Whether you are a family physician, nurse, nurse practitioner or other health professional working in a primary care setting, the tools and resources provided in this section will aid your work with people who have subtance use and/or mental health problems.
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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. This clinical practice guideline was developed by a multidisciplinary committee that included specialists in addiction medicine, family medicine and pharmacy. A systematic review of the literature formed the evidence base for this guideline, and recommendations were assigned levels of evidence and grades of recommendations based on those developed by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
Resources for primary care clinicians
Addiction Toolkit
An accessible and practical reference for primary care providers on caring for patients with substance use problems.
Recent additions to the Toolkit:
Resources for patients and their families
A collection of downloadable resources on addiction and mental health topics. Topics include information on mental disorders, substances, information for newcomers and for parents, teens and kids.
Guidelines and reference materials
A growing collection of links to practice guidelines and professional reference materials.
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