Newsletter Sources
Fall 2024
Myth Busters: Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder in Teens from VeryWellMind
Borderline Personality Disorder Myths and Facts from NAMI
4 Myths about Borderline Personality Disorder from Mass General Brigham McLean
May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month from CMHA
A therapist who’s treated borderline personality disorder for over 10 years busts 6 myths about the condition from Business Insider
Too Much of a Good Thing? The pitfalls of too many mental health conversations
Are mental health awareness efforts contributing to the rise in reported mental health problems? A call to test the prevalence inflation hypothesis from Science Direct
Are schools too focused on mental health? from The New York Times
Does talking about mental health make it worse? from Let’s Talk Therapy
Do we talk too much about mental health? From The New York Times
Let’s face it: no-one wants to talk about mental health from Mass General Brigham McLean
Canine Superpowers: A look at psychiatric service dogs
The Life-Changing Benefits of Psychiatric Service Dogs from Psychology Today
Psychiatric Assistance Dog Use for People Living With Mental Health Disorders from Frontiers
Psychiatric service dogs for people with mental health disorders from VeryWellHealth
Service dogs from Badge of Life Canada
Using animals to palliate a disability from Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
Summer 2024
Delusions and hallucinations can be really scary! How to help a loved one who is dealing with psychosis
Helping someone with psychosis from Mind
Psychosis from MentalHealthHotline.org
Psychosis: What it is, symptoms, causes, types & treatments from Cleveland Clinic
Forest Bathing: Improving your mental health, naturally
Can forest therapy enhance health and well-being? from Harvard Health Publishing
A Pragmatic Controlled Trial of Forest Bathing Compared with Compassionate Mind Training in the UK: Impacts on Self-Reported Wellbeing and Heart Rate Variability from MDPI
UK’s first published research paper into health benefits of forest bathing from The Forest Bathing Institute
Why forest bathing is good for your health from Greater Good Magazine
Living a good life: Finding your own purpose with Ikigai
5 benefits of finding your purpose from They Call Me Blessed
In pursuit of passion, not purpose [part 1]: The pressure of purpose and the power of focused lifelong learning from LinkedIn
The philosophy of Ikigai: 3 examples about finding purpose from PositivePsychology.com
Seven ways to find your purpose in life from Greater Good Science Center
Spring 2024
A New Way to Get Help: Call or text 9-8-8
988 Launches in Canada from the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Canada rolls out new 988 suicide crisis helpline from Global News
Suicide Prevention: 988 helping receiving 1,000 calls, 450 texts per day since launch from CTV News
What to expect when you call or text 9-8-8 from 988.ca
Supporting Versus Enabling: What is the difference?
The Difference Between Supporting and Enabling (Guide) from Better Help Addiction Care
Helping OR Enabling? from Foundry
The Invisible Line Between Support and Enabling from Ashley
Supporting Versus Enabling: What is the difference? from Pinelands
The Trap of Helping vs Enabling–Can You Get Out? From New Choices Treatment Centres
What Is an Enabler? 11 Ways to Recognize One from Healthline
What is the Difference Between Supporting Versus Enabling an Addict? from Mount Sinai
What is the Difference Between Supporting and Enabling Someone? from Newroads
Virtual Reality & Hoarding Disorder: A new kind of treatment?
Augmenting group hoarding disorder treatment with virtual reality discarding: A pilot study in older adults from the National Library of Medicine
Hoarding Disorder from Anxiety Canada
A solution for hoarding? New study reveals how virtual reality could help people declutter from CTV News
Virtual reality helps people with hoarding disorder practice decluttering from Stanford Medicine News Centre
Tips for Time Management
Reward Yourself Regularly from Oter
Time Management: 10 Strategies for Better Time Management from University of Georgia Extension
Time Management: A guide for teachers and education staff from Education Support
What is Time Management? from MindTools
Understanding the Importance of Workplace Cleanliness from Apollo Technical
Winter 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Technology and Mental Health
AI and the Future of Mental Health from CENGN
AI’s Potential to Diagnose and Treat Mental Illness from Harvard Business Review
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Mental Health Services: An Environmental Scan from the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Can A.I. Treat Mental Illness? from The New Yorker
The Difference Between AI, ML and DL from CENGN
Dealing With Grief
Coping with loss and grief from CAMH
Helping Someone Who’s Grieving from Helpguide.org
What is Grief from the Mayo Clinic
Take the Time to Try Meditation
7 Ways Meditation Can Actually Change the Brain from Forbes
12 Science-Based Benefits of Meditation from Healthline
Demystifying Meditation from Right As Rain
Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress from the Mayo Clinic
What meditation can do for your mind, mood, and health from Harvard Health Publishing
When science meets mindfulness from The Harvard Gazette
Compassion Fatigue: When Caring Takes Its Toll
Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project
Compassion Fatigue: Signs, symptoms, and how to cope from the Canadian Medical Association
Compassion Fatigue: When Caregivers Go Beyond Burnout from Aging Care
The Evolution of Empathy from Greater Good Magazine
Fall 2023
Coping With Trauma
How to Cope with Traumatic Events from helpguide.org
Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment by John Briere and Catherine Scott
Trauma-helping family or friends from Better Health Channel
Understanding the Impact of Trauma from the National Library of Medicine
What is Trauma? from Medical News Today
Mental Illness or Normal Life Stresses? The dangers of self-diagnosing
TikTok and the Dangers of Self-Diagnosis Mental Health Disorders from Banner Health
What is Mental Illness? from amiquebec.org
What’s the difference between mental health and mental illness? from Here to Help
Summer 2023
I’m Struggling With My Mental Health! But Who Can Help Me?
About mental disorders from the Government of Quebec
Choose the right therapist for you from Lumino Health
How to choose a therapist that’s right for you from Lumino Health
How to get mental health help from the Canadian Mental Health Association
Navigating the healthcare system from amiquebec.org
Who are counsellors/psychotherapists? From Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Athletes and Mental Health
Athletes Are Shifting the Narrative Around Mental Health at Work from Harvard Business Review
Canadiens’ Drouin easy to root for in comeback from anxiety, insomnia from Sportsnet
Elite athletes more likely to experience mental health disorders: U of T study from U of T News
From Carey Price to Simone Biles: Evolving attitudes help athletes address mental health from CTV News
Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Olympic event could ‘normalize’ mental health conversations, experts say from CBC
Guilty Conscience?
Baumeister, R. F., Stillwell, A. M., & Heatherton, T. F. (1994). Guilt: An interpersonal approach. American Psychological Association, Inc., 115 (2), 243-267. doi:0033-2909/94
Dealing With Guilt from the Mind Tools Content Team
What is Self-Harm?
Hawton, K., Saunders, K. E. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2012). Self-harm and suicide in adolescents. The Lancet, 379(9834), 2373-2383. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60322-5
Self-Harm from the Canadian Mental Health Association (British Columbia Division)
Signs of Self-Harm in Your Loved One from Banyan Treatment Centers
The Magic Mind: A Look Into Psychedelic Therapy
Can Psychedelic Drugs Heal? from American Psychological Association
Canada Approves Psychedelic Therapy from Freethink
How Microdosing Psilocybin May Help Improve Mental Health from PsychCentral
The Past and Future of Psychedelic Science: An Introduction to This Issue from the National Library of Medicine
Prehistoric High Times: Early Humans Used Magic Mushrooms, Opium from Livescience
Psychedelic from New Scientist
Psychedelics from the National Library of Medicine
The therapeutic potential of microdosing psychedelics in depression from the National Library of Medicine
Spring 2023
Managing schizophrenia without medication? A look into the Soteria model
An Alternative to Psychiatric Hospitals from Psychology Today
How Does the Soteria House Heal? from Mad In America
Loren Mosher M.D. talks about Soteria Project and non-drug treatments for Schizophrenia on YouTube
Soteria California and Its Successors: Therapeutic Ingredients by Loren R. Mosher M.D.
Neuroplasticity: A new hope in recovery
Can People Really Change? Epigenetics, Neuroplasticity, and CBT from GoodTherapy
Change Your Brain: How Neuroplasticity Offers Hope from LifeStance Health
The Dynamic Brain: Neuroplasticity and Mental Health from the National Library of Medicine
How CBT Impacts Our Brain from Collaborative CBT
What is Neuroplasticity from Verywellmind
“You’re such a narcissist!” What does that really mean?
Brown, R. P., Budzek, K., & Tamborski, M. (2009). On the meaning and measure of narcissism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35 (7), 951-964. doi: 10.1177/0146167209335461
Grapsas, S., Brummelman, E., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2020). The “why” and “how”of narcissism: A process model of narcissistic status pursuit. Association for Psychological Science, 15 (1), 150-172. Doi: 10.1177/1745691619873350
How to Deal With a Narcissistic Parent (According to Experts) from Up Journey
Winter 2023
Rethinking Psychiatry: An Evening With Robert Whitaker
Has the Drug-Based Approach to Mental Illness Failed? from Scientific American
Mad In America.com
Rethinking Psychiatry–This is the recording of our special lecture
The Phobia That Keeps You Locked In
Agoraphobia from Mental Health Foundation
Agoraphobia from Mind Help
Agoraphobia: Has COVID fuelled this anxiety disorder? from Harvard Health Publishing
What Not to Say to Someone Living With Depression
6 Things Never to Say to a Person With Depression from Psycom
14 Things to Never Say to Someone with Depression from Best Health
What Not to Say or Do to Someone Living with Depression from PsychCentral
What Not to Say to Someone Who Is Depressed from verywellmind
Fall 2022
BPD & Teens: What parents want to know!
This article is based on the following longer article from the Mclean Hospital, where you can find a wealth of resources and information on BPD:
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/what-teens-want-know-about-borderline-personality-disorder
For library of all Maclean Webinars, go here:
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/video-series/mental-health-webinars
For more information:
https://sashbear.org/en/family-connections/family-connections-2
https://amiquebec.org/bpd4fam/
https://amiquebec.org/borderline/
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/essential/everything-you-need-know-about-child-teen-mental-health
Additional useful resources:
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/video/validating-child-adolescent-thoughts-and-feelings
Summer 2022
Five Ways to Support Someone With a Mental Illness
“How to Help a Loved One with a Mental Illness” from Psychology Today
Chronic Pain and Mental Health
“Chronic Pain” from Johns Hopkins Medicine
“Chronic Pain and Mental Health” from Mental Health America
“Pain and Depression: Is there a a link?” from the Mayo Clinic
“The Pain-Anxiety-Depression Connection” from Harvard Medical School
“PsychEd Episode 35: Pain Psychiatry with Dr. Leon Tourian” from PsychEd
“The Relationship Between Mental Health, Mental Illness and Chronic Physical Conditions” from the Canadian Mental Health Association
Pushing Away Negative Emotions
“Are There Downsides to Always Being Positive?” from HCF
“Sit With Negative Emotions, Don’t Push Them Away” from The Atlantic
Spring 2022
How to start a conversation about mental health
“How to support someone in a conversation about mental health” from Grazia
“Supporting a friend or family member sight mental health problems” from Mentalhealth.gov
“Tips for asking a friend about their mental health” from Columbia University Irving Medical Center
“Tips for talking about mental health” from Time to Change
Suicide in men: the silent killer
“Alarming numbers around men’s mental health indicate need for national response” from CBC News
“Learn” from Buddy Up
“The sad saga of men and suicide” from The Toronto Sun
“28 per cent of men believe they could lose their job if they discuss mental health at work: study” from Global News
Smiling Depression
“Causes and symptoms of smiling depression” from Betterhelp.com
“How is smiling depression diagnosed?” from Healthline
“The secret pain of ‘smiling’ depression” from Psychology Today
Winter 2022
Is Depression a Natural Part of Aging?
Depression is not a normal part of growing older from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Depression and older adults from the National Institute on Aging
Depression in older adults from helpguide.org
More Than a Pet
Air transportation regulations from the Government of Canada
Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms from CanLII
Guide dogs and service dogs from the Commission des droits de la person et des droits de la jeunesse
Pets in rental housing from Educaloi
Service dogs vs. therapy dogs vs. emotional support animals: 7 things to know from Florida Today
Fall 2021
The Double Whammy of Caregiving and Working
“Family caregiving: what are the consequences” from Statistics Canada
“When work and caregiving collide” from the Government of Canada
Not Criminally Responsible: What does it mean?
“What does ‘not criminally responsible’ really mean?” from CBC.ca
Unpacking the Controversy of Electroconvulsive Therapy
“Electroconvulsive Therapy” from CAMH
“Electroconvulsive Therapy” from Mayo Clinic
“Electroconvulsive Therapy” from Mental Health America
“Electroconvulsive Therapy: A history of controversy but also of help” from The Conversation
“Protesters demonstrate in Montreal against the use of electric shock therapy in psychiatry” from Global News
Summer 2021
Expanding the Toolbox: Psychosis and the Open Dialogue approach
In Memoriam: Birgitta Alakare from madinamerica.com
Seikkula, Birgitta Alakare, Jukka A, Jaakko (2001). “OPEN DIALOGUE IN PSYCHOSIS I: AN INTRODUCTION AND CASE ILLUSTRATION”. Journal of Constructivist Psychology. Informa UK Limited. 14 (4): 247–265. doi:10.1080/10720530125965. ISSN 1072-0537
A Drug-Free Treatment Plan for Psychosis
How Norway is offering drug-free treatment to people with psychosis from bbc.com
“I’m Worried About Your Mental Health”
Helping a friend you’re worried about from heretohelp.bc.ca
Mental illness and addition: facts and statistics from camh.ca
Spring 2021
The power of art on our mental health
Benefits of art therapy on rtor.org
Brain research shows the arts promote mental health on theconversation.com
Dopamine on psychologytoday.com
The healing power of art on health.harvard.edu
How arts can help improve your mental health on mentalhealth.org.uk
Relationships and Mental Health
Click HERE to watch the recording of our Facebook Live event
Mindfulness? What is it?
Mindfulness on umassmemorialhealthcare.org
Mindfulness meditation on mindfulnesscds.com
What are the benefits of mindfulness on apa.org
What do you think about psychiatry?
12 essential facts about psychiatry on madinamerica.com
In defence of anti-psychiatry on madinamerica.com
Mainstream western psychiatry: science or non-science on madinamerica.com
Psychiatry society stigma on madinamerica.com
Reflections on a psychiatric indoctrination on madinamerica.com
Snakes and ladders on madinamerica.com
Bipolar Disorder: A path to recovery
11 ways to stay the course on bipolar’s road to recovery on bphope.com
Bipolar disorder signs and symptoms on helpguide.org
Bipolar disorder treatment on helpguide.org
How can I recover from bipolar disorder on my own on Mental Health America
Living with bipolar disorder on bridgestorecovery.com
Winter 2021
Zoom Fatigue: Our New Reality
“The problem isn’t Zoom fatigue, it’s mourning life as we knew it” on onezeromedium.com
“The reason Zoom calls drain your energy” on bbc.com
“How to combat Zoom Fatigue” on hbr.org
“Zoom Fatigue: How to make video calls less tiring” on theconversation.com
“Zoom fatigue is real” on snapshotinteractive.com
Caregiver Burnout
“What happens to your body when you’re burnt out” on getpocket.com
“What are the 5 stages of burnout” on thisiscalmer.com
“What is cortisol” on webmd
Fall 2020
Back to School: Supporting Youth (and Parents too!)
“How to support kids’ and teens’ mental health during the COVID-9 pandemic” on theconversation.com
“How to build children’s resilience, and your own, amid coronavirus unknowns” on theconversation.com
Is COVID-19 making us all obsessive-compulsive?
“Are we all OCD now?” on inverse.com
Recovery and Social Circles
“The Recovery Model” on verywellmind.com
“Recovery: Stressing the Social Basis of the Process” on madinamerica.com
Summer 2020
Feeling grief during a pandemic
Grief.com
Original article “That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief” on HBR.com
The Emotional Pyramid of Needs
SusanDavid.com
We Have to Grieve in Order to Avoid Trauma
Gabor Mate’s website
Original article “The way to get through these terrible times is to let them make you sad” on The Star.com
Spring 2020
You can do it! A free tool that will improve your life
What to do if someone you know is suicidal
My brother/sister has mental illness. What about me?
Winter 2020
Animals as Superheroes: The Mental Health Benefits of Having a Pet
What is Caregiver Burnout?
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Kidshealth.org
Mind Your Mind
NIMH
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
AnxietyCanada.com
Anxiety.org
NAMI
Caregiver Myths Debunked
Fall 2019
Positive Psychology: An In-Depth Look
Dictionary.apa.org
Positive Psychology Canada
theconversation.com
Psychology Today
Positive Psychology.com
Peterson, C., & Park, N. (2014). Meaning and positive psychology.” International Journal of Existential Psychology & Psychotherapy, 5(1), 2-8.
Positive Psychology Center
