The CAMH Store offers a wide array of mental illness and addiction resources for patients, families, students and professionals. Search or browse our catalogue of brochures and booklets, textbooks, manuals and assessment tools.
This series of booklets is designed to help people better understand and make choices about psychiatric drugs. Each brochure discusses what the drugs are used for, the different types and names of drugs, their effects and their place in the treatment of mental health problems.
About Understanding psychiatric medications: BenzodiazepinesThis series of booklets is designed to help people better understand and make choices about psychiatric drugs. Each brochure discusses what the drugs are used for, the different types and names of drugs, their effects and their place in the treatment of mental health problems.
About Understanding psychiatric medications: Mood stabilizersThe booklet focuses on strategies to help parents prepare teens for new responsibilities and the pressures that may accompany them.
About What parents need to know about teens: Facts, myths and strategiesThis pamphlet addresses a situation many family members and friends find themselves in—the loved one they know needs help doesn’t think they need help at all, and refuses to seek help.
About When a family member chooses not to seek helpWhat the family member or friend can do, how to talk to your loved one and more.
About When a family member has questions about privacy and consentThis pamphlet is a quick reference for family members and friends who are worried that a loved one is considering suicide.
About When a family member is thinking about suicideWhen a parent dies by suicide, children's questions can be especially difficult to answer. This brochure will help parents and other adults to take the first step in talking to children about suicide. It will also help in explaining the suicide of other family members or friends.
About When a parent dies of suicide… What Kids Want to KnowChildren have a lot of questions and fears when a parent drinks too much alcohol. This brochure will help parents and other adults provide clear and direct answers to the most common questions children have about alcohol problems.
About When a parent drinks too muchWhen a parent has psychosis, children's questions can be especially difficult to answer. This brochure will help parents and other adults to provide clear and direct answers to the most common questions children have when a parent has experienced psychosis.
About When a parent experiences psychosis… What Kids Want to Know