Caregivers helping caregivers
When families are affected by substance use or mental health problems, the family caregiver can find it difficult to know how to react. There are often a lot conflicted thoughts and feelings to process. This series of articles addresses these problems and may even help you to anticipate barriers that others have encountered in Ontario’s health system.
Families affected by addiction will find this video helpful (produced by Addiction Services, Cornwall Community Hospital).
Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them.
This is your brain on pot.
This animated video explains the difference between empathy and sympathy and explains which approach is best when the problem is addiction or mental illness?
This Ted talk by Dr. Xavier Amador explores a new way to approach people living with schizophrenia who were previously thought to be in denial.
“The Journey Home” (Part 1 of 3) explores the journey of family members as they experience a mental health condition in their families and go from despair, to care, hope and hopefully, recovery.
“The Journey Home” (Part 2 of 3).
“The Journey Home” (Part 3 of 3).
A short film about hearing voices created by young people who have experienced stigma.
This short film describes a compassionate approach to relating to voices and the potential of a therapeutic, educational, and de-stigmatising tool.
Agitation is an acute behavioral emergency requiring immediate intervention. In this simulation, Scott Zeller, M.D. demonstrates verbal de-escalation. De-escalation is highly effective and has been identified as the preferred intervention in calming a person experiencing agitation.
Some of the “Crisis Intervention De-escalation Skills,” used by first responders, can be used by caregivers when their loved one is a crisis.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Director, Dr. Nora Volkow, delivers the William C. Menninger Memorial Convocation Lecture, describing her family history, the mechanism of substance use, and the obligation psychiatrists have to treat substance use disorders.
Improving the experience of family caregivers in the addiction and mental health system across Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry and Akwesasne, Ontario.
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