CrossCurrents Autumn 2005

CrossCurrents

Only those articles with links (underlined) are available online.

Focus: In Our Own Voices
- The bigger your community, the better your chances
- On delusions: The torment and the euphoria
- Psycho, patient, person: Perspectives on being labelled mentally ill
- Between two worlds: My prescription for culturally competent care
- Me and them: Keeping up appearances on a psychiatric crisis unit
- A sibling's story: Brothers and sisters need support too
- What do men want from support groups?
- Beyond therapeutic models: Do therapists know what clients really want?
- Q&A: Common questions about intimate relationships and people with mental health issues
Note from the Editor
A View from CAMH
Profile
- Training partnership sets global health example
News
- New study examines risk factors for child sexual offences
- When caring hurts: Compassion fatigue strikes addiction workers
- The triple whammy of acquired brain injury and concurrent disorders
Research Update
- Pain medication and youth / Medication compliance linked to good therapeutic relationship / Friendship may prolong life / Stigma and violence / Antipsychotic drugs show quick effect / Alcohol in pregnancy ups infant infection risk / Internet linked with psychiatric disorders / Gambling and substance use share personality traits
Reviews
- Homework in Psychotherapy: Strategies, Guides and Forms
The Last Word
- Ontario doesn't need a treatment advocate - we already have them
Conferences