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Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Health Sciences Portal, an educational resource for health professionals. You are invited to join MERLOT―it's free―and contribute to this growing community of health professionals, health professional educators, and students by using the learning materials, submitting your own modules and assignments for evaluation, and learning ideas to help you learn as well as teach in a variety of settings.
If you have any questions, contact the Editor of the Health Sciences Editorial Board,
Kelly P. Massey at healthsciences@merlot.org.
Showcase
This overview and information is for health care professionals and students to understand and value the upcoming technology and medical advances related to genomics. It can be used in the classroom as a Powerpoint Presentation or assigned to students or health care staff for self-study.
New Materials
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Survivors of Suicide Loss Fact Sheet
A survivor of suicide is a family member or friend of a person who died by suicide. This fact sheet provides information...
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Picture This: Depression and Suicide Prevention
Picture This is a guide to the key issues within the realm of depression and suicide prevention, as identified by mental...
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A MANAGER’S GUIDE TO SUICIDE POSTVENTION IN THE WORKPLACE: 10 Action Steps for Dealing with the Aftermath of Suicide
Postvention is psychological first aid, crisis intervention, and other support offered after a suicide to affected...
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Confessions of a depressed comic
Kevin Breel didn't look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story...
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The bridge between suicide and life
For many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end...
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Break the silence for suicide attempt survivors
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the...
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Red Tea Detox Belly Fat Burning Drink For Weight Loss at $17
Product Name: Red Tea Detox Author Name: Liz Swann Miller Bonus: Yes Official Website: CLICK HERE Add to Cart -...
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Nursing Cheat Sheets - Easy Guides, Forms, and Charts about Nursing
Multiple Nursing Cheat Sheets - labs, patient positioning, pharmacology, and more! All the info you need in one spot on...
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1,000+ Nursing Care Plans: The Ultimate Guide and Database for Free
Database and list of nursing care plans (NCP) examples and nursing diagnoses for student nurses. Learn how to write care...
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Investigation of Biofield Treated Vitamin D3 to Improve Immunity of Bone Cells in MG-63 Cell Line.
The study was aimed to evaluate the effect of Consciousness Energy Healing-based vitamin D3 and DMEM on bone health in...
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Now Matters Now
We have had suicidal thoughts and emotions and problems that felt unsolvable. Here are our stories, including...
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Talking About Suicide: The interviews
This site has interviews with suicide attempt survivors. One clicks on a name and reads the story of what happened to...
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Home | Live Through This
Established in 2010, Live Through This is a collection of portraits and true stories of suicide attempt survivors across...
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Can You Hear Me Now? New Voices of Attempt Survivors
Can You Hear Me Now? New Voices of Attempt Survivors was a panel presented at the 47th annual conference of the American...
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Suicide
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44, about 200 Australians attempt suicide every...
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Guiding Their Way Back
Having someone you care about attempt suicide can be an incredibly traumatic experience. You might respond with anger,...
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Finding Your Way Back
Getting your life back on track after attempting suicide is not easy. It takes time to recover physically and...
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Zero Suicide Toolkit
Zero Suicide operationalizes the core components necessary for health care systems to transform suicide care into seven...
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A Journey Toward Health and Hope
This booklet is a guide to help you take the first steps toward recovery after your suicide attempt. The tools and...
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Suicide Attempt Survivors
In 2014, AAS took the historic step of approving a membership division for people who have been suicidal and their...
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Suicide
This site contains a number of articles that talk about suicide, including the Nature of Suicide, Suicide in the News,...
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Suicide Postvention
This article’s examination of suicide postvention begins by exploring the consequences of being a survivor and the goals...
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Suicide Prevention
AAS Mission Statement: To promote the understanding and prevention of suicide and support those who have been affected by...
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About Suicide
There is no single cause to suicide. It most often occurs when stressors exceed current coping abilities of someone...
New Members
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Sarah PrichardRockhurst University -
Tonya Smith-JacksonUniversity of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
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Michelle Ferrara-RyanCounty College of Morris
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Sue FieldWinona State University
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Katrina StaggsOld Dominion University
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Christine SayreOhio State University System - Columbus
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Robert ojiamboUniversity Global Health Equity
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Lisa HumelbaughCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
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Traci KrauseMinneapolis Community and Technical College
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Jennifer ButzUniversity of North Carolina System - Wilmington
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Katherine Ott WalterJames Madison University
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Arlene WilliamsThe University of the West Indies
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Liz Swann MillerThe Red Tea Detox Program
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Ojeen SimmanSouth Louisiana Community College
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Jenny ProchnowWinona State University
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Susan FarrellBakersfield College
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Sara StevensWashington State University at Vancouver
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mikki BARRETTBroward Community/Technical College
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Amy RussellUpper Iowa University
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Dawn LambertMillersville University of Pennsylvania
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Rick KaseljUnlock Your Hip Flexors
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Deirdre D'AlfonsoState University of New York System - College of Technology at Delhi
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Danielle ShaverWorcester State College
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Dora BlitchteinUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
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Professional Organizations
Journals & Publications
- The American Nurse
- Nursing2015
- Nursing Management
- The Nurse Practitioner
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Journal of Dental Hygiene
- Journal of the American Dental Association
- Online Journal of Nursing Informatics
- Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
- American Society of Health SystemsPharmacist (ASHP)
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy(ACCP)
- American Society of ConsultantPharmacists (ASCP)
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
- PLOS (Public Library of Science)
- Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- European Journal of Sport Science
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Journal of Athletic Training
- Journal of Biomechanics
- Journal of International Society of Sports Nutrition
- Journal of Physiology
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Journal of Sport Management
- Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
- Journal of Sports Sciences
- Journal of Applied Physiology
Health Sciences on the Web
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