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Addiction and Mental Illness... The Stakes are High but the Opportunity is Great
2012-10-12
Bellwood Health Services
This week's release of the ground-breaking study 'Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions Report' provides a shocking perspective on the impact that mental ill...

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Bipolar disorder
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Article
Bipolar disorder or manic-depressive disorder, which is also referred to as bipolar affective disorder or manic depression, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defin...
Don Weitz in conversation with Ulli Diemer
Weitz, Don; Diemer, Ulli
Article
2016
Connexions
Activist Don Weitz interviewed by Ulli Diemer, December 8, 2016.
Internet Mental Health
Long, Phillip
Website
A free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.
Meme
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Mental disorder
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Article
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern associated with distress or disability that occurs in an individual and is not a part of normal development or culture.
Mental Illness in the Workplace
It Still Haunts
Macaray, David
Article
2013
CounterPunch
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2016
Depression and Joy
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
Connexions
It's a difficult thing to measure, but there are strong reasons for believing that the number of people struggling with depression has increased significantly in recent decades. Despite the evidence t...
Psychiatry
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Article
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders which include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual disorders.
Treating Mental Health Patients as Criminals
Cockburn, Patrick
Unclassified
2017
CounterPunch
The criminalisation of the mentally ill is one of the cruellest and most easily avoidable tragedies of our era.

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Social Determinants of Health
Canadian Perspectives
Raphael, Dennis (ed.)
Book
2004
The social determinants of health are summarized and analyzed by over 30 medical and social academics.

Government Ministries & Agencies

Health Canada
Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.


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