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Borderline Personality Disorder

​Borderline personality disorder is a long-lasting mental health problem that causes difficulty regulating or handling emotions or controlling impulses.

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Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is an opioid medication used to treat pain and opioid addiction.

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Caffeine

Caffeine is a stimulant that speeds up the central nervous system. It stimulates the brain, elevates the mood and postpones fatigue.

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Cannabis

Cannabis is a psychoactive drug that is used for recreational and medical purposes.

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Cocaine and Crack

Cocaine is a stimulant drug that can make people feel more alert and energetic. Cocaine can also make people feel euphoric, or “high.” ​

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Cognitive behavioural therapy

CBT is a structured, time-limited, problem-focused and goal oriented form of psychotherapy. CBT helps people learn to identify, question and change how their thoughts, attitudes and beliefs relate to the emotional and behavioural reactions that cause them difficulty.

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Complementary and Alternative Therapies (CAM)

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies are used both to help manage existing conditions and to maintain good health. Your family doctor or psychiatrist should be consulted before CAMs are added to your existing health or treatment regimes.​

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Concurrent Disorders

​Concurrent disorders are co-occurring addiction and mental health problems. No one symptom or group of symptoms is common to all concurrent disorders.

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New CAMH discussion paper calls for increased primary prevention to reduce substance use harms among youth

By equipping young people with resources to develop healthy coping strategies and make informed choices, primary prevention alleviates the long-term harms of substance use across communities.

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