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Mental Illness & Addiction Index
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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.
About Borderline Personality DisorderBuprenorphine
Buprenorphine is an opioid medication used to treat pain and opioid addiction.
About BuprenorphineCaffeine
Caffeine is a stimulant that speeds up the central nervous system. It stimulates the brain, elevates the mood and postpones fatigue.
About CaffeineCAMH shares new evidence-based tools and training to support mental health of Canadians of South Asian origin
New research provides evidence culturally adapted CBT is a more effective treatment for this population than traditional psychotherapy
About CAMH shares new evidence-based tools and training to support mental health of Canadians of South Asian originCannabis
Cannabis is a psychoactive drug that is used for recreational and medical purposes.
About CannabisCocaine 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.”
About Cocaine and CrackCognitive 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.
About Cognitive behavioural therapyComplementary 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.
About Complementary and Alternative Therapies (CAM)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.
About Concurrent DisordersDepression
Clinical depression is a complex mood disorder caused by various factors, including genetic predisposition, personality, stress and brain chemistry. Treatments include psychoeducation, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and brain stimulation therapies (electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic seizure therapy).
About Depression