About Mental Health & Addictions

Library - Links to Web Resources

This is a list of selected links to a variety of collections, directories, databases and other resources relevant to mental health and substance use issues:

CAMH Collections
Curricula - Professional
Curricula - Students & Public
Databases (Free)
Practice Guidelines / Best Practices
Laws and Government Policy
Service Directories - Ontario
Service Directories - Canada
Service Directories - U.S.
Tools, Instruments, and Forms
Tools, Personalized Feedback
Theme Collections


CAMH Collections

DATIS (Drug & Alcohol Treatment Information System, Ontario) - See Reports 

HSRCU Reports and Publications

Public Policy Documents

Statistical Reports  OSDUHS, CAMH Monitor, etc.

Curricula - Professional

Create Canada  Addiction Medicine

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Module 1  MDcme - Registration Required

Tobacco and Public Health: From Theory to Practice  Online Course, OTRU

Curricula - Students & Public

The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction   NIH, grades 9-12

Educating Students about Substance Use and Mental Health  CAMH, grades 1-12

Mental Health and Addiction 101  CAMH

Mind Over Matter  NIDA, grades 5-9

The Science of Mental Illness  NIMH, grades 6-8 

Talking About Mental Illness (TAMI)  CAMH, secondary school students

Databases (Free)

AgeLine

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Serials Database

Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) NIAAA, U.S. 

ClinicalTrials.gov  NIH, U.S.

Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Library  NIDA, U.S.

DrugData  DrugScope, U.K.

Elisad Gateway  Database of European Web Resources: Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking, Gambling

ERIC Education Resources Information Center

GISAH Global Information System on Alcohol and Health

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database  U.S. 

OTRU Library Catalogue (Ontario Tobacco Research Unit)

Turning Research Into Practice Database (TRIP)

PubMed

Practice Guidelines / Best Practices

American Psychiatric Association

Behavioral Health Recovery Management Clinical Guidelines

Best Practices in Mental Health and Addictions BC

Canada's Drug Strategy Best Practices. See Treatment & Rehabilitation

Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMA) National Guidelines. Free, but registration required.

CANMAT - Bipolar Disorder

Canadian Psychiatric Association

CMA INFOBASE Clinical Practice Guidelines

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Substance Abuse Database

National Guideline Clearinghouse

National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices (NREPP) SAMHSA  US

NICE Clinical Guidelines for Mental Health & Behavioural Conditions  UK

PRIMA (Pregnancy-Related Issues in the Management of Addiction)

Treatment Guidelines for Opioid Dependence  Australian National Drug Strategy. Select Illicit Drugs.

Treatment Guidelines for Psychostimulants  Australian National Drug Strategy. Select Illicit Drugs.

Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPS)  SAMHSA / CSAT

Laws and Government Policy

Consolidated Statutes and Regulations, Canada (English / French)

Drugs and Substances, Federal Legislation  Canada (English / French)

Mental Health Legislation  Ontario (from CMHA, Ontario Division)

National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada

Ontario Statutes and Regulations

Service Directories - Ontario

ConnexOntario Health Services Information, which includes DART, Mental Health Services Information and Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline.

Housing Guide 2004-2006 (City of Toronto, Peel, York)

211 Toronto (The Blue Book)

Service Directories - Canada

NNADAP Treatment Centre Directory

Treatment Services in Canada (CCSA)

Service Directories - U.S.

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

Tools, Instruments, and Forms

ADAT Admission and Discharge Criteria & Assessment Tools - Ontario (To download, see User's Agreement)

Alcohol Reality Check  Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC)

Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative (CCMHI / ICCSM)   Toolkits / Trousses d'outils 

Canadian Network of Substance Abuse and Allied Professionals (CNSAAP / RCPTDC) Professional Toolkits / Trousses d'outils

Forms & Applications: Mental Health Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care

Gambling Screening Tools / Instruments de depistage  from ProblemGambling.ca, CAMH

Healthy Lifestyles Guided Self-Change Project  Online Forms  Nova Southeastern University               

ICD 10  2007  (WHO)

Project Cork Clinical Tools

Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database

Tools, Personalized Feedback

AlcoholScreening.org  Join Together

depression-screening.org  Mental Health America

DrugScreening.org  Join Together

Evening Planner (Blood Alcohol Content calculator) / Planificateur de soiree

Personalized Alcohol Use Feedback CAMH

Theme Collections

Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme Reports U.K.

British Columbia Centre for Excellence for Women's Health Publications

Canada's Drug Strategy Publications (English / French)

Hazelden Research Updates  Butler Center for Research

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Resources (WHO)

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia (CASA) Reports

National Drug Strategy Publications  Australia. Includes Treatment Guidelines.

NDARC Technical Reports & Monographs  National Drug &Alcohol Res Centre A.U.

Reports of the Surgeon General 1964 to present. U.S.

Research Report Series NIDA

Tobacco Control Archives including Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

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