CAMH Knowledge Exchange gives you quick access to the best available online information, tools and resources. As it evolves, KnowledgeX will also provide opportunities to collaborate and communicate with other addiction and mental health professionals. More about the site.
Featured news, tools and resources
CAMH’s response to the Alpert study on the effectivness of NRT
A recent study (Alpert et al, 2012) which has been widely reported in the media, challenges assumptions about the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) when it comes to relapse rates. Read the response from CAMH scientists to this study.
Psychiatry in Primary Care: A concise Canadian pocket guide is a practical resource that supports primary care providers who deal with challenging mental health problems in their daily practices. Written by 27 leading psychiatrists and other mental health experts from across Canada, the book includes realistic, evidence-based guidance on detecting and managing mental health problems and illnesses.
The Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Dependence: Clinical Practice Guideline provides clinical recommendations for the initiation, maintenance and discontinuation of buprenorphine/ naloxone maintenance treatment in patients with opioid dependence in Ontario. The guideline will help educate practitioners in opioid prescribing, improve access to treatment for opioid dependence and lead to the safer prescribing and dispensing of buprenorphine/ naloxone.
Featured topic: Transition-aged youth
Transition-aged youth who have received services from the youth mental health and addiction system may need continued support from the adult system. But traditional services help youth and adults in separate systems of care, with no bridges between them. At a time when youth need help most, a lot of them lose services. This issue of CrossCurrents takes a look at the needs of transition-aged youth. Visit www.camhcrosscurrents.net to read more.
Events
CAMH Knowledge Exchange offers a calendar with brief event listings and Calls for abstracts for upcoming conferences on addiction and mental health issues. We also offer a conference section for those who do not have their own websites readily available (currently under revision).
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