Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network

International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction (IJMA)

Research on depression among the elderly generally considers gender as a predicting factor in depression. At the same time, physical limitation often affects the social lives of the elderly, exposing them to a higher risk of depression. Nevertheless, little research has been done to examine the relationship between gender, physical limitation, and depression in the elderly population. This is p...

International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction (IJMA)

There is abundant evidence that the efficacy of the carbamazepine-lithium combination in acute manic episodes is comparable to that of other custom medications (e.g., a haloperidol-lithium combination). The aim of the current investigation was to compare the clinical efficacy and side effects of lithium combined with carbamazepine versus lithium combined with haloperidol and biperiden in patien...

Interprofessional Clinical Supervision in Mental Health and Addiction: Toward Identifying Common Elements

Bridging the Gap 1(4): Geriatric Addiction and Mental Health

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Concurrent Disorders Screener.

OBJECTIVES To review the characteristics of psychiatric screening tools currently available in addiction treatment services for rapid assessment of comorbid pathology and to introduce the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health Concurrent Disorders Screener (CAMH-CDS), a computer-administered questionnaire that screens for the occurrence of 11 Axis I disorders plus all substance use disorders, ...