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Key DVD and video titles

Don't know where to begin? Start with the DVD and video titles that have been identified as being particularly relevant to specific topics.

Aging
Mental health problems of older adults. (1997). [DVD]. [Minneapolis, Minn.]: Mental Health Outreach Network.
Hawthorn: AVL 155.67 MEN-M

Cognitive therapy
Meichenbaum, D. Mixed anxiety and depression: a cognitive-behavioral approach. (1996). [DVD]. New York: Newbridge Communications.
Hawthorn: AVL 616.89 MIX-M

Persons, J.B. Cognitive-behavior therapy. (1994). [Videotape]. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hawthorn: AVL 616.8914 COG-P

Counseling
The gift of therapy: a conversation with Irvin Yalom, M.D. (2002). [DVD]. San Franciso: Psychotherapy.net.
Hawthorn: AVL 616.8914 GIF-Y

Improving your counseling skills. (1998). [Videotape]. [San Pedro, Calif.]: Jim Thompson Productions in association with Quality Educational Media.
Hawthorn: AVL 158.3 IMP-J

Couples therapy
Couples therapy using themes and metaphor to mobilize change. (2000). [DVD]. Phoenix, Ariz.: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen.
Hawthorn: AVL 616.891562 COU-P

Selected DVD and video titles

Selected DVD and Video Titles (PDF) is a list of more than 30 DVDs and videos in the Swinburne collection that are relevant to Clinical Psychology (created 26 November 2007).

Online videos - YouTube

The website YouTube enables videos to be posted and viewed for free. Usually tags, describing the video, are added and these tags are searchable. Below are some useful search terms. Combine them with the term, "psychology", to limit the results to videos with this tag.

  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Borderline personality disorder
  • Depression
  • Eating disorder
  • Mood disorder
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Personality disorder
  • Schizophrenia

Library catalogue

Search for more titles using the library catalogue. Audiovisual Keyword is the best option when searching for DVDs, videos or sound recordings. Some useful subject headings are:

  • Aging - Psychological aspects
  • Anxiety - Treatment
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Counseling
  • Counselors
  • Depression, Mental
  • Family psychotherapy
  • Marital psychotherapy
  • Marriage counseling
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Older people - Mental health
  • Older people - Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychotherapist and patient
  • Psychotherapy
  • Relaxation
  • Schizophrenia - Treatment
  • Stress (Psychology)

Online video tutorial

View the short video tutorial, Audiovisual Keyword Search, (Flash, 2min 25sec), to see out how easy it is to find DVDs and videos using the library catalogue

Databases

Databases enable you to search for articles on a particular topic.

Key journals

If you don't want to search for articles you can browse individual issues of journals online. There are many psychological journals. Here are some key online titles:

Click on the journal title to go directly to the catalogue record. Then click on the Go to resource link. You will be offered at least one database. Click on one and you will be taken to the journal record in the database where you can select the issue you wish to browse.

Author: Annette Steere (asteere@swin.edu.au)