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e-Library for Busy People: October

The e-Library for busy people:

Each month, NHS Wales e-Library highlights special times throughout the year - to raise awareness and promote advocacy for health and well-being, important issues and interesting events.

This is also a good opportunity for us to share some of our great resources to support your evidence based practice!

October’s events include:

 

10/10/2025

24/10/2025

 

 

World Mental Health Day: Fight for Mental Health today, and every day

The following links will live search articles and book chapters on the named topics:

Articles on Adult Mental Health

Articles on Children and young people’s mental health

Articles on Older people's mental health

Articles on minority groups and mental health

Articles on mental health and equality

Articles on Social Care and Mental Health

 

e-Journals:

Addiction

Aging and Mental Health

British Journal of Mental Health Nursing

British Journal of Psychiatry

Child abuse & neglect

International journal of geriatric psychiatry

International journal of mental health nursing

Journal of anxiety disorders

Journal of adolescent health

The Lancet. Psychiatry

Nature. Mental Health

Mental Health Practice

More e-Journals on Mental Health

More e-Journals on Psychiatr* This will search all e-Journals beginning with “psychiatr” such as: psychiatry and psychiatric)

The * is known as a “wild-card” and lets you search for multiple words at the same time.

If you want to know more about this technique and other searching tips, visit our Exploring Evidence mini-series for literature searching or come to one of our Finding Information Webinars

 

 

e-Books

Bradshaw, T. and Mairs, H. (eds) (2017) Health promotion and wellbeing in people with mental health problems. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.

 

Chiao, J.Y. et al. (eds) (2021) Oxford handbook of cultural neuroscience and global mental health. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Cummins, I. (2019) Mental health social work reimagined. Bristol: Policy Press.

 

Taylor, D.M., Gaughran, F. and Pillinger, T. (2021) The Maudsley practice guidelines for physical health conditions in psychiatry. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

 

Horowitz, M. and Taylor, D. (2024) The Maudsley deprescribing guidelines : antidepressants, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids and z-drugs. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

Powers, L. and Smith-East, M. (eds) (2021) Handbook of geropsychiatry for the advanced practice nurse: mental healthcare for the older adult. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.

 

Rothblum, E. (ed) (2020) The Oxford handbook of sexual and gender minority mental health. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Taylor, D.M., Barnes, T.R.E. and Young, A.H. (2025) The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry. 15th edn. London: Wiley-Blackwell.  

 

More books on Mental Health

More books on Psychiatr* (includes titles with psychiatrists, psychiatry, and psychiatric)

 

 

 

Evidence Summaries / Clinical Decision Support Tools

BMJ Best Practice: Psychiatry (Speciality)

BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health AND  Adult (Search)

BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health specialities search

BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health and Older People (search)

BMJ Best Practice: Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (topic)

BMJ Best Practice: Severe Combined Immunodeficency (topic)

BMJ Best Practice: Toxic ingestions in children (topic)

More specialties in BMJ Best Practice

 

ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (Adult)

ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (child*)

ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (elderly)

Clinicalkey: Postpartum Depression (Clinical overview)

ClinicalKey: Persistent Depressive Disorder (Overview)

ClinicalKey: Phobias (overview)

ClinicalKey: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Overview)

ClinicalKey: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (Overview)

ClinicalKey: Psychotic Disorder Treatment with Coexisting Diabetes (Overview)

ClinicalKey: Psychotic Disorder Treatment with Co-existing Substance Use disorder (Overview)

 

More Evidence Summaries

 

Guidelines

The All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre provide a crucial role in Wales in providing advice and guidelines on new medicines and make sure medicines are used effectively and appropriately in Wales.

Medicine Optimisation guidance and resources: https://awttc.nhs.wales/medicines-optimisation-and-safety/

Accessing Medicines: https://awttc.nhs.wales/accessing-medicines/

These resources are open for any user.

iRefer is a radiological investigation tool to support appropriate investigations or imaging interventions for patients, and provides practical guidance based on the best available evidence.

Dementia and memory disorders

 

The GreatOrmond Street Hospital Manual of Children and Young People’s Nursing Practices, 2nd Edn. This guideline contains 35 chapters to support Children and Young People’s Nursing practices.   

Royal Marsden Manual for Clinical Nursing and Cancer Procedures:

Royal Marsden Manual search on Wellbeing

 

Medicines Information

MedicinesComplete: provides medicines information and guidance on the safe use and administration of drugs and medicines. From diagnosis, to prescribing, dispensing, and administering medications, MedicinesComplete allows access to evidence-based support for health professionals.

Search in BNF,  Search in BNFc,

Psychotropic Drug Directory

MedicinesComplete contains a range of information and evidence relating to Drug References ( search in Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference )

 

NEWT Guidelines:

  • NEWT Guidelines includes information on how to prepare solid dose formulations for administration via enteral feeding tubes, and how to solve problems such as tube blockage and enteral feed interactions

 

More Information about Medicines

 

e-Learning

BMJ Learning Mental Health (23 collections)

BMJ Learning Anorexia nervosa in childhood and adolescence: recognition and initial management in primary care

BMJ Learning Management of dementia in primary care

BMJ Learning Women’s Health

BMJ Learning Professional Skills

BMJ Learning Communication Skills

BMJ Learning Quality Improvement

More eLearning resources

 

 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Wear it Pink

 

NHS Wales Library and Knowledge Services across Wales can support NHS Wales staff in getting current information and awareness on important health topics, including Breast Cancer. To find more about contacting your local library service, please visit https://www.nhswls.org/contactyourlibrary

Public Health Wales have made additional information resources available which do not require additional log-in. These can be found on https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/screening/breast-screening/information-resources/

The Velindre University NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Service provides full library service for Velindre staff and other relevant hosted bodies. The NHS Wales e-Library would like to thank the Velindre University NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Service team for their advice and collaboration in this edition of e-Library for Busy People.

 

24/10/2025

The following links will live search articles and book chapters on the named topics

Search on Articles on Breast Cancer

Articles on Mammograms

 

 

e-Journals:

Breast cancer titles:

Breast Cancer Research

Breast Cancer research and treatment (online)

Breast Journal

Clinical Breast Cancer

Journal of Breast Imaging

NPJ Breast Cancer (open Access)

The Breast

 

Cancer/Oncology titles:

Annals of Oncology

British Journal of Cancer

Cancer Nursing Practice

Cancer (Online)

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The Lancet Oncology

Nature Reviews. Cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

 

More e-Journals

 

eBooks:

Niederhuber, J.E. et al (eds) (2020) Abeloff’s clinical oncology. 6th edn. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Cristian, A. (ed) (2021) Breast cancer and gynecological cancer rehabilitation. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

DeVita Jnr., VT, Lawrence, TS and Rosenberg, SA (2019) DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's cancer: principles and practice of oncology. 11th edn. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health.

Hoskin, P. (2020) Clinical oncology: basic principles and practice. 5th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Niederhuber, J.E. (2024) Clinical immuno-oncology. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Payne, J.K. and Murphy-Ende, K. (eds) (2019) Current trends in oncology nursing. 2nd edn. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Oncology Nursing Society.

Tobias, J. and Hochhauser, D. (2015) Cancer and its management. 7th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

Tadman, M., Roberts, D. and Foulkes, M. (2019) Oxford handbook of cancer nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Weese, J.L. (ed) (2024) Breast cancer: multidisciplinary pathways for cancer care in the community. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Wolf-Gould, Ch. & Wolf-Gould, Ca. (2020) ‘Primary and Preventative Care for Transgender Patients’, in C.A. Ferrando (ed) Comprehensive care of the transgender patient. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, pp.114-130.

More e-Books on Oncology OR Cancer

More e-Books on Breast Cancer

 

Evidence Summaries / Clinical Decision Support Tools

BMJ Best Practice Oncology (Specialties)

BMJ Best Practice Assessment of Breast Mass

BMJ Best Practice Fibrocystic breasts

BMJ Best Practice Mastitis and Breast abscess

BMJ Best Practice Search on Breast Cancer

 

Clinical Key Breast Cancer in Females, Screening and Prevention (Clinical Overview)

Clinical Key Breast Cancer in Males (Clinical Overview)

Clinical Key Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Clinical Overview)

Clinical Key Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients with Breast Cancer (Clinical Overview)

Clinical Key Clinical Overview Search on Breast Cancer

Clinical Key Search on Breast Cancer

Clinical Key Browse Drug Monographs

More Evidence Summaries

 

Guidelines

The All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre provide a crucial role in Wales in providing advice and guidelines on new medicines and make sure medicines are used effectively and appropriately in Wales.

AWTTC website: Search on “Breast”

 Medicine Optimisation guidance and resources: https://awttc.nhs.wales/medicines-optimisation-and-safety/

 see Endocrine management of gender incongruence in adults - All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (last updated October 2025).

These resources are open for any user.

 

iRefer is a radiological investigation tool to support appropriate imaging investigations or interventions for patients, and provides practical guidance based on the best evidence available

Breast screening: women <40 years old

Breast screening: women 40–49 years old

Breast screening: women 50–70 years old

Breast screening: women >70 years old

Breast cancer: diagnosis

Breast generalised pain/tenderness, lumpiness without localised changes or long-standing nipple retraction

Breast screening: women with increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, including those with family history and previous mediastinal radiotherapy

Breast inflammation

Male patients with…

Cyclical mastalgia

 

 

Royal Marsden Manual for Clinical Nursing and Cancer Procedures:

Royal Marsden Manual search on Breast AND Cancer

Royal Marsden Manual Chapter 20: Diagnostic Investigation (section on Breast Diagnostics)

Royal Marsden Manual Chapter 27: Living with and beyond cancer

 Available at: https://elh.nhs.wales/guidelines/guidelines-pages/royal-marsden-manual-of-clinical-nursing-procedures-10th-edition/

 

Medicines Information

MedicinesComplete contains a range of information and evidence relating to:

Point of Need: 

Drug Administration 

Specialist  

Complementary and Alternative Medicine 

Reference 

 

 

NEWT Guidelines:

  • NEWT Guidelines includes information on how to prepare solid dose formulations for administration via enteral feeding tubes, and how to solve problems such as tube blockage and enteral feed interactions

 

More Information about Medicines

e-Learning

BMJ Learning Breast lumps and lesions: Assessment and management in primary care

BMJ Learning Breast Screening in the NHS

BMJ Learning Menopause and HRT Q&A

BMJ Learning The health benefits of physical activity: cancer

BMJ Learning Engagement and Managing change for primary care networks

BMJ Learning Communication Skills

BMJ Learning Professional Skills

BMJ Learning Quality Improvement

More eLearning resources