About Mental Health & Addictions

Library - Links to Web Resources

This is a list of selected links to a variety of collections of grey literature, 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 Reports (Drug & Alcohol Treatment Information System, Ontario)

HSRCU SEEI Reports (Systems Enhancement Evaluation Initiative) 

Policy Documents

Statistical Reports  OSDUHS, CAMH Monitor, etc.

Curricula - Professional

Create Canada  Addiction Medicine

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

NIDAMED Curriculum Resources for Physicians NIDA Centers for Excellence

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)

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Serials Database

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

APLIC  Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada Repository

CANSIM Statistics Canada 

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.

Native Health Database University of New Mexico

OPHID Ontario Population Health Index of Databases 

OTRU Library Catalogue (Ontario Tobacco Research Unit)

Psychotherapeutic Medications 2011  ATTC (SAMHSA) U.S.

PubMed

TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice).  Database of Clinical Evidenc

Practice Guidelines / Best Practices

See also: CAMH's KnowledgeX Guidelines

American Psychiatric Association

Behavioral Health Recovery Management Clinical Guidelines

Best Practices in Mental Health and Addictions BC

CADDRA ADHD Practice Guidelines 3rd Edition

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

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

CANMAT Guidelines - Bipolar and Depression 

Canadian Psychiatric Association

Children's Mental Health Ontario Evidence Based Practices

CMA INFOBASE Clinical Practice Guidelines

Evidence Based Practices KITS  SAMHSA Series. 10 KITs on various topics.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Substance Abuse Database

Guide to Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) on The Web SAMHSA

National Guideline Clearinghouse

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

NICE Clinical Guidance  for Mental Health & Behavioural Conditions  UK

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

Suicide Prevention Best Practice Registry SPRC

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

TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice). Database of Clinical Evidence

UNODC Treatnet (Toolkits, Good  Practice Documents)

Laws and Government Policy

Consolidated Statutes and Regulations, Canada (English / French)

Consolidated Statutes and Regulations, Ontario (English / French)

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

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

Service Directories - Ontario

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

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

Mental Health Services Locator

Tools, Instruments, and Forms

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

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 Clinical Tools / Outils clinique  ProblemGambling.ca, CAMH

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

ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases Resources WHO

NIDA Quick Screen for Drug Use, general medical setting

Project Cork Clinical Tools

Substance Use Screening & Assessment Instruments Database

Tools, Personalized Feedback

Alcohol Reality Check, Interactive, CARBC

Alcohol Reality Check, Paper Versions,  Adult  Youth  CARBC

AlcoholScreening.org  Join Together

Blood Alcohol Content calculatorCalculateur du taux d'alcoolémie Éduc'Alcool

depression-screening.org  Mental Health America

DrugScreening.org  Join Together

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

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

National Drug Strategy Publications  Australia. Includes Treatment Guidelines.

NDARC Technical Reports & Monographs  Australia

National Survey on Drug Use & Health Reports, OAS, SAMHSA, US

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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