Addiction

November 19, 2018

Stages of Change – A Summary of Treatment Needs and Strategies https://www.csam-asam.org/sites/default/files/pdf/misc/StagesofChange.pdf

ADHD
Alcohol Use Disorder

Alcohol use disorder

Smartphone Apps

Meredith, S. E., Alessi, S. M., & Petry, N. M. (2015). Smartphone applications to reduce alcohol consumption and help patients with alcohol use disorder: a state-of-the-art review. Advanced Health Care Technologies1, 47–54. doi:10.2147/AHCT.S65791 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963021/

Penzenstadler L, Chatton A, Van Singer M, Khazaal Y,. (2016). Quality of Smartphone Apps Related to Alcohol Use Disorder. European Addiction Research, 22(6), 329-338 https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/449097#

Harm Reduction and Managed Alcohol Programs

Podymow,T., Turnbull,J., Coyle,D., Yetisir,E.,& Wells,G. (2006). Shelter-based managed alcohol administration to chronically homeless people addicted to alcohol, CMAJ, 174 (1) 45-49; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1041350 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/174/1/45.full

Pauly, B. (Bernie), Gray, E., Perkin, K., Chow, C., Vallance, K., Krysowaty, B., & Stockwell, T. (2016). Finding safety: a pilot study of managed alcohol program participants’ perceptions of housing and quality of life. Harm Reduction Journal13, 15. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-016-0102-5

Grant, S., Watkins, K. E., Bogart, A., Paddock, S. M., & Hepner, K. A. (2016). Patient-Reported Offers of Alcohol Treatment for Primary Care Patients at High-Risk for an Alcohol Use Disorder. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM29(6), 682–687. Doi:10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160023 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234830/

Behavioral Strategies

Lamb, R. J., Maguire, D. R., Ginsburg, B. C., Pinkston, J. W., & France, C. P. (2016). Determinants of choice, and vulnerability and recovery in addiction. Behavioural Processes127, 35–42. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2016.04.001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968700/

Leisure/ Life Skills

Miriam Boeri, Megan Gardner, Erin Gerken, Melissa Ross, Jack Wheeler, (2016) “I don’t know what fun is”: examining the intersection of social capital, social networks, and social recovery. Drugs and Alcohol Today,16(1), 95-105, doi:10.1108/DAT-08-2015-0046 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029464/

Best,D., Irving,J., Collinson,B., Andersson,C., & Edwards,M. (2016). Recovery networks and community connections: identifying connection needs and community linkage opportunities in early recovery populations. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 35(1), 2-15, DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2016.1256718 http://shura.shu.ac.uk/14272/ [Final accepted version. Might differ slightly from final published version]

Gabapentin

Mason BJ, Quello S, Goodell V, Shadan F, Kyle M, Begovic A. Gabapentin Treatment for Alcohol DependenceA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(1):70–77. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11950 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1764009

Schifano, F.(2014). Misuse and Abuse of Pregabalin and Gabapentin: Cause for Concern? CNS Drugs 28(6), 491-496 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40263-014-0164-4

Home Detox

Healing at home: Developing a model for ambulatory alcohol "detox" in an Aboriginal community controlled health servicehttps://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/16906

Functions of Use

Annabel Boys, John Marsden, John Strang; Understanding reasons for drug use amongst young people: a functional perspective, Health Education Research, Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 August 2001, Pages 457–469, https://doi.org/10.1093/her/16.4.457

Blumenthal, H., Leen-Feldner, E. W., Frala, J. L., Badour, C. L., & Ham, L. S. (2010). Social Anxiety and Motives for Alcohol Use among Adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors24(3), 529–534. http://doi.org/10.1037/a0019794

Alcohol craving scales
 
September 17th session

Sinclair Method

Website https://www.the-sinclair-method.com/

John David Sinclair; Evidence about the use of naltrexone and for different ways of using it in the treatment of alcoholism, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 36, Issue 1, 1 January 2001, Pages 2–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/36.1.2

Relationships and alcohol

Ciubară, A., Burlea, Ş. L., Săcuiu, I., Radu, D. A., Untu, I., & Chiriţă, R. (2015). Alcohol Addiction–A Psychosocial Perspective. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences187, 536-540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.03.100

Wyrzykowska, E., Głogowska, K., & Mickiewicz, K. (2014). Attachment relationships among alcohol dependent persons. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction27(2), 145-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0867-4361(14)70010-0

Emslie, C., Hunt, K., & Lyons, A. (2015). Transformation and time-out: The role of alcohol in identity construction among Scottish women in early midlife. International Journal of Drug Policy26(5), 437-445.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.12.006

Not open access

Rodriguez, L. M., Knee, C. R., & Neighbors, C. (2014). Relationships can drive some to drink: Relationship-contingent self-esteem and drinking problems. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships31(2), 270-290. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0265407513494037

November 26, 2018

CCSA Chronic Illness and Alcohol Infographic http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Chronic-Illness-and-Alcohol-Infographic-2014-en.pdf

Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Communications Toolkit http://www.ccdus.ca/Eng/topics/alcohol/drinking-guidelines-communications-toolkit/Pages/default.aspx

The Lancet (April 2018) Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies   https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X

The Lancet (August 2018) No level of alcohol consumption improves health  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31571-X

Alcohol and Nicotine
Animal-Assisted therapy

Novembr 5th, 2018

O'haire, M. E., Guérin, N. A., & Kirkham, A. C. (2015). Animal-assisted intervention for trauma: A systematic literature review. Frontiers in psychology6, 1121. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01121

Naste, T. M., Price, M., Karol, J., Martin, L., Murphy, K., Miguel, J., & Spinazzola, J. (2018). Equine Facilitated Therapy for Complex Trauma (EFT-CT). Journal of child & adolescent trauma11(3), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-017-0187-3

Antipsychotics and Comorbid Substance Use
Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines

Ashton, H. (2002). Benzodiazepines: How they work and how to withdraw (aka The Ashton Manual). https://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/index.htm

Anthierens, S., et al. (2010). Barriers to nonpharmacologic treatments for stress, anxiety, and insomnia: Family physicians’ attitudes toward benzodiazepine prescribing. Canadian Family Physician, 56 (11) e398 e406  http://www.cfp.ca/content/56/11/e398ijkey=d2d1514afba5c32b53cc35edcf91b6356cf49b0b&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha

Fixsen, A., & Ridge, D. (2017). Stories of Hell and Healing: Internet Users’ Construction of Benzodiazepine Distress and Withdrawal. Qualitative Health Research, 27(13), 2030-2041 DOI: 10.1177/1049732317728053 http://westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/19772/  [open access eprint, might differ slightly from final published article]

National Center for PTSD. (2013). Helping patients taper from benzodiazepines. https://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/docs/OSI_6_Toolkit_Taper_Benzodiazepines_Clinicians.pdf

Tannenbaum C, Martin P, Tamblyn R, Benedetti A, Ahmed S. Reduction of Inappropriate Benzodiazepine Prescriptions Among Older Adults Through Direct Patient EducationThe EMPOWER Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(6):890–898. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.949
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1860498

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse. (2014). Effective interventions to manage symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal in seniorshttp://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Benzodiazepine-Withdrawal-Seniors-Rapid-Review-2014-en.pdf

Bibliotherapy for Addiction
Bipolar Disorder

September 24, 2018

Bipolar Disorder

Ellen Forney (2018) Rock Steady: Brilliant advice from my bipolar life. http://www.fantagraphics.com/rocksteady/
Graphic novel with tips for managing bipolar disorder

Oct 1, 2018

Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) - Screening tool for bipolar disorder https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/MDQ.pdf

November 26, 2018

Sagar, K. A., Dahlgren, M. K., Racine, M. T., Dreman, M. W., Olson, D. P., & Gruber, S. A. (2016). Joint effects: a pilot investigation of the impact of bipolar disorder and marijuana use on cognitive function and mood. PloS one11(6), e0157060. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157060

Agrawal, A., Nurnberger Jr, J. I., Lynskey, M. T., & Study, T. B. G. (2011). Cannabis involvement in individuals with bipolar disorder. Psychiatry research185(3), 459-461. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976789/

Dec 10, 2018

Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington http://adai.uw.edu/pubs/pdf/2017mjbipolar.pdf

Cerimele, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Fortney, J. C., & Bauer, M. S. (2017). Patients With Co-Occurring Bipolar Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Rapid Review of the Literature. The Journal of clinical psychiatry78(5), e506-e514.https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/article/Pages/2017/v78n05/v78n0505.aspx

Life course of bipolar disorder

Dols, A., Kupka, R., Kessing, L. V., Stek, M., & Sajatovic, M. (2011). Bipolar disorder in the elderly. Aging Health7(6), 797-800. https://doi.org/10.2217/ahe.11.75

Sajatovic, M., Strejilevich, S. A., Gildengers, A. G., Dols, A., Al Jurdi, R. K., Forester, B. P., Kessing, L. V., Beyer, J., Manes, F., Rej, S., Rosa, A. R., Schouws, S. N., Tsai, S. Y., Young, R. C., … Shulman, K. I. (2015). A report on older-age bipolar disorder from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force. Bipolar disorders17(7), 689-704.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623878/

Kessing LV, Andersen PK. (2004). Does the risk of developing dementia increase with the number of episodes in patients with depressive disorder and in patients with bipolar disorder? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry;75:1662-1666https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/12/1662.long

Borderline Personality Disorder

Stop Walking on Eggshells – Paul Mason https://books.google.ca/books/about/Stop_Walking_on_Eggshells.html?id=UFrAvF2Bj-cC

I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me – Jerold Jay Kreisman & Hal Straus https://books.google.ca/books/about/I_Hate_You_Don_t_Leave_Me.html?id=e7NDDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Get me out of here – Rachel Reiland https://books.google.ca/books?id=GwbXDQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions

Cloitre, M., et al. (2014). Distinguishing PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder: A latent class analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5(1) https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.25097

September 24, 2018

Maclean Screening Instrument for BPD http://www.ottawadepressionalgorithm.ca/download/81_2y10LlGhwqBLL1mkWdDTyn7XecYzOx

November 26, 2018

NICE guidelines- Borderline Personality Disorder: Recognition and Management (CG78). London, U.K.: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; 2009  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG78

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – Personality Disorders Overview: http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/personality-disorders

American Psychiatric Association – Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (2001): http://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bpd.pdf

The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2012 task force recommendations for the management of patients with mood disorders and comorbid personality disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22303522   http://canmat.org/canmatpub.html     [Not open access – need to request full-text pdf]

Buprenorphine and pain management

Oct 1, 2018

Open access

Anderson, T. A., Quaye, A. N., Ward, E. N., Wilens, T. E., Hilliard, P. E., & Brummett, C. M. (2017). To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: Acute Pain Management for the Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine. Anesthesiology: The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, 126(6), 1180-1186. http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=2618834

Not open access

White, L. D., Hodge, A., Vlok, R., Hurtado, G., Eastern, K., & Melhuish, T. M. (2017). The efficacy and adverse effects of buprenorphine in acute pain management: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Anaesthesia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2017.11.086

 

Burnout and Self-Care

October 29, 2018

Burnout and compassion fatigue

Open access

Montero-Marin, J., Zubiaga, F., Cereceda, M., Demarzo, M. M. P., Trenc, P., & Garcia-Campayo, J. (2016). Burnout subtypes and absence of self-compassion in primary healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study. PloS one11(6), e0157499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157499

Not open access

Rossi, A., Cetrano, G., Pertile, R., Rabbi, L., Donisi, V., Grigoletti, L., ... & Amaddeo, F. (2012). Burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction among staff in community-based mental health services. Psychiatry Research200(2-3), 933-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.029

Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionals' Experience of Compassion Fatigue, by Wendy Austin, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, Linda Kreitzer, Denise J. Larsen, and Brendan Leier https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/L/Lying-Down-in-the-Ever-Falling-Snow

Self-care

Crane, P. J., & Ward, S. F. (2016). Self-healing and self-care for nurses. AORN journal, 104(5), 386-400. https://www.aorn.org/websitedata/cearticle/pdf_file/CEA16539-0001.pdf

Coaston, S. C. (2017). Self-Care through Self-Compassion: A Balm for Burnout. The Professional Counselor, 7(3), 285-297. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1165683

Developing Your Self Care Plan - From the University of Buffalo, Social of Social Work: https://socialwork.buffalo.edu/resources/self-care-starter-kit/developing-your-self-care-plan.html

Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress (2013) American Medical News http://www.amednews.com/article/20130107/profession/130109974/4/

Adverse events

Scott, S. D., Hirschinger, L. E., Cox, K. R., McCoig, M., Brandt, J., & Hall, L. W. (2009). The natural history of recovery for the healthcare provider “second victim” after adverse patient events. BMJ Quality & Safety18(5), 325-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2009.032870

Cannabis Use

Cannabis

Fernández Mayo, L. et al. (2015). Dual Pathology: Craving and drug abuse in patients on Paliperidone, European Psychiatry, 30(1), 1064 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(15)30839-7

June 25th session

Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington http://adai.uw.edu/pubs/pdf/2017mjbipolar.pdf

Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health: Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington http://adai.uw.edu/pubs/pdf/2017mjadhd.pdf

September 17th Session

Galli, J. A., Sawaya, R. A., & Friedenberg, F. K. (2011). Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 4(4), 241–249. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576702/

September 24, 2018

Open Access

Volkow, N. D., Baler, R. D., Compton, W. M., & Weiss, S. R. (2014). Adverse health effects of marijuana use. New England Journal of Medicine370(23), 2219-2227. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1402309

Ramaekers, J. G. (2018). Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis: An Increasing Public Health Concern. JAMA319(14), 1433-1434. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2676931

The effects of cannabis use during adolescence (2015) http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Effects-of-Cannabis-Use-during-Adolescence-Report-2015-en.pdf

Health Impacts of Cannabis CCSA http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/topics/Cannabis/Health-Impacts-of-Cannabis/Pages/default.aspx

  1. DeRosse, A. Kaplan, K.E. Burdick, T. Lencz, A.K. Malhotra (2010) Cannabis use disorders in schizophrenia: effects on cognition and symptoms. Schizophr. Res., 120 (1–3), pp. 95-100 http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC2902262&blobtype=pdf

Not Open Access

Budney, A. J., Hughes, J. R., Moore, B. A., & Vandrey, R. (2004). Review of the validity and significance of cannabis withdrawal syndrome. American journal of Psychiatry161(11), 1967-1977. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514394

George, T. P., Hill, K. P., & Vaccarino, F. J. (2018). Cannabis Legalization and Psychiatric Disorders: Caveat “Hemp-tor”. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 0706743718762387. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0706743718762387

Dickson, B., Mansfield, C., Guiahi, M., Allshouse, A. A., Borgelt, L. M., Sheeder, J., ... & Metz, T. D. (2018). Recommendations From Cannabis Dispensaries About First-Trimester Cannabis Use. Obstetrics & Gynecologyhttps://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/publishahead/Recommendations_From_Cannabis_Dispensaries_About.98083.aspx

Mitch Earleywine, Rachel Luba, Melissa N. Slavin, Stacey Farmer & Mallory Loflin (2016) Don’t wake and bake: morning use predicts cannabis problems. Addiction Research & Theory, 24:5, 426-430, DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2016.1177027

Oct 1, 2018

Legalisation

Rapid Synthesis: Examining the Impact of Decriminalizing or Legalizing Cannabis for Recreational Use (2017). McMaster Health Forum https://www.mcmasterforum.org/docs/default-source/product-documents/rapid-responses/examining-the-impact-of-decriminalizing-or-legalizing-cannabis-for-recreational-use.pdf?sfvrsn=10

Osborne, G. B., & Fogel, C. (2017). Perspectives on cannabis legalization among Canadian recreational users. Contemporary Drug Problems44(1), 12-31. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091450916670393

Not open access

Reinarman, C., Nunberg, H., Lanthier, F., & Heddleston, T. (2011). Who are medical marijuana patients? Population characteristics from nine California assessment clinics. Journal of psychoactive drugs43(2), 128-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2011.587700

Mental health

Blanco, C., Hasin, D. S., Wall, M. M., Flórez-Salamanca, L., Hoertel, N., Wang, S., ... & Olfson, M. (2016). Cannabis use and risk of psychiatric disorders: prospective evidence from a US national longitudinal study. JAMA psychiatry73(4), 388-395. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2491944

Appetite

Jager, G., & Witkamp, R. (2014). The endocannabinoid system and appetite: Relevance for food reward. Nutrition Research Reviews, 27(1), 172-185. doi:10.1017/S0954422414000080 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nutrition-research-reviews/article/endocannabinoid-system-and-appetite-relevance-for-food-reward/30C65E719848770761B6BEA7D0C1E9CB

Guidelines

Lower risk Cannabis Use Guidelines – Health Professionals  https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/lrcug_professional-pdf

Lower risk cannabis use guidelines – Public https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/pdfs---reports-and-books---research/canadas-lower-risk-guidelines-cannabis-pdf.pdf

CPSO  Marijuana for Medical Purposes https://www.cpso.on.ca/Policies-Publications/Policy/Marijuana-for-Medical-Purposes

Sleep

Open access

Linares, I. M. P., Guimaraes, F. S., Eckeli, A., Crippa, A. C. S., Zuardi, A. W., Souza, J. D. S., … Crippa, J. A. S. (2018). No Acute Effects of Cannabidiol on the Sleep-Wake Cycle of Healthy Subjects: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9, 315. http://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2018.00315

Miller, S. (2017). In search of efficacy: A self-reported patient study identifying effective THC: CBD ratios for sleep, pain and arousal based on dose-controlled delivery of vaporized cannabis oil. Poster presented at CannMed Conference 2017. http://www.cannmedevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Samantha-Miller-cannmed_poster_48x48_final_R6_.pdf  [BIAS WARNING: author runs both a cannabis testing lab and a company that produces dose-controlled cannabis products]

Not open access

Babson, K.A., Sottile, J. & Morabito, D. Curr. (2017). Cannabis, cannabinoids and sleep: A review of the literature, Psychiatry Rep  19: 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0775-9

November 26, 2018

Health Canada (2018). Information for Health Care Professionals: Cannabis (marihuana, marijuana) and the cannabinoids https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/information-medical-practitioners/information-health-care-professionals-cannabis-cannabinoids.html

Health Canada (2016) Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations - Daily Amount Fact Sheet (Dosage) https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/information-medical-practitioners/cannabis-medical-purposes-regulations-daily-amount-fact-sheet-dosage.html

Allan, G. M., Ramji, J., Perry, D., Ton, J., Beahm, N. P., Crisp, N., ... & Fleming, M. (2018). Simplified guideline for prescribing medical cannabinoids in primary care. Canadian Family Physician64(2), 111-120. http://www.cfp.ca/content/64/2/111

Not open access

Walsh, Z., Gonzalez, R., Crosby, K., Thiessen, M. S., Carroll, C., & Bonn-Miller, M. O. (2017). Medical cannabis and mental health: A guided systematic review. Clinical psychology review51, 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2016.10.002

 

Case Formulation Worksheet

Case formulation is the process of blending a theoretical framework and scientific knowledge with the unique experience of the client, to help understand presenting issues and select the optimum treatment.

“Developing a complete picture of a client by collecting data that are used to generate hypotheses about the causes, antecedents and maintaining influences for an individual’s problems, within a bio-psycho-social framework” (Christon et al., 2015)

Case Formulation Worksheet – Please download and use to support in developing the client narrative.

Chronic Pain

Ware, Mark A. Boulanger, Aline et al.(2015). Cannabis for the Management of Pain: Assessment of Safety Study (COMPASS). The Journal of Pain, Volume 16, Issue 12, 1233 – 1242 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2015.07.014

October 29, 2018

Open access

Pain, hedonic regulation, and opioid misuse: Modulation of momentary experience by Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement in opioid-treated chronic pain patients https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.07.033

Marion Lee, M., Sanford Silverman, M., Hans Hansen, M., & Vikram Patel, M. D. (2011). A comprehensive review of opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Pain physician14, 145-161. http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/linkout?issn=1533-3159&vol=14&page=145

Not open access

Cannabis and cannabinoids for the treatment of people with chronic noncancer pain conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled and observational studies doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001293

Managing pain before it manages you 4th ed. (2016). https://www.guilford.com/books/Managing-Pain-Before-It-Manages-You/Margaret-Caudill/9781462522774/reviews

November 19, 2018

Challenges for healthcare providers

Chang, J. S., Kushel, M., Miaskowski, C., Ceasar, R., Zamora, K., Hurstak, E., & Knight, K. R. (2017). Provider experiences with the identification, management, and treatment of co-occurring chronic noncancer pain and substance use in the safety net. Substance use & misuse52(2), 251-255. https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5345572

Not open access

Knight, K. R., Kushel, M., Chang, J. S., Zamora, K., Ceasar, R., Hurstak, E., & Miaskowski, C. (2017). Opioid pharmacovigilance: A clinical-social history of the changes in opioid prescribing for patients with co-occurring chronic non-cancer pain and substance use. Social Science & Medicine186, 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.043

Guideline

The 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/guidelines.html

Dec 10, 2018

Wiffen  PJ, Derry  S, Bell  RF, Rice  ASC, Tölle  TR, Phillips  T, Moore  RA. (2017). Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD007938. https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007938.pub4

Hesselstrand, M., Samuelsson, K., and Liedberg, G. (2015) Occupational Therapy Interventions in Chronic Pain – A Systematic Review. Occup. Ther. Int., 22: 183–194. https://doi.org/10.1002/oti.1396

Cognitive Processing Therapy
Chemsex

ACToronto. Staying off Crystal: For a day or longer http://www.actoronto.org/health-information/young-people/staying-off-crystal.pdf

McCall Hannah, Adams Naomi, Mason David, WillisJamie. What is chemsex and why does it matter? BMJ 2015; 351 :h5790 https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5790.full

Smith Vivienne, Tasker Fiona (2017) Gay men’s chemsex survival stories. Sexual Health 15, 116-122. Doi: 10.1071/SH17122 http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/21463/ [open access pre-print]

Complicated Grief
Countertransference
Concurrent Disorders

Oct 15, 2018

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2016) Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR1-2016/NSDUH-FFR1-2016.pdf

Comorbidity: Substance Use Disorders and Other Mental Illnesses (2018) National institute on Drug Abuse https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/comorbidity-substance-use-disorders-other-mental-illnesses

Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) Short Screener http://gaincc.org/instruments/

Not open access

Rush, B., Urbanoski, K., Bassani, D., Castel, S., Wild, T. C., Strike, C., ... & Somers, J. (2008). Prevalence of co-occurring substance use and other mental disorders in the Canadian population. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie53(12), 800. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19087478

Rush, B., & Koegl, C. J. (2008). Prevalence and profile of people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders within a comprehensive mental health system. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry53(12), 810-821. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19087479

Correctional Services

September 24, 2018

Open Access

The Forensic Mental Health System in Canada: An information guide. (2008) CAMH Publications https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/guides-and-publications/forensic-guide-en.pdf

Not Open Access

Wilton, G., & Stewart, L. A. (2017). Outcomes of offenders with co-occurring substance use disorders and mental disorders. Psychiatric services68(7), 704-709.  https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201500391

Contingency Management

McPherson, S. M., Burduli, E., Smith, C. L., Herron, J., Oluwoye, O., Hirchak, K., Orr, M. F., McDonell, M. G., … Roll, J. M. (2018). A review of contingency management for the treatment of substance-use disorders: adaptation for underserved populations, use of experimental technologies, and personalized optimization strategies. Substance abuse and rehabilitation9, 43-57. doi:10.2147/SAR.S138439 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6095117/

Petry, N. (2011). Contingency management: what it is and why psychiatrists should want to use it. The Psychiatrist35(5), 161-163. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083448/

Critical Appraisal
Critical appraisal
Gupta, S. K. (2011). Intention-to-treat concept: A review. Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2(3), 109–112. doi.10.4103/2229-3485.83221 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159210/
Montori Victor M, Jaeschke Roman, Schünemann Holger J, Bhandari Mohit, Brozek Jan L, Devereaux P J et al. Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in clinical research reports BMJ 2004; 329 :1093 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1093
Developmental Disorders
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

June 25th session

Koerner, K. (2011). Doing Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A practical guide https://www.guilford.com/books/Doing-Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy/Kelly-Koerner/9781462502325/summary

Linehan, M. DBT Skills Training Manual https://www.guilford.com/books/DBT-Skills-Training-Manual/Marsha-Linehan/9781462516995

Linehan, M. DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets https://www.guilford.com/books/DBT-Skills-Training-Handouts-and-Worksheets/Marsha-Linehan/9781572307810/summary

September 17th session

Dimeff, L. A., & Linehan, M. M. (2008). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Substance Abusers. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice4(2), 39–47. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797106/

Carmel, A., Rose, M., & Fruzzetti, A. E. (2014). Barriers and Solutions to Implementing Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a Public Behavioral Health System. Administration and Policy in Mental Health41(5), 608–614. Doi: 10.1007/s10488-013-0504-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835762/

Not Open Access

Mastering the Art of Chain Analysis in Dialectical Behavior Therapy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.09.002

Lynch, et al (2006) Mechanisms of change in dialectical behavior therapy: theoretical and empirical observations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16470714 [cited in didactic]

Diet and Nutrition

November 12

Powell, K., Wilcox, J., Clonan, A., Bissell, P., Preston, L., Peacock, M., & Holdsworth, M. (2015). The role of social networks in the development of overweight and obesity among adults: a scoping review. BMC Public Health15(1), 996. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2314-0

Not open access

Jeynes, K. D., & Gibson, E. L. (2017). The importance of nutrition in aiding recovery from substance use disorders: A review. Drug and alcohol dependence179, 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.006

Dual Diagnosis
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Oct 15, 2018

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) – Overview and Resources https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder

Temple, V. K., Ives, J., & Lindsay, A. (2015). Diagnosing FASD in adults: the development and operation of an adult FASD clinic in Ontario, Canada. Journal of population therapeutics and clinical pharmacology= Journal de la therapeutique des populations et de la pharamcologie clinique22(1), e96-e105. http://www.jptcp.com/articles/diagnosing-fasd-in-adults-the-development-and-operation-of-an-adult-fasd-clinic-in-ontario-canada.pdf

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a guideline for diagnosis across the lifespan (2015) http://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/188/3/191.full.pdf

Popova, S., Lange, S., Chudley, A. E., Reynolds, J. N., & Rehm, J. (2018). World Health Organization International Study on the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Canadian Component. https://canfasd.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/05/2018-Popova-WHO-FASD-Prevalance-Report.pdf

Head Injury

September 24, 2018

Head Injury

Not open access

Head Injury as Risk Factor for Psychiatric Disorders: A Nationwide Register-Based Follow-Up Study of 113,906 Persons With Head Injury” from the American Journal of Psychiatry: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13020190  

Guidelines

Guidelines

Safe prescribing practices for addictive medications and management of substance use disorders in primary care: A pocket reference for family physicians. Meldon Kahan (2017). http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/assets/pdf/MetaPhi/2017-04-03%20PCP%20pocket%20guide.pdf

Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain. http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/opioid/cgop_b05_r21.html

Kratom

October 29, 2018

Open access

Feng, L. Y., Battulga, A., Han, E., Chung, H., & Li, J. H. (2017). New psychoactive substances of natural origin: A brief review. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis25(3), 461-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfda.2017.04.001

NIDA (2018). What is kratom? https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/kratom

Not open access

Swogger, M. T., & Walsh, Z. (2017). Kratom use and mental health: A systematic review. Drug and alcohol dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.10.012

Medical Adherence

November 26, 2018

Lucca, J. M., Ramesh, M., Parthasarathi, G., & Ram, D. (2015). Incidence and factors associated with medication nonadherence in patients with mental illness: a cross-sectional study. Journal of postgraduate medicine, 61(4), 251-6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943371/

Motivational Interviewing
Opioid Use Disorders

Opioid Use Disorders

Lagisetty, P., Klasa, K., Bush, C., Heisler, M., Chopra, V., & Bohnert, A. (2017). Primary care models for treating opioid use disorders: What actually works? A systematic review. PLoS ONE12(10), e0186315. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186315

Buprenorphine – home induction

Lee, J. D., Grossman, E., DiRocco, D., & Gourevitch, M. N. (2009). Home Buprenorphine/Naloxone Induction in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine24(2), 226–232. Doi: 10.1007/s11606-008-0866-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628995/

Cunningham, C. O., Giovanniello, A., Li, X., Kunins, H. V., Roose, R. J., & Sohler, N. L. (2011). A comparison of buprenorphine induction strategies: patient-centered home-based inductions versus standard-of-care office-based inductions. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment40(4), 349–356. Doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.12.002 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081891/

Withdrawal management

British Columbia Centre on Substance Use and B.C. Ministry of Health. A Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder. Published June 5, 2017. Available at: http://www.bccsu.ca/care-guidance-publications/ [withdrawal management p20, residential treatment p21

BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERDOSE ACTION EXCHANGE Supplementary Material: Primers JULY 2016  http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/BCOAE-supplementary-materials.pdf [inpatient withdrawal management and residential treatment p28]

Dennis McCarty, Kelsey C. Priest, P. Todd Korthuis. (2018). Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities Annual Review of Public Health 39:1, 525-541

Bruneau, J., et al.(2018). Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline. CMAJ 2018 March 5;190:E247-57. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170958 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/190/9/E247.full.pdf

Barriers to treatment

Bacchus, L., Strang, J., & Watson, P. Pathways to Abstinence: Two-Year Follow-Up Data on 60 Abstinent Former Opiate Addicts Who Had Been Turned Away from Treatment. Eur Addict Res 2000;6:141-147 https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/19026#

Stumbo, Scott P. et al. (2017). Patient-reported pathways to opioid use disorders and pain-related barriers to treatment engagement. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , Volume 73 , 47 - 54 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2016.11.003

Vancouver case studies

Jade Boyd, Danya Fast, Megan Hobbins, Ryan McNeil and Will Small. (2017). Social-structural factors influencing periods of injection cessation among marginalized youth who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: an ethno-epidemiological study. Harm Reduction Journal,14:31 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0159-9

Susan Boyd, Dave Murray, SNAP2 and Donald MacPherson. (2017). Telling our stories: heroin-assisted treatment and SNAP activism in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Harm Reduction Journal,14:27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0152-3

Oct 15, 2018

Kennedy, L. C., Binswanger, I. A., Mueller, S. R., Levy, C., Matlock, D. D., Calcaterra, S. L., ... & Frank, J. W. (2017). “Those Conversations in My Experience Don’t Go Well”: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Provider Experiences Tapering Long-term Opioid Medications. Pain Medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29126138

Katt, M., Chase, C., Samokhvalov, A. V., Argento, E., Rehm, J., & Fischer, B. (2013). Feasibility and Outcomes of a Community-Based Taper-to-Low-Dose-Maintenance Suboxone Treatment Program for Prescription Opioid Dependence in a Remote First Nations Community in Northern Ontario. International Journal of Indigenous Health9(1), 52-59. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/12394

November 12

BMI and food preferences

Fenn, J. M., Laurent, J. S., & Sigmon, S. C. (2015). Increases in body mass index following initiation of methadone treatment. Journal of substance abuse treatment51, 59-63. DOI:10.1016/j.jsat.2014.10.007 http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC4346498&blobtype=pdf

Mysels, D. J., & Sullivan, M. A. (2010). The relationship between opioid and sugar intake: review of evidence and clinical applications. Journal of opioid management6(6), 445-52. Mario https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109725/

Not Open Access

Peles, E., Schreiber, S., Sason, A., & Adelson, M. (2016). Risk factors for weight gain during methadone maintenance treatment. Substance abuse37(4), 613-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2016.1179705

November 19, 2018

Opioid Toolkit. Portico (2015) https://www.porticonetwork.ca/web/opioid-toolkit

CADTH Opioid Evidence Bundle (2018) https://cadth.ca/evidence-bundles/opioid-evidence-bundle

Kaye, A. D., Jones, M. R., Kaye, A. M., Ripoll, J. G., Galan, V., Beakley, B. D., ... & Manchikanti, L. (2017). Prescription Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain: An Updated Review of Opioid Abuse Predictors and Strategies to Curb Opioid Abuse: Part 1. Pain physician20(2S), S93. http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/linkout?issn=1533-3159&vol=20&page=S93#

Hypogonadism

De Maddalena, C., Bellini, M., Berra, M., Meriggiola, M. C., & Aloisi, A. M. (2012). Opioid-induced hypogonadism: why and how to treat it. Pain Physician15(3), ES111-ES118. http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/linkout?issn=1533-3159&vol=15&page=ES111

Not open access

Hsieh, A., DiGiorgio, L., Fakunle, M., & Sadeghi-Nejad, H. (2018). Management Strategies in Opioid Abuse and Sexual Dysfunction: A Review of Opioid-Induced Androgen Deficiency. Sexual medicine reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sxmr.2018.04.003

Birthi, P., Nagar, V. R., Nickerson, R., & Sloan, P. A. (2015). Hypogonadism associated with long-term opioid therapy: A systematic review. Journal of opioid management11(3), 255-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jom.2015.0274

Bernese Method

Hämmig, R., Kemter, A., Strasser, J., von Bardeleben, U., Gugger, B., Walter, M., Dürsteler, K. M., … Vogel, M. (2016). Use of microdoses for induction of buprenorphine treatment with overlapping full opioid agonist use: the Bernese method. Substance abuse and rehabilitation7, 99-105. doi:10.2147/SAR.S109919 https://doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S109919

Guidelines

The 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain http://nationalpaincentre.mcmaster.ca/guidelines.html

December 3, 2018

Management in hospital settings

CPSO (2011) MMT Program Standards and Clinical Guidelines https://www.cpso.on.ca/Policies-Publications/CPGs-Other-Guidelines/Methadone-Program/MMT-Program-Standards-and-Clinical-Guidelines

Noska, A., Mohan, A., Wakeman, S., Rich, J., & Boutwell, A. (2015). Managing Opioid Use Disorder During and After Acute Hospitalization: A Case-Based Review Clarifying Methadone Regulation for Acute Care Settings. Journal of addictive behaviors, therapy & rehabilitation4(2), 1000138. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527170/

Fanucchi, L., & Lofwall, M. R. (2016). Putting parity into practice–Integrating opioid-use disorder treatment into the hospital setting. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=chsr_facpub

Suzuki, J., DeVido, J., Kalra, I., Mittal, L., Shah, S., Zinser, J., & Weiss, R. D. (2015). Initiating buprenorphine treatment for hospitalized patients with opioid dependence: a case series. The American journal on addictions24(1), 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12161

Not open access

Hassamal, S., Goldenberg, M., Ishak, W., Haglund, M., Miotto, K., & Danovitch, I. (2017). Overcoming barriers to initiating medication-assisted treatment for heroin use disorder in a general medical hospital: A case report and narrative literature review. Journal of psychiatric practice23(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRA.0000000000000231

Velez, C.M., Nicolaidis, C., Korthuis, P.T. et al. (2017). “It’s been an Experience, a Life Learning Experience”: A Qualitative Study of Hospitalized Patients with Substance Use Disorders.  J GEN INTERN MED (2017) 32: 296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3919-4

Dec 10, 2018

Withdrawal management

Srivastava, A., Kahan, M., & Nader, M. (2017). Primary care management of opioid use disorders: Abstinence, methadone, or buprenorphine-naloxone?. Canadian family physician63(3), 200-205. http://www.cfp.ca/content/63/3/200.full

Murphy, L., Babaei-Rad, R., Buna, D., Isaac, P., Murphy, A., Ng, K., Regier, L., Steenhof, N., Zhang, M., … Sproule, B. (2018). Guidance on opioid tapering in the context of chronic pain: Evidence, practical advice and frequently asked questions. Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC151(2), 114-120. doi:10.1177/1715163518754918 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843113/

Pregnancy

Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Maternal Cannabis Use during Pregnancy – An Update (2018) http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-Cannabis-Maternal-Use-Pregnancy-Report-2018-en.pdf

Volkow ND, Compton WM, Wargo EM. The Risks of Marijuana Use During Pregnancy. JAMA. 2017;317(2):129–130. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.18612 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2594400

Jones, H. E., Kaltenbach, K., Heil, S. H., Stine, S. M., Coyle, M. G., Arria, A. M., ... & Fischer, G. (2010). Neonatal abstinence syndrome after methadone or buprenorphine exposure. New England Journal of Medicine363(24), 2320-2331. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1005359

WHO (2014) Guidelines for the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/pregnancy_guidelines/en/

Wendy V. Norman, Edith R. Guilbert, Christopher Okpaleke, Althea S. Hayden, E. Steven Lichtenberg, Maureen Paul, Katharine O’Connell White and Heidi E. Jones (2016) Abortion health services in Canada: Results of a 2012 national survey Canadian Family Physician, 62 (4) e209-e217 http://www.cfp.ca/content/62/4/e209?sid=3010fd8e-85a8-45a5-9561-c07f089936fe

Prescription Tools

November 26, 2018

Canvas RX - A database of Canadian Medical Marijuana products https://canvasrx.com/

SwitchRx – online medication switching tool  https://switchrx.ca/

CredibleMeds – mobile app and website – QT drugs database https://crediblemeds.org/blog/crediblemeds-launches-mobile-app-expand-access-online-qtdrug/

PTSD

November 5, 2018

Hypertension medication (propranolol)

Fitzgerald, P. J., Giustino, T. F., Seemann, J. R., & Maren, S. (2015). Noradrenergic blockade stabilizes prefrontal activity and enables fear extinction under stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201500682. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500682112   [summary and commentary https://www.futurity.org/blood-pressure-drug-ptsd-fear-957702/ 

Giustino, T. F., Fitzgerald, P. J., & Maren, S. (2016). Revisiting propranolol and PTSD: memory erasure or extinction enhancement?. Neurobiology of learning and memory130, 26-33. http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC4818733&blobtype=pdf

Not Open AccessBrunet, A., Saumier, D., Liu, A., Streiner, D. L., Tremblay, J., & Pitman, R. K. (2018). Reduction of PTSD symptoms with pre-reactivation propranolol therapy: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry175(5), 427-433. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17050481

November 12

Lee, D. J., Schnitzlein, C. W., Wolf, J. P., Vythilingam, M., Rasmusson, A. M., & Hoge, C. W. (2016). Psychotherapy Versus Pharmacotherapy For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Systemic Review And Meta-Analyses To Determine First-Line Treatments. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usuhs/166/

Watkins, L. E., Sprang, K. R., & Rothbaum, B. (2018). Treating PTSD: A Review of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Interventions. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience12, 258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00258

Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of PTSD (2017). APA https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/ptsd.pdf

Katzman, M. A., Bleau, P., Blier, P., Chokka, P., Kjernisted, K., & Van Ameringen, M. (2014). Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders. BMC psychiatry14(1), S1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-S1-S1

Scales and Screening tools

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/assessment/adult-sr/ptsd-checklist.asp

Nightmares

Nightmares and PTSD https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/related/nightmares.asp

Morgenthaler, T. I., Auerbach, S., Casey, K. R., Kristo, D., Maganti, R., Ramar, K., Zak, R., … Kartje, R. (2018). Position Paper for the Treatment of Nightmare Disorder in Adults: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Paper. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine14(6), 1041-1055. doi:10.5664/jcsm.7178 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991964/

PTSD & Substance Use Disorder

Open Access

Integrated Exposure-Based Therapy for Co-occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Dependence: A Randomized Controlled Trial (2012) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1346186

Integrated Exposure-Based Therapy for Co-Occurring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Substance Dependence: Predictors of Change in PTSD Symptom Severity (2016)  http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/5/11/101/htm

The Co-Occurrence of PTSD and Opioid Use Disorder in Opioid Agonist Therapy

http://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/podcasts/episode-26.aspx [based on the 2017 article below]

Not Open Access

Posttraumatic stress disorder in opioid agonist therapy: A review. (2017) http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/tra0000312

Lisa M. Najavits, Martha Schmitz, Silke Gotthardt & Roger D. Weiss (2005) Seeking Safety Plus Exposure Therapy: An Outcome Study on Dual Diagnosis Men, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 37:4, 425-435, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2005.10399816

Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid substance use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2015) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735815000380

Public Health

November 26, 2018

The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2018: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/corporate/publications/chief-public-health-officer-reports-state-public-health-canada/2018-preventing-problematic-substance-use-youth.html

Schizophrenia

Canadian Guidelines for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0706743717719899

Guidelines for the Pharmacotherapy of Schizophrenia in Adults: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0706743717720448

Canadian Treatment Guidelines on Psychosocial Treatment of Schizophrenia in Adults: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0706743717719894

Substance Use

Substance Use

Stéphanie Baggio, Stanislas Spilka, Joseph Studer, Katia Iglesias & Gerhard Gmel (2016) Trajectories of drug use among French young people: Prototypical stages of involvement in illicit drug use, Journal of Substance Use, 21:5, 485-490, DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1063720

World Health Organization. The ASSIST project - Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/assist/en/ [Includes a guide with brief interventions for use in primary care, and self-help guide]

Impaired at work: A guide to accommodating substance dependence. Canadian Human Rights Commission (2017)  https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/sites/default/files/impaired_at_work.pdf

Medical Consequences

Devlin, R. J., & Henry, J. A. (2008). Clinical review: Major consequences of illicit drug consumption. Critical Care12(1), 202. https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/cc6166

Larney, S., Peacock, A., Mathers, B. M., Hickman, M., & Degenhardt, L. (2017). A systematic review of injecting-related injury and disease among people who inject drugs. Drug and alcohol dependence171, 39-49. Doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.11.029 https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/144642844/IRID_review_2016_06_08.pdf [pre-print from institutional repository]

Methamphetamine

Obermeit, L. C., Cattie, J. E., Bolden, K. A., Marquine, M. J., Morgan, E. E., Franklin Jr, D. R., ... & Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) Group. (2013). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among chronic methamphetamine users: frequency, persistence, and adverse effects on everyday functioning. Addictive behaviors38(12), 2874-2878. http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC3805791&blobtype=pdf

Not open access

Moeller, F. G., Schmitz, J. M., Herin, D., & Kjome, K. L. (2008). Use of stimulants to treat cocaine and methamphetamine abuse. Current psychiatry reports10(5), 385-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-008-0062-x

Trauma-Informed Care

November 5, 2018

Goodman, R. (2017). Trauma Theory and Trauma-Informed Care in Substance Use Disorders: A Conceptual Model for Integrating Coping and Resilience. Advances in Social Work18(1), 186-201. https://doi.org/10.18060/21312

Seeking Safety website https://www.treatment-innovations.org/seeking-safety.html

Adverse Childhood Experiences (SAMHSA) https://www.samhsa.gov/capt/practicing-effective-prevention/prevention-behavioral-health/adverse-childhood-experiences

Nadine Burke Harris (2014) How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime. TEDMED https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293066

Vicky Kelly (2014) The paradox of trauma-informed care. TEDxWilmington http://www.tedxwilmington.com/speakers/vicky-kelly/

Trauma-Informed Care and ACEs

November 5, 2018

Zanolli, L. (2018, Nov 7). Can people be saved from a terrible childhood? The Guardian (UK) https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/nov/07/ace-adverse-childhood-experience-trauma

Empowering Families Resource

Empowering Families Affected by Substance Use Problems

  • Free online course for Families affected by substance use offered by CAMH