Alcohol Abuse

Price, Tom. "Alcohol Abuse: Can underage drinking be curbed?" CQ Researcher 8 June 2012. Americans are abusing alcohol less than in the past with one exception: college students, who drink more and binge drink more often than nonstudents of similar age. And alcohol continues to extract a high toll from those who abuse it at any age, killing 80,000 Americans a year and draining more than $220 billion from the economy. Although high school students drink and binge less, bingeing accounts for 90 percent of the alcohol consumed by teens who drink. Health experts also worry about the effects of new products, especially flavored alcoholic drinks, which seem to encourage young women and girls to drink and drink more. To combat alcohol abuse, many educational institutions, community organizations and government agencies are stepping up efforts to promote abstinence among the young and responsible drinking by adults who do imbibe. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Books: We added several books recently on this topic, including Getting wasted : why college students drink too much and party so hard by Thomas Vander Ven (click linked title to check availability).

Organ Donations

Mantel, Barbara. "Organ donations: can the growing demand for organs be met?" CQ Researcher 15 Apr. 2011: 337-360.  More than 110,000 Americans are on organ-transplant waiting lists, and demand for kidneys, lungs, hearts and other donated organs far exceeds the supply. Eighty percent of those waiting for organs need kidneys, in part because of rising incidences of obesity, hypertension and diabetes. States have made it easier for people to register as donors, either online or when obtaining or renewing a driver's license. Also, hospitals have been working to increase the number of families that allow a loved one's organs to be donated at death. But some transplant advocates are proposing more controversial measures, such as rewarding donors with financial compensation. Advances in bioengineering may eventually shrink the organ gap, allowing surgeons to transplant organs engineered from a patient's own stem cells. But for complex organs such as lungs and kidneys, that goal is probably decades away.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Other articles:

EBSCOhost: (SU donation of organs, tissues, etc. OR SU transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.) AND shortage

ProQuest: SU("BLOOD & ORGAN DONATIONS" OR "TRANSPLANTS & IMPLANTS") AND (shortage*)

Books: SU transplantation OR SU donation AND SU organs

Black Death

Ebooks

Martin, Sean. Black Death. Pocket Essentials, 2001.

Scott, Susan and Christopher J. Duncan. "The Great Pestilence." Chapter 4 of Biology of Plagues : Evidence from Historical Populations. Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Full Text EBSCOhost magazine and journal articles on the Subject: Black Death

Gale Virtual Reference Library
"Bubonic plague." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2008. 678-680.

Vickery, R.C. "Bubonic Plague." Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia. Ed. Glenn D. Considine. 10th ed. Vol. 1. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, 2008. 821-822.

Obesity in America

Mantel, Barbara. "Preventing Obesity." CQ Researcher 20.34 (2010): 797-820.
Do Americans face too many obstacles to healthy eating?
The number of obese Americans has increased dramatically over the last 40 years, and in 2001 the nation's surgeon general went so far as to call obesity an epidemic. Since that landmark declaration, efforts to combat obesity have slowly grown, and although no one knows exactly why, the obesity rate among children and adolescents has leveled off. It is still, however, alarmingly high. One-third of children and two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, posing a daunting public-health challenge. Those adults are more likely to develop serious illnesses like heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. While diet programs emphasize personal responsibility, public-health experts blame a multitude of factors — many beyond individuals' control — for the societywide epidemic. Prominent among those factors are low consumption of fruits and vegetables and America's “obesogenic” environment, which promotes increased portion size, non-healthful foods and physical inactivity. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

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CQ Researcher:

Greenblatt, Alan. "Obesity Epidemic." CQ Researcher 13.4 (2003): 73-104.

Bettelheim, Adriel. "Obesity and Health." CQ Researcher 9.2 (1999): 25-48.

EBSCOhost sample search: SU obesity and GE united states and SU prevention (limited to full text academic journal articles published after 1994)

Reference
Gale Virtual Reference search: obesity

Books
Search Library Catalog: obesity [in Subject]
Search ebrary: obesity [in Title]

updated 12/27/2010 y.y.

Health Care in America

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Health-Care Reform:"Is the landmark new plan a good idea? CQ Researcher. June 11, 2010. The health-care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23 marked the biggest attempt to expand access to health care since Medicare and Medicaid were launched in the 1960s. The massive legislation will help 32 million Americans get health insurance coverage and bans insurers from denying coverage to those with preexisting illnesses. It also expands Medicaid to all poor people — except illegal immigrants — and gives subsidies to low- and low-middle-income people to buy insurance. But opponents, including every Republican member of Congress, say the coverage expansion is simply too expensive, at a price tag of about $1 trillion over 10 years. They also say new fees and taxes to help pay for the coverage place too big a burden on currently insured people. Meanwhile, a group of state attorneys general is challenging the constitutionality of the law's requirement that everyone buy health insurance. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Health-Care Reform:" Is Universal Coverage too Expensive? CQ Researcher August 28, 2009.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Universal Coverage." CQ Researcher 17.12 (2007): 265-288. CQ Press. 5 April 2007.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Rising Health Costs:" Can costs be cut without hurting care quality? CQ Researcher April 7, 2006.

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EBSCOhost Search: SU ( medical care or medical policy or health insurance or health care ) and united states and ( reform or universal or single payer )

ProQuest Search: (health care or health insurance) and (reform or universal) and united states

Books:

Ebrary Search: Subject (health insurance OR medical care OR uninsured) AND united states - over 100 ebooks

Websites:

United States. Census Bureau. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 (or view the 9/16/10 press release with summary of key findings). Sep. 2010.

United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. HealthReform.gov. Reports, news, weekly updates.

United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Fastats: Health Insurance Coverage. Numbers insured/uninsured, with links to reports.

Publications from The Commonwealth Fund, a "private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system...by supporting independent research on health care issues."

Teen Pregnancy & Sex Education

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Teen Pregnancy: Does comprehensive sex-education reduce pregnancies?" CQ Researcher. March 26, 2010. After dropping steeply for a decade-and-a-half, America's teen birth rate began edging upwards in the past few years. Analysts aren't sure whether the trend will last and say there are numerous causes. A significant factor, however, is a drop-off in contraceptive use that began in the early 2000s, as better HIV/AIDS treatments diminished fear of the disease. In 2009, the Obama administration ended the Bush administration policy of federally funding only sex-education programs with abstinence until marriage as the primary focus. Instead, most funding will now go to programs that have been demonstrated in large, randomized trials to be effective for pregnancy prevention. Critics say the plan will unfairly eliminate funding for abstinence programs, which they contend have not been adequately evaluated by researchers and are the only ones that consistently teach the value of committed relationships.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Friedman, Jane. "Teen sex: Do abstinence-only programs discourage teen sex?" CQ Researcher. 16 Sept. 2005.

More Articles:

EBSCOhost - subject term searches:

teenage pregnancy AND prevention AND sex instruction

teenage pregnancy AND prevention AND sexual abstinence

(sex instruction or sex education) and united states

ProQuest - subject term searches:

teenage pregnancy AND sex education AND prevention programs

(sex education) AND (united states)

Books

CBC Library Catalog: kw, phr=sex education or kw, phr=sex instruction

ebrary: "sex education" OR "sex instruction"

Reference

"Sex Education/Prevention." p.84-91. Sex and Sexuality. Ed. Richard McAnulty, M. Michele Burnette. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2006. ABC-CLIO eBook Collection.

Sex, Youth, and Sex Education: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002. ABC-CLIO eBook Collection.

Web

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy: Group-based Abstinence Education Interventions for Adolescents. November 5, 2009.

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Guide to Community Preventive Services. Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy: Group-based comprehensive risk reduction interventions for adolescents. November 5, 2009.

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Sleep Disorders

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Sleep Deprivation: Are chronically tired people at greater health risk?" CQ Researcher 12 Feb. 2010. New research links sleep deprivation to a large number of automobile and other accidents. Moreover, chronically sleep-deprived people are at higher risk for poor memories, mental illnesses, obesity, cardiovascular disease and early death. Yet today's 24/7 culture fights against the human body's biological need for about seven hours of sleep a night. Some people are especially sleep deprived, notably teenagers and late-shift workers such as police officers, nurses and medical residents. Meanwhile, some experts worry that overuse of sleeping medications is becoming a serious problem. Newer medications like Ambien and Lunesta are in some ways “safer” than older drugs, but they also affect brain function and sleep patterns in ways that are still not fully understood. With primary-care doctors now able to prescribe these medications because of their greater apparent safety, more people may get into trouble with sleeping pills.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Articles

ProQuest: SU(sleep or insomnia) AND (therap* or treatment or medic*) - over 5000 full text articles

EBSCOhost: Subject (sleep or insomnia) and (health or physiolog* or stress) - 1700+ full text articles

Books

CBC Library Catalog - Subject: Sleep

ebrary subject search: sleep - 6 ebooks, including:
Epstein, Lawrence and Steven Mardon. The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep. McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Reference

Gale Virtual Reference - Medical Subcollection: Sleep

Football & Brain Injury

Jost, Kenneth. "Professional Football: Is the NFL doing enough to protect players?" CQ Researcher 29 Jan 2010. Football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States, and with annual revenues topping $8 billion the National Football League is the country's wealthiest professional sports organization. But the league was on the defensive during the 2009–2010 season because of a jarring debate over its alleged indifference toward player safety and health. Medical research now indicates a connection between concussions that players routinely suffer during games and long-term brain disease, including dementia. Under pressure from the NFL Players Association, news media and Congress, the NFL is belatedly acknowledging a possible link and trying to minimize the risk to players by, among other changes, limiting a player's return to the game after a concussion. Despite football's popularity, the NFL is also facing economic difficulties. Attendance sagged during the 2009–2010 season, the future of lucrative TV contracts is cloudy and the league and the players' union start out far apart as negotiations begin for a new collective-bargaining agreement.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Articles

ProQuest

AU(Schwarz, Alan) AND (football) AND (concussion or brain injury) - over 50 articles by New York Times sports journalist Alan Schwarz

SU(football) AND SU(head or brain) - over 750 full text articles

EBSCOhost: Subject Football and (Brain or Injuries) - 900+ full text articles

OVID: Omalu, Bennet I., et. al. "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a National Football League Player." Neurosurgery. 57(1):128-134, July 2005. DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163407.92769.ED

Books

Oriard, Michael. Brand NFL : Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport. University of North Carolina Press, 2007.

Reference

Gale Virtual Reference - Medical Subcollection: Concussion

Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)

ebrary
H1N1 (Influenza) Searchable Information Center
The "site contains a growing selection of reports, papers, newsletters, posters, and other important materials from government agencies and other trusted sources."

Articles
EBSCO Search: Swine Influenza OR swine flu OR H1N1 Influenza OR H1N1 flu
ProQuest Search: (Swine Influenza or swine flu)

Reference
EBSCO & DynaMed: Pandemic H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)


Websites
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009 H1N1 Flu.
Washington State Department of Health. H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Reuters.com. H1N1 Flu.
The New York Times. Times Topics. Swine Flu (H1N1 Virus).

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Legalizing Marijuana

Katel, Peter. Legalizing marijuana: Should pot be treated like alcohol and taxed? CQ Researcher June 12, 2009. From statehouses to the White House, attitudes toward marijuana laws are changing. California's top tax collector is endorsing proposed state legislation to legalize and tax pot, and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'd like the idea debated. More than a dozen other states have enacted or are considering laws to permit medical-marijuana use or remove criminal penalties for possession. In Congress, Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia — a hard-nosed Marine combat veteran — wants marijuana legalization considered in a top-to-bottom review of sentencing and drug laws. Full-scale, nationwide legalization still seems distant, but the Obama administration has declared a hands-off approach toward California's medical-marijuana outlets, unless the state-sanctioned sites are determined to be trafficking operations. Opponents of marijuana legalization object on moral and health grounds, but the opposition appears to be weakening, especially in a time when the economic crisis is cutting into police and prison budgets nationwide. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

More Articles

EBSCOhost

(drug or marijuana) and (legaliz* or decriminaliz*) and united states - EBSCOhost, 350+

(marijuana or cannabis) and United States and (medic* or therapeutic) - EBSCOhost, 400+

Books

Search the CBC Library Catalog for books on kw:Marijuana or kw:Cannabis or kw:Drug Legaliz

Search ebrary for ebooks on marijuana legalization

See also Topic of the Week posts on Mexico's Drug War and Drug Abuse.

Reproductive Ethics

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Reproductive Ethics." CQ Researcher May 15, 2009. Nadya Suleman, an unemployed, 33-year-old, single mother from Southern California, felt her six children weren't enough. Last January, after a fertility doctor implanted six embryos she had frozen earlier, Suleman gave birth to octuplets — and was quickly dubbed “Octomom.” Many fertility experts were shocked that a doctor would depart so far from medical guidelines — which recommend implantation of only one, or at most two, embryos for a woman of Suleman's relatively young age. Although multiple births often do result from in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted-reproduction technologies, the number of multiples has dropped over the past few years, they point out. Other analysts note, however, that government statistics show a large percentage of clinics frequently ignore the guidelines on embryo implantation. In response, lawmakers in several states have introduced proposals to increase regulation of fertility clinics. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press. Clemmitt, Marcia. "Reproductive Ethics: Should fertility medicine be regulated more tightly?" CQ Researcher. 15 May 2009.

Additional Articles

EBSCOhost

SU REPRODUCTIVE technology and SU MORAL & ethical aspects

ProQuest

SU(fertility or reproduct*) AND (ethic* or moral or morality) - over 1800 full text articles

Books

Ebrary: search (moral or ethical or ethic or ethics) and (reproductive or reproduction or fertility)- over 490 ebooks

Library Catalog: search for books on reproduct ethic (The new catalog has automatic truncation, so the search is equal to "reproduct* AND ethic*".)

ABC CLIO ebook: Reproductive Issues in America: A Reference Handbook

Mental Health in America

Mental Health America. May is Mental Health Month - "created more than 50 years ago to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental wellness for all."

Articles

ProQuest

SU(college) AND SU(mental health or mental disorders or suicid* or depression) - 850+ full text articles

Poll shows many college students are stressed, depressed.
Deseret News [Salt Lake City]: 22 May 2009: p. A7. View the AP-MTVu Poll.

Mental Health Insurance Parity - 1200+ full text articles

SU(veteran*) AND SU(mental health or mental disorders or suicid* or post-traumatic) - 800+ full text articles

EBSCOhost

SU ( mental health or mental* ill* ) and GE united states and ( uninsured or poor or underinsur* or homeless* or low income ) - over 170 full text articles

( mental health or mental* ill* ) and united states and (prison* or jail* or correctional institutions) - 390+ full text articles

SU ( mental health or mental* ill* ) and GE united states and SU ( college* or universit* ) - over 110 full text articles

Or try subject searches on particular mental conditions, such as stress, anxiety, and depression.

CQ Researcher

Clemmitt, Marcia. Treating Depression: Is effective treatment available? CQ Researcher June 26, 2009.

Tanner, Jane. Mental Illness Medication Debate: Should more patients have access to new drugs? CQ Researcher February 6, 2004.

Books

CBC Library Catalog - books on the subject of Mental Illness in the United States

Ebooks

Ebrary: Hinshaw, Stephen P., Dante Ciccetti and Sheree L. Toth. Mark of Shame : Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Search Ebrary directly for more titles on mental health, psychology, and specific disorders.

Reference

Our print reference collection includes important titles such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; please contact reference for more recommendations.

Salem health : Psychology and Mental Health / editor, Nancy A. Piotrowski. Salem, 2010. Available in Print at the Medical Library or searchable online separately or with Magill's Medical Guide.

Gale Virtual Reference has numerous articles from scholarly reference works on Mental Health, Psychology, and various mental disorders.

Colman, Andrew M. Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2006.


Web

MedLinePlus - Mental Health and Behavior Topics - guides to authoritative information found in sites from "government agencies and health-related organizations."

National Institute of Mental Health - "largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health." Most of their publications are linked from MedlinePlus, but they also offer The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America - and other pages about statistics.

Videos

Trouble in Mind. 13 videotapes "...on various mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, depression, delirium, and psychosomatic illness." Available at Circulation.

Girl, Interrupted. Columbia Pictures, 1999.

TED (Technology, Education, Design conference) videos on Psychology topics. Online.

Extreme Sports

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Extreme Sports." CQ Researcher 3 Apr. 2009.
Are they too dangerous? The wild world of so-called extreme sports ranges from motorcyclists executing double back flips to kayakers navigating deadly Class 5 rapids to mixed martial arts (MMA) — also known as “ultimate fighting” — where combatants use kicks, punches and stress holds. But many “extreme” athletes reject the label, arguing that the term marginalizes their sports as the sole province of adrenaline and violence junkies, when they actually require high degrees of skill. Now legislatures in New York and other states are considering bans on MMA. Proponents say the matches, legal at the pro level in 37 states, are safer than boxing and emphasize fighters' broad-based martial-arts training. But opponents argue that allowing such a wide variety of aggressive moves in a single fight is barbaric. However, skateboarders and other extreme athletes cite statistics showing that traditional sports such as boxing and football cause injuries and deaths at a higher rate than any of the extreme sports. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

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ProQuest:
("extreme sports" OR "mixed martial arts" OR skateboard* OR "base jumping" OR "stunt cycling" OR "ultimate fighting") AND (safety or injur* or law* or accidents or bans or helmets) - over 10000 Full Text articles in magazines, newspapers, and journals

EBSCOhost:

Subject Search: Extreme Sports - 230+ Full Text articles

Subject Search: Skateboard* - 260+ Full Text Articles

Keyword Search: mixed martial arts or ultimate fight* or HAND-to-hand fighting or cage fighting - 195+ Full Text Articles

Consumer Safety

Weeks, Jennifer. "Regulating Toxic Chemicals: Do we know enough about chemical risks?" CQ Researcher. January 23, 2009.
Chemicals are integral to many everyday products, from electronics and toys to building materials and household goods. But environmental, health and consumer advocates say the agencies responsible for protecting Americans from exposure to harmful chemicals are allowing too many dangerous substances into the market without testing them for toxicity. Some goods, such as medicines, are tested for safety before they can be sold, but many common products do not go through premarket safety screening. Many concerns focus on infants and young children, who are especially sensitive to toxic hazards. Chemical manufacturers say the existing regulatory system works effectively and can be tightened to address new concerns, but critics argue that a precautionary approach — which would require producers to show that materials are safe before they can be marketed — would protect consumers more fully. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Katel, Peter. "Consumer Safety: Do government regulators need more power? " CQ Researcher October 12, 2007.

Articles:

EBSCOhost

(SU product safety or SU consumer protection) and SU product recall) - over 775 articles from magazines and scholarly journals, most in full text

(bpa or bisphenol A) and bottle* - over 100 articles

ProQuest

SU(food safety or product recalls or defective products) AND (united states) - over 3875 full text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals

(peanut* and salmonella) - over 500 full text articles from 2009

Books

Catalog - search food safe

search environment toxic product

Ebrary - over 20 ebooks on food safety or consumer protection

Reference - search Gale Virtual Reference for Consumer Protection OR Food Safety - numerous articles from scholarly encyclopedias

Web

United States. Dept. of Health and Human Svcs. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

United States. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Autism

EBSCO Articles

Sample Search #1: DE "AUTISM" and DE "DIAGNOSIS"
Limiters - CBC Title Collection; Full Text

Sample Search #2: DE "AUTISM" and treat*
Limiters - CBC Title Collection; Full Text; Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

CQ Researcher Report

Glazer, Sarah. "Increase in Autism: Is there an epidemic or just better diagnosis?" CQ Researcher 13.23 (2003): 545-568.

PsycBooks
Sample Book Chapters Available Online:

Kundert, D. K., & Trimarchi, C. L. (2006). Pervasive Developmental Disorders.Phelps, LeAdelle (Ed). Chronic health-related disorders in children: Collaborative medical and psychoeducational interventions. (pp. 213-235). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (2006) x, 325 pp..

Rogers, S. J. (2005). Play Interventions for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Reddy, Linda A. (Ed); Files-Hall, Tara M. (Ed); Schaefer, Charles E. (Ed). Empirically based play interventions for children. (pp. 215-239). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (2005) xviii, 310 pp..

Pericak-Vance, M. A. (2003). The genetics of autistic disorder.Plomin, Robert (Ed); DeFries, John C. (Ed); Craig, Ian W. (Ed); McGuffin, Peter (Ed). Behavioral genetics in the postgenomic era. (pp. 267-288). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (2003) xxiii, 608 pp..

Phelps, L., Brown, R. T., & Power, T. J. (2002). Mental retardation and autistic spectrum disorders.Phelps, LeAdelle; Brown, Ronald T.; Power, Thomas J.. Pediatric psychopharmacology: Combining medical and psychosocial interventions. (pp. 133-161). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (2002) ix, 244 pp..

Mesibov, G. B. (2000). Autistic Disorder.Kazdin, Alan E. (Ed). Encyclopedia of psychology, Vol. 1. (pp. 344-347). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association; Oxford University Press (2000) xiv, 495 pp..

Cole, C. L., & Arndt, K. (1998). Autism.Phelps, LeAdelle (Ed). Health-related disorders in children and adolescents: A guidebook for understanding and educating. (pp. 82-92). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association (1998) xvii, 743
pp..

(You can search PsycBooks for more relevant online chapters.)

CBC Library Catalog
Search for books on "Autis?" in the Catalog

Gale Virtual Reference
Turkington, Carol A. "Autism." Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Vol. 1. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 463-466.

Barstow, Donald G. and Teresa G. Odle. "Pervasive Developmental Disorders." Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Vol. 4. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 2868-2870.

Websites
CNN. Autism: Unraveling the mystery.

Autism Society of America.

Autism (National Library of Medicine)

Drug Abuse

CQ Researcher - browse or search for reports on Substance Abuse, including Medication Abuse (Oct. 9, 2009), Combating Addiction (Feb. 9, 2007), War on Drugs (Jun. 2, 2006) and Sports and Drugs (July 23, 2004).

Reference Books:

Isralowitz, Richard. Drug Use: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan, 2001.

CBC Library Catalog - books on drug abuse, addiction, and the War on Drugs.

Websites:

National Adolescent Health Information Center. 2007 Fact Sheet on Substance Use: Adolescents and Young Adults.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. Publishes Annual Volumes on Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors.

United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. "Primary source of national data on the prevalence, treatment, and consequences of substance abuse in the United States."

Articles

Drug abuse is a huge topic; there are over 19,700 full text articles on the subject in EBSCOhost alone. You may wish to select a subtopic before searching for articles. Here are some examples of subtopics - some of which could be narrowed even further:

Control of Illegal Drugs in the United States

(drug traffic* or drug control or drug deal* or drug trade) and united states - EBSCOhost, 2800+

Caulkins, Jonathan P., and Peter Reuter. "Reorienting U.S. Drug Policy." Issues in Science & Technology 23.1 (2006): 79-85. "The nature and extent of the illegal drug problems in the United States have fundamentally changed during the past two decades; now policy needs to change as well."

Prosecution and Punishment of Drug Crimes

(drug abuse or substance abuse) and (prosecut* or sentenc* or imprisonment) - EBSCOhost, 400+

Caulkins, Jonathan P., and Eric L. Sevigny. "How many people does the U.S. imprison for drug use, and who are they?" Contemporary Drug Problems 32.3 (2005): 405-428. "Data from the Survey of Inmates in Federal and State Correctional Facilities, 1997 are used to estimate the number of drug-law violators in U.S. prisons solely because of their drug use ...

Drug Legalization - also see our post on Legalizing Marijuana

(drug or marijuana) and (legaliz* or decriminaliz*) and united states - EBSCOhost, 400+

(marijuana or cannabis) and United States and (medic* or therapeutic) - EBSCOhost, 400+

Steroids and other Performance Enhancing Drugs

Ryan Calfee, MD and Paul Fadale, MD. "Popular Ergogenic Drugs and Supplements in Young Athletes." PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 3 March 2006, pp. e577-e589. Ergogenic drugs are substances that are used to enhance athletic performance. These drugs include illicit substances as well as compounds that are marketed as nutritional supplements. ...

(doping or performance enhancing drugs or drug testing) and (athlet* or sport*) - EBSCOhost, 800+ articles

Treatment of Addiction

(Treatment* or Therap*) and (Drug* or Narcotic* or Substance) and (Addict* or Abuse*) - 4300+ full text articles in EBSCOhost

Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction

(Treatment* or Therap*) and (Meth or Methamphetamine) - 100+ full text articles in EBSCOhost

HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Bristol, Nellie. "Battling HIV/AIDS." CQ Researcher 17.38 (2007): 889-912.
Should more money be spent on prevention?
Two-thirds of the world's 40 million HIV/AIDS cases are in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, which also has 12 million children orphaned by the disease. In the United States, the toll is heaviest on African-American women. Rich countries and private donors are now spending billions to fight AIDS in developing countries. But only 2 million people in those countries receive life-prolonging antiretroviral medications, while millions more are newly infected. With an HIV vaccine years away, public health experts say a renewed focus on prevention is the best way to stem the epidemic. Prevention turns on two stubborn issues: behavior change and shifts in generations-old patterns of poverty and gender inequality. Meanwhile, President Bush wants to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at $30 billion — double current funding levels. While the program has pumped billions into overseas AIDS programs, AIDS groups want PEPFAR broadened to cover additional health and development issues. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Reference:
Crandall, Keith A. "Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV)." Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 21 Nov. 2001. New York: Wiley, 2001.

"Key Issue: AIDS." Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com. Summary with links to key news events and overviews of controversial aspects of the topic.

Books:
Engel, Jonathan. The Epidemic : (a Global History of AIDS). New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2006. [Main Collection: RA643.8 .E54 2006]

Fan, Hung. AIDS : Science and Society. Boston : Jones and Bartlett, 2004. [Main Collection : RA643.8 .F36 2004]

Behrman, Greg. The Invisible People: How the U. S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time. New York : Free Press, 2004. [Main Collection: RA643.83 .B44 2004]

AIDS : Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego : Greenhaven, 2003. [Main Collection: RA643.8 .A42 2003]

Articles - regular keyword searches on "hiv or aids" produce too many marginal articles, so for greater precision the following are subject keyword searches:

EBSCOhost

• HIV (over 11000)
• HIV/AIDS AND Prevent* (over 3000)
• HIV/AIDS AND Prevent* AND Africa* (over 300)

ProQuest

• HIV (over 6800)
• HIV AND Prevent* (over 2200)
• HIV AND Prevent* AND Africa (over 190)
• World AIDS Day/2007 [December 1, 2007]

Web:
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Published the 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update 11/19/07.

World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Programme

CDC HIV/AIDS - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Fighting Superbugs

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Fighting Superbugs." CQ Researcher 17.29 (2007): 673-696.
Are disease-resistant bacteria becoming unstoppable? Antibiotics — the wonder drugs of the 20th century — are gradually losing their clout. Bacteria naturally develop resistance to antimicrobial drugs. In recent years, however, overuse of antibiotics has caused a growing number of staphylococcus bacteria to evolve into disease-causing “superbugs” resistant to drugs like methicillin. Hospital patients with MRSA — a potent antibiotic-resistant staph infection — are four times as likely to die as other patients. Moreover, while most superbugs once thrived only in hospitals, new strains outside health facilities are killing healthy people. Adding to the concerns of public-health officials, drug companies are developing few new antimicrobials. Some activists urge strong curbs on all antimicrobial use, including to promote fast growth in farm animals. Others oppose legal requirements for animal or human antibiotics, arguing that voluntary efforts are better able to keep pace with the fast-evolving world of microbes. From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Articles:


Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
Antimicrobial Resistance: Epidemiology

EBSCOhost Search: (SU drug resistance in microorganisms or mrsa or staph*) and (SU research or SU treatment)

ProQuest Search: (staph* or mrsa or superbug*) and SU drug resistance and (treatment or research)

HPV Vaccine

Bristol, Nellie. "HPV Vaccine." CQ Researcher 17.18 (2007): 409-432.

Should it be mandatory for school girls?A new vaccine that prevents infections from a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes cervical cancer is being hailed as a major achievement in women's health. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for girls ages 11-12, and could be used by females ages 9-26. Some state lawmakers moved quickly to make inoculations mandatory for school attendance to ensure vaccine access regardless of socioeconomic status. The requirement was approved in the District of Columbia and Virginia. But reactions to an aggressive lobbying campaign by vaccine manufacturer Merck coupled with general concerns about immunization safety stalled efforts to mandate the shots in many states. Conservative groups joined the opposition, saying the vaccine would encourage inappropriate sexual activity and override parental autonomy.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Facts.com
"Vaccine Exemptions." Issues & Controversies On File. 9 Feb. 2007.

"Medicine and Health: Higher HPV Infection Rate Found." Facts On File World News Digest. 1 Mar. 2007.

Since this news brief refers to research published on JAMA in Feb., I searched EBSCOhost using the keywords "jama" AND "hpv" limited to publication dates after Feb. 2007. I got several article results.

Haug, Charlotte. "The Risks and Benefits of HPV Vaccination." JAMA. 2009;302(7):795-796. Links to introduction of editorial, which in turn links to two research articles.

(Note: Full text of JAMA articles from 1998 to present are available at CBC library on the Pasco campus through two reference computers. CBC Medical Library in the Health Sciences building at Richland keeps 3 years of JAMA in paper.)

EBSCO Search: View Results

Comments: This is a focused search with only 41 results as of today. To find more, you can simply delete the last line of keywords "mandat* or requir*", which resulted in more than 350 articles. Alternately, try combining subject searching with keywords, as SU PAPILLOMAVIRUS* and ( vaccin* or gardasil ).

ProQuest Search
(hpv or human papillomavirus* ) AND (vaccin*) AND (mandat* or requir*) Limit results to: full text

(Comments: The same search in ProQuest generated 231 results as of today. The greater number than EBSCO is due to the larger number of magazines and newspaper articles that are included in ProQuest.)

Books

Krishnan, Shobha S. The HPV vaccine controversy : sex, cancer, God, and politics : a guide for parents, women, men, and teenagers. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. Main Collection, QR189.5 .P36K75 2008.