Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) for Medicine and Health Sciences: Psychiatry and Mental Health OER

Finding OER

Many databases of open educational resources are maintained by non-profits and educational institutions:

Merlot - OER Database - Health Sciences Collection
maintained by California State University Long Beach
OER Commons
available in multiple formats
licensed under multiple creative commons licenses

OER Commons is a database of open educational resources created in 2007 by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education. Resources available in the Health, Medicine, and Nursing Collection include full courses, lectures, videos, articles, etc.
Medicine and Health Sciences Commons - Digital Commons Network
available in multiple formats
licensed under multiple creative commons licenses

"The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work."

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Psychiatry and Mental Health OER Textbooks

Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2015) International Association for Child Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
licensed under: CC-NC creative commons license
available to be read online or downloaded as a pdf

An electronic textbook on child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) available on the website of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP).

"It is based on best clinical practice, reflects the latest research, will be updated regularly and strives to be culturally sensitive.This feat clearly reveals the commitment of IACAPAP to make knowledge about CAMH widely available, whilst advocating for access to quality CAMH care globally. This e-book is a joint venture between child and adolescent psychiatrists and allied professionals in better-resourced parts of the world and the awfully few CAMH professionals in resource-poor regions working together. This arrangement fulfils another of IACAPAP’s objectives of facilitating partnerships between developed and developing countries for the purpose of education and training, encouraging learning and growth on both sides and helping
to reduce the disparity in accessibility of CAMH resources."
Psychology (2014) - OpenStax Textbook
available to read online or download as a pdf
licensed under: CC-BY

"Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe."
Foundations of Addiction Studies
Jason Florin and Julie Trytek
Addiction is a concept that has been around for hundreds of years, but we still struggle to define and understand the word. When the American Psychiatric Association (APA) released a new diagnostic manual (DSM-5) in 2013, they incorporated the term addiction, which did not appear in previous versions of the influential text. However, the APA also acknowledged that the term can be stigmatizing and that its definition is uncertain. As we move into the next era of understanding about addiction, we need to continue refining our knowledge of this deadly disease.

In this book, we want to bring to life the core concepts at the heart of addiction. You may have friends or family members struggling with an addiction, or you yourself may have problems with addiction. You might be interested in working to help people in recovery, or you are simply curious to know more about this issue. Whatever the case, this book will introduce key terminology and research to help you define, discuss, diagnose, and deal with this problem.
Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System - 2022 - Thomas Clobes
Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System provides undergraduate students with a thorough foundation to start degree programs in health administration, public health, health sciences, and more. With authors from across the country with a variety of backgrounds, this textbook provides the reader with the history of the U.S. healthcare system, government programs, financing and managed care, cultural awareness. technology, and health disparities.