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Tough Topics

Our Tough Topics library guide is intended to help you access high-quality, up-to-date information that may be challenging to ask about. ♥️

Tough Topics list

Tough Topics logo, an open book with a heart.Our Tough Topics collection of material is still being built. Some topics don't have enough books in CCC Library yet; we're actively working on fixing that. Free free to let us know where we should put our energy next by filling out our anonymous survey linked on this page. Thanks for your patience, and for your interest in Tough Topics!


Topic (listed alphabetically)
Call numbers (subtopics)
Adoption
  • HV873 - 875
  • HV875.6 (transracial)
Alcoholism / sobriety
  • HV5001 - HV5720
  • HV5132 (and family)
  • HV5275 - 5278 (sobriety)
Anxiety
  • BF575.A6
  • BF575.S75 (stress)
  • RC531 (anxiety disorders)
Bias / implicit bias
  • BF575.P9
  • HV9950 (in criminal justice)
Body dysmorphia
  • RC552
  • RC569.5.B64
Child abuse
  • HV741
  • HV6626.5
Child sexual abuse / incest
  • HV6570 - 6570.9
  • RC560.I53 (victims of)
Consent / consensual relationships
  • HQ32 (ethics)
  • HQ980 (relationships)
Death with Dignity / physician-assisted dying
  • HQ1073
  • R726 (terminal care)
  • BF789.D4 (psychological perspectives on death)
Depression
  • RC537
  • RC516 (bipolar)
  • RG852 (postpartum depression)
Discrimination
  • BF575.P9 (prejudice)
  • HD6060 (in the workplace)
  • HQ1237 (by sex, gender)
Divorce
  • HQ811 - HQ960.9
  • KF547+ (custody of children, family law)
Domestic violence / intimate partner violence (IPV)
  • HV6626
Drugs (in general)
  • HV5801 - 5840 (in US society)
  • RC564 (addiction and recovery)
Eating disorders
  • RC552.A5; .B84; .E18
  • BF697 (body image) 
Fentanyl / opioids
  • HV5822 (in US society)
  • RC568 (substance abuse)
Gender identity
  • HQ18.55
  • HQ1075
  • BF692.2 (sex roles)
     
Grief
  • BF575.G7 
Incarceration / prison 
  • HV8301 - 9920.7
  • HV9276.5 (abolition)
  • HV9278 (probation, parole)
LGBTQIA2S+
  • HQ18.5
  • HQ73 - 78
Marijuana / cannabis
  • HV5822 (in US society)
  • RM666 (therapeutic use)
  • RC568 (substance abuse)
  • KF3891 (law)
Mental health
  • RA790
  • RC455 (from a psychiatric perspective)
Microaggressions
  • BF575.P9
  • HM821 (social inequality)
  • LC212.2 (in education)
Parenting
  • HQ755.8 - 759.92
  • HQ75.27
Pregnancy
  • HQ759
  • HQ75.53
  • RG551 - 591
  • RG525 (guides for expectant parents)
  • RG648 (pregnancy loss, miscarriage)
Psychedelics / psilocybin
  • BL65 (spirituality)
  • RM324 (therapeutic use)
Race / racism
  • E184 - E185
  • E185.89.R45 (reparations)
  • HT1503 - 1595 
  • HT1563 (anti-racism)
  • HT1575 (privilege)
Rape / sexual assault
  • HV6558 - 6570
  • RC560.R36 (victims of)
Relationships
  • HM1106 (interpersonal)
  • HQ12-72 (sexual)
  • HQ503-801 (family)
  • HQ980 (non-monogamous)
Reproductive rights / abortion
  • HQ767
  • KF228.R59 (Roe v. Wade)
Sex
  • HQ12-72   
  • HQ35 (sex relations)
Shame
  • BF575.S45
Stalking
  • HV6594
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
  • RA644.V4
  • RC200+
Suicide
  • RC569+
  • HV6543+
  • BF575 (grief)
  • RC537+ (and depression)

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