Clinical Tools & Resources

Want tips and resources such as the familiar HEADSSSS framework for youth and young adult mood disorders (specifically anxiety and depression)?

The Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) created a resource around the management of youth and young adult mood disorders in the context of COVID-19. This includes information on conducting virtual visits and screening and diagnosis. Refer to this reference when seeing your young adult patients with anxiety and/or depression.

Looking for guidance to help manage alcohol use disorder in your older patients?

The Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health (CCSMH) created this guideline on the prevention, assessment, and management of alcohol use disorder among older adults. This guideline provides useful guidance for either preventing the development of alcohol use disorder or optimally assessing and treating older individuals who have developed such a disorder.

Need to manage alcohol use disorder and at-risk drinking in your patients?

This clinical review provides evidence-based information and advice on the management of at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Need a quick-reference tool that summarizes the interventions available to help you manage patients with alcohol use disorder?

This pocket reference contains guidelines and helpful tips to assist you in talking to patients about their alcohol use and managing at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders.

Looking for information on how to recognize and treat common substance abuse disorders in your patients?

This reference booklet is designed to help you recognize and treat the most common substance use disorders: nicotine, alcohol, and opiods. The booklet provides information on how to screen for each disorder, pharmacoptherapy options, non-pharmacological treatment, withdrawal management, as well as patient and caregiver resources.

Offer your patients an easy to access option for addictions treatment

The Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic (RAAM) provides low barrier access for patients seeking treatment for any substance use disorder. Patients do not need an appointment and are seen on a walk-in basis. This clinic will provide brief counselling, prescribe medications (including anti-craving medications for alcohol and buprenorphine/naloxone for opiate use disorder) and connect patients with community treatment programs.

Help your patients talk about alcohol use with their health care providers

This resource will help your patients to talk about their alcohol use problems with you or other health care professionals. It provides a checklist of items to go through when talking with a health care provider about their problems with alcohol use.

Need to refer your patient to an online recovery support program?

This website offers 24 hour access to patients who need help in recovering from a substance use disorder. The site is completely confidential and provides individuals with positive coping skills and lets them work at their own pace of recovery.

Looking for a low risk alcohol drinking patient handout?

This patient pamphlet offers your patients quick tips on how to limit their alcohol consumption, and describes several alcohol consumption practises that are considered to be lower-risk.

Looking for a brief educational video for your patients on low risk alcohol drinking?

This brief video is intended for patients and summarizes Canada's Low Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines pamphlet. The video describes what a standard drink is, what the guidelines are, and helps patients make more informed decisions around alcohol drinking.

Need to refer your patient to Alcoholics Anonymous to help manage their alcohol use disorder?

Alcoholics Anonymous is a long-standing support resource for people who have problems with their alcohol use. The website offers resources to people who struggle with alcoholism, their family and friends, and even their caregivers.

Need to refer your patient to a SMART recovery program?

SMART Recovery is a global community of people and families working together to resolve addictive problems. The site offers free group discussion meetings, where participants learn from one another using a self-empowering approach based on the most current science of recovery.