Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Library
| Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Library | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Library |
| Location | University of South Florida |
| Address | 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd |
| Town or city | Tampa, FL |
| Opened | 1974 |
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Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Library, FMHI, is a research library located on the University of South Florida Tampa campus.
History
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Library opened in 1974 under the direction of the Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services (HRS). The FMHI library was conceived by W.D. Rogers, forger Director of Florida's Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services and E. Arthur Larson, former Coordinator of the Division of Mental Health. Their vision was for the library to be a "professional library which will...[house] various library materials of specific subject matter".[1]
Currently the collection consists of e-resources, monographs, serials and archives. The focus of the collection is on mental health research, policy, and treatment; behavioral and mental healthcare; public health policy.
Significant Collections
- Autism collection, developed from the FMHI's Center on Autism and Related Disabilities and a grant from the John Maxwell Biasco Foundation
- Multicultural and Mental Health Training program materials
- Disaster mental health resources
- HIV/AIDS collection, supported by the Center for HIV Education and Research
- Papers of Dr. Charles S. Mahan, Colleen Bevis and the Florida Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- FMHI Institute Arhcives
- Archival collections
- Tests and Measurements collection
Services
- Study Rooms
- Teaching Labs
- Research help
- Laptop rentals for USF Faculty