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CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES : MENTAL HEALTH   [Français]

  1. Adult insomnia : assessment to diagnosis, 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  2. Adult primary insomnia : diagnosis to management, revised 2007
    [full text - pdf]

  3. The use of Alternative therapies in treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 2002
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - html]

  4. Canadian Consensus Conference on Menopause, 2006 update, revised 2006
    [full text - pdf]
    [patient guides - html]

      sexual concerns - menopause and sexual function : chapter 4
      mood and memory : chapter 5

  5. Canadian Diabetes Association 2003 clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes in Canada : Psychological aspects of diabetes revised 2003
    [full text - pdf] [full ext - htm]

  6. Clinical guidelines for the treatment of depressive disorders, 2001 (reviewed 2004)
    [full text - pdf]

      II. Principles of management
      [full text - pdf]
      III. Psychotherapy
      [full text - pdf]
      IV. Medications and other biological treatments
      [full text - pdf]
      V. Combining psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy
      [full text - pdf]
      VI. Special populations
      [full text - pdf]
      VII. Comorbidity
      [full text - pdf]

      UPDATE:   Prescribing antidepressants for depression in 2005 : recent concerns and recommendations, 2004
      [full text - pdf]

  7. Clinical practice guidelines : management of anxiety disorders, 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  8. Clinical practice guidelines : treatment of schizophrenia, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]

  9. Diagnosis and management of major depressive disorder, 2004
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [patient guide - pdf] [quick reference - pdf]

  10. Eating disorders in adolescents : principles of diagnosis and treatment, 1998 (reviewed 2007)
    [full text - html]

  11. Guideline for cognitive impairment : dementia - diagnosis to management, révisé 2007
    [texte intégral - pdf]
    [guide de référence rapide - pdf]
    [guide du patient - pdf]

  12. Guideline for cognitive impairment : is this dementia? Symptoms to diagnosis, révisé 2007
    [texte intégral - pdf]
    [guide de référence rapide - pdf]
    [guide du patient - pdf]

  13. Guidelines for genetic testing of healthy children, 2003 (reviewed 2006)
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]

  14. Guidelines for perinatal care manual : Reproductive mental health guidelines, 1991- (reviewed September 2005)
    [full text - html]

      2. Mental illness during the perinatal period : discharge planning and community follow-up guide, 2003
      [full text - pdf]
      3. Identification and assessment of reproductive mental illness during the preconception and perinatal periods, 2003
      [full text - pdf]
      4. Mental Illness during the perinatal period : Major depression, 2003
      [full text - pdf]
      5. Mental Illness during the perinatal period : Anxiety disorders, 2003
      [full text - pdf]
      6. Mental Illness during the perinatal period : Psychotic disorders, 2003
      [full text - pdf]

  15. Maternal depression and child development, 2004
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [patient guide - pdf] [patient guide - html]

  16. Methadone for pain guidelines, 2004
    [full text - pdf]

  17. National guidelines for seniors' mental health : the assessment and treatment of delirium, 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  18. National guidelines for seniors' mental health : the assessment and treatment of depression, 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  19. National guidelines for seniors' mental health : the assessment and treatment of mental health issues in long term care homes (focus on mood and behaviour symptoms), 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  20. National guidelines for seniors' mental health : the assessment of suicide risk and prevention of suicide, 2006
    [full text - pdf]

  21. Primary care management of sleep complaints in adults, revised 2004
    [full text - pdf]

  22. Promoting mental health for children of separating parents, 2000 (reviewed 2004)
    [full text - html]
    [patient guide - html]

  23. Screening for depression in primary care : recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, revised 2005
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [abridged version - pdf]
    [recommendation table - html]

  24. Sleep medicine, 2nd ed., revised 2005
    [full text - pdf]

  25. The use of Stimulant medication in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, revised 2002
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [patient guide - pdf]

  26. Understanding adoption : a developmental approach, 2001 (reviewed 2005)
    [full text - pdf] [full text - html]
    [patient guide - html]


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Last updated: 01 September 2007