SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). Information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into communities and clinical settings. https://www.samhsa.gov/resource-search/ebp

Fantastic information on addiction in European Union countries. Includes laws, best practices, country reports, evaluations, statistics, etc. https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/

A quarterly digest of clinical research relevant to clinicians in mental health. Made available by the BMJ Publishing Group. https://ebmh.bmj.com/

Produced by SAMHSA. Portal for evidence-based practice sites, guidelines and materials for mental health and drug abuse. https://www.samhsa.gov/resource-search/ebp

Information about the IMPACT intervention (Collaborative Care). https://aims.uw.edu/impact-improving-mood-promoting-access-collaborative-treatment/

From the Missouri Department of Mental Health. List of all Division of Behavioral Health Certified providers. Includes alcohol and drug treatment providers, psychiatric services, and recovery providers. https://dmh.mo.gov/behavioral-health/treatment-services/locating-services-treatment

https://www.mhanational.org/

Consumer directed. Includes information, facts/myths, veterans section, immediate help, etc. https://www.mentalhealth.gov/

https://dmh.mo.gov/

https://www.mimh.edu/

https://www.namistl.org/

General info and "grading the states" section. https://www.nami.org/

https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/trauma-treatments

https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Information on numerous aspects of drug abuse and addiction. https://www.drugabuse.gov/

Database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. https://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-resource-center

American Psychiatric Association. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/educational-resources/assessment-measures

https://allpsych.com/reference/dictionary/

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/

Database covers post-traumatic stress disorders from non-military and military causes. https://www.ptsd.va.gov/ptsdpubs/search_ptsdpubs.asp

Main web page. The Publications tab has numerous full text items related to substance abuse and to mental health. https://www.samhsa.gov/

This site provides "a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders." https://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-resource-center

https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/

Comprehensive coverage of smoking. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Great list of smoking related resources. https://medlineplus.gov/smoking.html

"The Saint Louis Mental Health Board (MHB) is a special taxing authority that administers public funds for behavioral health and children’s services for the benefit of St. Louis City residents." https://stlmhb.com/

For statistics, see the Mental Health box on the statistics subpage. https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301062#s-lg-box-890027

The Tests & Measures subpage of this research guide provides resources and suggestions. https://libguides.wustl.edu/c.php?g=46890&p=301092

Formerly Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. https://www.tfcoregon.com/

"Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth." Resources section may be helpful. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Mental health services and resources webpage from the VA website. https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/

Mental health mobile apps from the VA. https://mobile.va.gov/appstore/mental-health