CCSMH Resources & Publications
Please bookmark this page and visit us frequently for updates to CCSMH material. You will need Adobe Reader to view some of these PDF files.
Copies of the CCSMH newsletter, position papers, and annual reports are also available as are links to external resources and publications.
Topics:
Advocacy | Cancer | Delirium | Depression | Informal Caregivers | Long Term Care Homes | Research & Knowledge Exchange | Seniors' Mental Health (general) | Suicide Assessment & Prevention
Cancer & Senior’s Mental Health:
- Promoting Seniors’ Mental Health in Cancer Care: A Guide for Front-Line Providers (April, 2008, in partnership with the British Columbia Psychogeriatric Association )
- Delirium: Assessment & Treatment for Older Adults clinician pocket card (March, 2010) [pdf]
- Delirium in older adults: a guide for seniors and their families, [2009, 1.1 MB PDF]
- Delirium in the Elderly: CCSMH National Guidelines-Informed Interactive Case-based Tutorial (June 2008, prepared by Dr. M. Bosma, FRCPC) [663KB PPS]
- National Guidelines for Seniors’ Mental Health: The Assessment and Treatment of Delirium (May 2006)
- Depression in older adults: a guide for seniors and their families [2009, 934 KB PDF]
- Depression late in life can be well disguised - Toronto Star article, May 2, 2009 [47 KB PDF]
- Tool on Depression: Assessment for Older Adults (Pocket Brochure for Clinicians) (May 2008, in partnership with the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) [96 KB pdf]
- Tool on Depression: Assessment for Older Adults (One-page Summary for Clinicians) (May 2008, in partnership with the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) [205 KB pdf]
- Tool on Depression: Assessment for Older Adults (Teaching presentation) (May, 2008, in partnership with the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) [930 KB PPS]
- Depression in the Elderly: CCSMH National Guidelines-Informed Interactive Case-based Tutorial (May 2008, prepared by Dr. M. Bosma, FRCPC) [495 KB PPS]
- National Guidelines for Seniors’ Mental Health: The Assessment and Treatment of Depression (May 2006)
- Training helps workers understand - Toronto Star article, January 10, 2009 [49 KB PDF]
- Catalogue: Educational Materials for Informal Caregivers of Seniors (2002) [305 KB pdf]
- Tool on the Assessment & Treatment of Behavioural Symptoms of Older Adults Living in Long Term Care Facilities (March, 2010) [pdf]
- Mental Health Issues in Long-Term Care Homes: a guide for seniors and their families [2009, 1.16 KB PDF]
- 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) (May 2006)
- Position Paper: Mental Health and the Home Care Sector, May 2004
- Fact Sheet: Focusing on Long-term Care Settings
- Fact Sheet: Bibliography on Healthy Environments & Programs
Research & Knowledge Exchange:
- CCSMH Research & Knowledge Exchange website
- Knowledge Exchange Think Tank (Seniors' Mental Health and Dementia: Accelerating Knowledge Transfer and Exchange - a Canadian Networking-the-Networks Initiative)
Seniors' Mental Health (general)
- Expert takes your questions on seniors and mental health - The Globe and Mail, special report "Breakdown: Canada's Mental Health Crisis", November 27, 2008" [157 KB PDF]
- National Guidelines for Seniors' Mental Health (summary of CCSMH guidelines), Canadian Journal of Geriatrics 2006, volume 9, supplement 2 [1.1 MB PDF]
Suicide Assessment & Prevention:
- Suicide prevention for older adults: a guide for family members [2009, 1.2 MB PDF]
- Late Life Suicide Prevention Toolkit
- Suicide: Assessment and Prevention for Older Adults (pocket brochure for clinicians) (May 2008)
- National Guidelines for Seniors’ Mental Health: The Assessment of Suicide Risk and Prevention of Suicide
[updated June 2009]