How are you feeling today?

Yesterday the NHS launched their emotional wellbeing self-assessment tool.  It's very easy to use and despite the emoticons (angry red face, smiley yellow face and blue sad face) it is actually quite thought-provoking and provides links to some really great resources on emotions and well-being.  I came out as a 'sad face' but I think the reason for my lethargy and inactivity was caused more by a heavy lunch than workplace despondency and burnout. Give it a go here.

MeSH on demand

This one may be useful for 3rd year undergraduates and above if you are doing a literature search and are looking for keywords.  MeSH stands for 'Medical Subject Headings' and is basically a controlled list of keywords which are used to index material in the Medline database.  Sometimes it can be hard to think of the right keywords, and MeSH headings in particular can be, well, obscure, shall we say?!

MeSH on demand is an online service which allows you to paste an abstract (or any chunk of text) into the database and it will retrieve a list of MeSH keywords for you.  Potentially useful for those of you doing a systematic review.

Give it a go and let me know what you think!  Find it here.

Become a reviewer for Wiley and get to keep everything you review

Wiley are looking for nursing, midwifery and healthcare students to provide reviews of their books.  The good part is that you get to keep whatever you have reviewed! If you are interested, sign up at www.reviewnursingbooks.com. Reviewers can specify their areas of interest, and also details of current employment and study, so that you can tailor what you get sent.

Happy Reviewing!

Introducing WHO MiNDbank

If you haven't already seen it, do have a browse over at the World Health Organization's MiNDbank, an online repository with loads of data about mental health, disability, substance abuse and human rights.  It contains resources at international and country level and is a really great information source.  You can find it here.

NICE Evidence scheduled maintenance, 15 October 17:00-18:00

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Just to let you know that the NICE Evidence website will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance on Tuesday 15 October between 5-6pm.

Top 10 most-read articles from Journal of Clinical Nursing

The Journal of Clinical Nursing has posted their most-read articles of all time (as of 2013).  Would it surprise you to learn that the most-downloaded article is ten years old?  If you are intrigued and want to read more, the full list is here.

More resources added to NICE NHS Evidence

If you are a user of NICE NHS Evidence, you'll be pleased to learn that the following resources have now been added to the content:

• Public Health England
• NHS England and NHS Improving Quality
• Inside Government
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
• Aidsmap – patient info
• Anaphylaxis Campaign -patient info
• Clinical Molecular Genetics Society – CMGS
• District Councils Network
• Housing Learning and Improvement Network

Happy searching!