Addiction: 53 books
Working with Immigrant Women
Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Working with Immigrant Women addresses the gap between the needs of newcomer women and established structures and practices in Canada’s mental health care system.
With an interest in changing paradigms in mental health practice, the multidisciplinary group of authors—including researchers,...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe and debilitating anxiety disorder that affects one person in 40. It affects not only how people feel or think, but also how they behave. OCD symptoms -- such as compulsive hoarding or handwashing -- often evoke uncomfortable emotions in family and friends.
This...
Methadone Maintenance: A Counsellor's Guide to Treatment, 2nd Edition
A Counsellor's Guide to Treatment, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
Methadone Maintenance: A Counsellor’s Guide to Treatment presents concepts and strategies that distinguish methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) as an area of specialization within substance use counselling. This practical guide: • provides a detailed disc
by Intellectual Disabilities Curriculum Planning Committee
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2002
Based on the psychiatry residency curriculum at the University of Toronto, which includes teaching in and exposure to developmental disabilities (DD), Guidelines for Managing Patients with Intellectual Disability in the Emergency Room can contribute to a better outcome for ER clients and the ER staff...
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is widely recommended as a first-line treatment for a wide variety of emotional problems, including depression and anxiety. CBT works on the basic assumption that the way people think can contribute to their emotional problems. In CBT, people learn to identify,...
Growing Up Resilient
Ways to Build Resilience in Children and Youth
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Resilience is an important aspect of mental well-being. Tatyana Barankin and Nazilla Khanlou draw from the latest research and theoretical developments on resilience in children and youth and present it in a way that is relevant for a diverse audience, including parents, educators, health care providers,...
Bipolar Disorder
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
People who have extreme mood swings may have bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive illness. Their moods may have nothing to do with things going on in their lives. The symptoms of bipolar disorder affect not only mood, but also how people think, behave and function.
This guide discusses:
•...
Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Family Psychoeducation Group Manual
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
Developed in response to requests for practical assistance from family members struggling to manage the needs of relatives who have been diagnosed with major depression or bipolar disorder, the CAMH family psychoeducation program is designed to help families become knowledgeable about the disorders,...
First Episode Psychosis
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
A first episode of psychosis is confusing and frightening for those who experience it, and for their family and friends. This distress is heightened when those involved don’t understand what is happening, and what can be done to help. This brief and helpful guide outlines the symptoms, phases, causes,...
Youth & Drugs and Mental Health
A Resource for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
When ADHD, depression, anxiety and conduct and learning disorders emerge in childhood, they increase the risk that a young person may later develop substance use problems. In addition, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia tend to appear during adolescence and young adulthood -- about the same time that...
Postpartum Depression
A guide for front-line health and social service providers
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
This practical and evidence-based guide on postpartum depression (PPD) includes the best and most current studies to date on PPD as well as practical experience from the field.
Postpartum Depression was specifically developed to meet the needs of front-line health and social service providers...
Psychiatry in Primary Care
A Concise Canadian Pocket Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Psychiatry in Primary Care: A Concise Canadian Pocket Guide is a comprehensive, practical resource designed to support the work of primary care providers who encounter challenging mental health problems in their daily practices.
Following a “just the pearls” approach, Psychiatry in Primary...
Women and Psychosis
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Psychosis refers to a loss of contact with reality, in which people have trouble distinguishing between what is real and what is not. Psychosis can be frightening, confusing and distressing. This guide is written for women who have had a psychotic episode, and for their families.
It explains:
•...
Acting Out
Understanding and Reducing Aggressive Behaviour in Children and Youth
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Are you one of the thousands of Canadians who work or volunteer with children and youth? Do you know:
• how to respond effectively when a young person behaves aggressively?
• what kinds of aggression are considered normal for a young person’s age and stage of development?
• what kinds...