CAMH has created materials to help clients and their families, professionals and the general public learn more about addiction and mental health issues. Our publications include helpful tips, answers to frequently-asked questions, best practices and emerging knowledge on different topics to help increase understanding, reduce stigma and promote informed decision-making.

For more information, check the online CAMH publications catalogue or call the R. Samuel McLaughlin Addiction and Mental Health Information Centre.

 NEW! Online Self-directed Tutorials
The Mental Health and Addiction 101 series consists of a variety of quick, easy to use online tutorials for anyone who wants to learn more about mental health and addiction topics. This series includes tutorials such as: Introduction to Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Depression, Older Adults, Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Schizophrenia, Stages of Change, Stigma and more.

Getting help

Challenges & Choices: Finding mental health services in Ontario (web pages) / PDF (Booklet)
This guide provides information about mental health services available in Ontario to help you choose what's best for you. It also offers a brief description of some of the most common types of mental health problems. And it gives tips that will help you find the services you need.

Looking for mental health services in Ontario (web page) / PDF (Brochure)

Resources for clients, families & friends

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders : An Information Guide
This guide is for people with anxiety disorders, their families, partners, friends and anyone else who might be interested. The many aspects of anxiety disorders discussed in this book will answer some common questions, and help readers discuss anxiety disorders with treatment providers.

 

 

Bipolar Disorder

Concurrent Disorders

Concurrent disorders (CD for short) generally describes a situation in which a person experiences a psychiatric disorder and either a substance use disorder and/or a gambling disorder. For more information, please consult the Information about Concurrent Disorders section of www.camh.net.

Depression

Dual Diagnosis

In Ontario, "dual diagnosis" refers to people who have both an intellectual disability and mental health needs. For information about Dual Diagnosis, please refer to the Dual Diagnosis Program section of the website.

Mood Disorders

Mood Disorders: Help for partners and families (web page) / PDF

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Information Guide
This guide is for people with OCD, their families, partners, friends and anyone else who might be interested. The many aspects of OCD discussed in this book will answer some common questions, and help readers discuss obsessive compulsive disorder with treatment providers.

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder fact sheet (web page) / PDF
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Help for partners and families (web page) / PDF

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Information on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for refugees and new immigrants (web page) / PDF
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Photonovella (PDF only; 1.30 MB)
• Coping with Traumatic Events: Global Disasters Create Difficult and Uncertain Times

Psychosis

Women & Psychosis: A Guide for Women and Their Families
Psychotic illness affects women and men in different ways. In women, schizophrenia—the most common form of psychotic illness — usually starts later in life and progresses at a different pace. This means that treatment for women needs to be specific to women. This guide speaks to the specific issues women and their families face during recovery from psychosis.

• Psychosis fact sheet (web page) / PDF
• When a parent has psychosis: What kids want to know (web page) / PDF

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia: An Information Guide
This guide is written for people with schizophrenia, their families and partners, and those who want a basic understanding of this illness. It is not a substitute for treatment from a physician, but it can be used as a basis for questions and discussion about schizophrenia.

• Schizophrenia fact sheet (web page) / PDF
• Schizophrenia: Help for partners and families  (web page) / PDF

Stigma

NEW! Stigma: Understanding the impact of prejudice and discrimination on people with mental health and substance use problems

 

Trauma

Women, Abuse and Trauma Therapy
This guide is for women who are in therapy, or who are looking for a therapist, to help them deal with the long-term effects of prolonged or repeated experiences of abuse and violence. It is also for family members and friends who want to understand and support a woman who is going through trauma therapy. Therapists may also find it useful as a resource to give to clients or to use themselves.

• Common questions about trauma
• Women: What do these signs have in common? Recognizing the effects of abuse-related trauma (web page) / PDF

 

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