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Caregivers Resources: Disabilities & Diseases

Diseases & Disabilities

Diseases & Disabilities are listed alphabetically. Please note: This is not an all inclusive list and the links provided may not include all of the materials available in the MHLS. The results you'll see are intended to be a place to begin your research.

 

  • Refer to the approximate Dewey ranges if you're browsing the shelves in one of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District branches.

 

  • Click on the name to jump to the OPAC and see what's available in all of the member libraries within the Mid-Hudson Library System.
  1. Use the facets on the left-hand side of the OPAC screen to narrow or expand the search results.
  2. Remember to check the same call number 'ranges' in other collections.

(i.e. YA/Teen, JPC, Children's, DVD, Book on CD, Large Print, Spanish)

 

Please feel free to call the Reference desk at Adriance Memorial Library for assistance at 1-845-845-3445, x3702.

Diseases & Disabilities | (approx. Dewey range)

Addiction

616.86 [ 1-3 ],

362.29 [ 1-3 ]

Alzheimer's Disease

 616.83 [ 1 ]

Arthritis

 616.7 [ 22 ]

Brain

 

  • 613 [ .714 ], 616.8 [ 05-.831, .84 ]
  • 617.4 [ 81 ]
  • 153.1 [ 2 ],

612.82,

793.734

Cancer

616.99 [ 40-46 ],

618.19 [ -.92 ],

641.56 [ 31 ],

362.19 [ 6 ]

Chronic Pain

615 [ .892 ],

616.04 [ 72 ],

616.849

Deafness

617.8

  • 419 [ .03, .703 ]
  • 618.92
  • 617.8 [ 9 ]
Dementia 616.8 [ 3 ]

Depression

 616 [ .76-.92 ]

Diabetes

616.4 [ 62 ],

618.97,

641.53 [-.5638]

End-of-Life-Care

362.1 [ 756 ],

616.02 [ 9 ],

304.6 [ - 306.9],

155.9,

649.8,

294.34442,

174.24,

179.7
Heart Diseases 616 [ .1207-.123 ]
HIV Infections

616 [ .979-.99 ],

614.599, 

362.19 [ 6 ],

306.76

Mental Health

 616.8 [ -.9 ]

Parkinson's Disease

 616 [ .833 ]
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 616.85 [ 21 ]
Stress

155.4 [ -.9042 ],

613.25 [ -.704 ],

615.321

Urinary Incontinence

 616.6 [ 2 ]
Vision Disorders

617.7 [ 1-.735 ],

618.977

** Please note: the links provided above may not include all of the materials available in the MHLS. The results you'll see are intended to be a place to begin your research. **

  1. Use the facets on the left-hand side of the OPAC screen to narrow or expand the search results.
  2. Remember to check the same call number 'ranges' in other collections.

(i.e. YA/Teen, JPC, Children's, DVD, Book on CD, Large Print, Spanish)

Call the Reference desk at Adriance Memorial Library for assistance at:

1-845-845-3445, x3702.

Books on Disabilities