Educational Links

In May of 2017, the Office of the Ombud received an anonymous written disclosure alleging significant failures to protect patients of the Restigouche Hospital Centre (“RHC”) from mistreatment and inadequate care at the hands of staff.

National Guidelines for a Comprehensive Service System to Support Family Caregivers of Adults with Mental Health Problems and

Illnesses by Mental Health Commission of Canada

https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Caregiving_MHCC_Family_Caregivers_Guidelines_Summary_ENG_0.pdf

Hospital Guide: What Families Need to Know about Mental Health Treatment

https://namiillinois.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Hospital-Booklet-Final-080309-View-only-version.pdf

Books - Mental Health

I'm Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! - How To Help Someone With Mental Illness Accept Treatment

by Dr. Xavier Amador For more information see: LEAP Institute http://www.leapinstitute.org/

The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia - Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life

by: Kim Mueser PhD & Susan Gingerich MSW

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

by Melody Beattie

Letting Go With Love – Finding Peace of Mind and Heart for Those Who Live With a

Practicing or Recovering Alcoholic/Addict

by Julia H

It’s Not About US: The secret to improving the Mental Health and Addiction System in Canada

by Todd Leader 2016

Videos - Mental Health

I'm Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! - How To Help Someone With Mental Illness Accept Treatment

by Dr. Xavier Amador Length= 1 hour and 37 minutes

https://leapinstitute.org/

Mental Illness in the Family – Coping with it all

https://www.youtube.com

The 80/20 Project - Mike Santoro’s Story

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541079/videoplayer/vi1902576921?ref_=tt_pv_vi_aiv_1

Concurrent Disorders/Dual Diagnosis - Educational Links

Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

Public & Peers

Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: An Information Guide by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/guides-and-publications/concurrent-disorders-guide-en.pdf

Dual Diagnosis Gets to the Root Causes of Addiction

by The Clearing Residential Inpatient Program in the Pacific Northwest

https://www.theclearingnw.com/blog/what-is-dual-diagnosis-understanding-the-root-causes-of-addiction

Dual Diagnosis

https://www.addictioncenter.com/Addiction/Dual-Diagnosis

Addiction - Educational Links

Public & Peers

Partnership to End Addiction - Topics: Prevention and Early Action, Treatment and Recovery

https://drugfree.org

Drugs, Brains and Behaviors: The Science of Addiction

https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/soa_2014.pdf

Understanding Addiction – How Addiction Hijacks the Brain

https://www.helpguide.org/harvard/how-addiction-hijacks-the-brain.htm.

Addiction: An information guide – A Guide for People with Addiction and their Families

http://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/guides-and-publications/addiction-guide-en.pdf

Stages of Change – CAMH Mental Health and Addiction 101 Series

http://www.camhx.ca/education/online_courses_webinars/mha101/stagesofchange/Stages_of_Change_.htm

Drug Abuse & Addiction – Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use and Addiction

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/drug-abuse-and-addiction.htm

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Issues

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/addictions/substance-abuse-and-mental-health.htm

Alcohol and Depression

https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/resources/dual-diagnosis/alcohol-and-depression/

SMART Recovery (Self-Management and Recovery Training)

https://www.smartrecovery.org/

website SMART Recovery Toolbox

https://www.smartrecovery.org/smart-recovery-toolbox/

book store SMART Recovery Handbook, 3rd Edition Tools and strategies to help you on your recovery journey.

https://shop.smartrecovery.org/product/books/smart-recovery-handbook-3rd-edition/

book store SMART Recovery Family & Friends Handbook

https://www.smartrecovery.org/family/

Treatment Centres

Center for Motivation and Change

https://motivationandchange.com/about-cmc/

Founders: Jeffrey Foote, PhD & Carrie Wilkens, PhD (This site promotes the strategy for families called CRAFT.)

book store Beyond Addiction - How Science and Kindness Help People Change

Written by: Dr Jeffrey Foote, Dr Carrie Wilkens & Dr Nicole Kosanke

book store The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide - A guide for parents about how to help their children change their substance use

DrugRehab.com by Advanced Recovery Systems - U.S. site

Treatment of addiction, substance abuse, and co-occurring mental health issues and eating disorders.

https://www.drugrehab.com/

ebook The Sobriety E-Book – Your Guide to a Better Life by: Chris Elkins

https://www.drugrehab.com/sobriety-ebook.pdf

The Clearing

https://www.theclearingnw.com/

The Only Licensed, Non 12-Step, Dual Diagnosis, Residential Inpatient Program in the Pacific Northwest

ebook Dual Diagnosis Treatment — Healing the Root Causes of Addiction by: The Clearing

https://www.theclearingnw.com/ebook-dual-diagnosis-healing-root-causes-of-addiction

ebook HEALING UNDERLYING CORE ISSUES: OUR STORY AND APPROACH by: The Clearing

https://www.theclearingnw.com/

Addiction Center Addiction Topics & Rehab Centers (US)

https://www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/

website Dual Diagnosis https://www.addictioncenter.com/Addiction/Dual-Diagnosis

website Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/

12-Step Programs https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/12-step-programs/

Smart Recovery Programs (SMART) https://staging.addictioncenter.com/treatment/smart-recovery/

On-Line Sobriety Support Groups

LifeRing Secular Recovery

http://lifering.org/

Women for Sobriety

https://womenforsobriety.org/

Moderation Management

http://www.moderation.org/

Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS)

http://www.sossobriety.org/

Support Persons/Caregivers/Family/Friends

The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide - A guide for parents about how to help their children change their substance use

By the Center for Motivation and Change

http://cathytaughinbaugh.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/CMC_20MinGuide-.pdf

https://the20minuteguide.com/

For Those Who Care about Another

http://smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/those-who-care.pdf

Parent Information Series - Alberta Health Services

http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/amh/Page2434.aspx

Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know

https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/parents_mj_brochure_2016.pdf

STATS, FACTS & TALKING POINTS ABOUT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS

- PARENT ACTION PACK - ARE YOU PREPARED TO HELP YOUR TEEN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS?

http://parentactionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/PAP_ENG_2018_FINAL_single_pages.pdf

Cannabis Use and Youth: A parent’s guide

http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/workbook/cannabis-use-and-youth-a-parents-guide

Research Reports - Addiction Reports, Recommendations, Guidelines, etc.

Likelihood of developing an alcohol and cannabis use disorder during youth: Association with recent use and age

By: Ken C. Winters and Chih-Yuan S. Lee Published in final edited form as: Winters and Lee 2008.pdf 16 pages

NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Drug Alcohol Depend. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 January 30

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 January 1; 92(1-3): 239–247. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.08.005.

Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, F282/2A West, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN USA

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2219953/

The Effects of Cannabis Use during Adolescence by Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction (CCSA) 2015

http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Effects-of-Cannabis-Use-during-Adolescence-Report-2015-en.pdf

Cannabis and Canada’s children and youth

Cannabis use during adolescence can cause functional and structural changes to the developing brain, leading to damage

by Canadian Paediatric Society 2017

https://www.cps.ca/en/documents/position/cannabis-children-and-youth

ALERTING THE COMMUNITY TO THE LINK BETWEEN ILLICIT DRUGS AND MENTAL ILLNESS

Research Report in Australia by Blue Moon Research May 2007

http://drugslibrary.wordpress.stir.ac.uk/files/2017/06/link-illicit-mental-health.pdf

Information for Health Care Professionals: Cannabis (marihuana, marijuana) and the cannabinoids

by Health Canada 2013

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/migration/hc-sc/dhp-mps/alt_formats/pdf/marihuana/med/infoprof-eng.pdf

What We're Doing About Drugs - Australian Government

https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/drugs/about-drugs/what-were-doing-about-drugs#research

Books - Addiction

SMART Recovery Handbook, 3rd Edition

Tools and strategies to help you on your recovery journey.

https://shop.smartrecovery.org/product/books/smart-recovery-handbook-3rd-edition/

Beyond Addiction - How Science and Kindness Help People Change

by Dr. Jeffrey Foote, Dr. Carrie Wilkens & Dr. Nicole Kosanke

https://motivationandchange.com/

Codependent No More - How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

by Melody Beattie

Letting Go With Love - Finding Peace of Mind and Heart for Those Who Live With a Practicing or Recovering Alcoholic/Addict

by Julia H (No longer in print)

Videos - Addiction

How Science and Kindness Help People Change

by Dr Jeffrey Foote Webinar - 52 minutes

http://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/how-science-and-kindness-help-people-change

Training on Crystal Meth with Dr Bill MacEwan

This is the video of the presentation given on February 4, 2020 in Fredericton, NB, CN

Link for Part 1: https://youtu.be/qMgDJ3Jfx_4

Link for Part 2: https://youtu.be/IHbmd-0qjZA

Suicidal Thoughts/Depression - Educational Links

Are You Feeling Suicidal? How to Deal with Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings and Overcome the Pain

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/are-you-feeling-suicidal.htm

Coping with Suicidal Thoughts

https://d3mh72llnfrpe6.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/26212058/cwst.pdf

Teenagers’ Guide to Depression

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/teenagers-guide-to-depression.htm

What is Depression

https://mdsc.ca/docs/DepressEngMaster_v18_Nov_2013.pdf

Mood Disorders Society of Canada (Has several pdf)

http://www.mooddisorderscanada.ca/

The Self-Care Project

We have developed a number of practical, evidence-based and freely available resources to help manage common mental health concerns. These may be used by individuals and their caregivers and are complementary to other forms of mental health care that that they may be receiving.

https://psychhealthandsafety.org/self-care-project/