Dr. Rachel Mitchell, child and adolescent psychiatrist, shares insight on how young people and families are coping during the pandemic.
Mental health
This section of our Your Health Matters website features timely tips & information from mental health experts at Sunnybrook.
Find more mental health resources on our Department of Psychiatry’s patient and family education website.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A different treatment for managing depression
Stephanie Bergman’s first experiences with depression came from others in her family who were affected by the condition. She says it wasn’t a...
Supporting families after a suicide attempt
Experts in Sunnybrook’s Department of Psychiatry have created a resource booklet, which includes warning signs and risk factors for suicide as well...
How to care for yourself if you’re feeling burnt out by COVID
Dr. Ari Zaretsky shares insight into burnout: what it is, why the pandemic might be creating these feelings and how individuals can care for their...
Finding the confidence to be me: how talk therapy helped Cassie King manage bipolar disorder
“It’s the best I’ve been in a long time. I feel like things have just been coming into place,” says Cassie King.
Marking a milestone: 50 years of Sunnybrook’s Youth Psychiatry Division
It’s been just over 50 years (51, to be exact) since Sunnybrook became the first hospital in Toronto to offer psychiatric care for youth, and its...
COVID-19 and its impact on obsessive-compulsive disorder
COVID-19 has caused many changes to everyday life that can lead to feelings of stress, which experts are finding has led to some individuals...
How I found a path forward after trauma with the help of the Family Navigation Project
Please note this post contains difficult accounts of the patient’s experiences and circumstances including sexual assault. The author’s name has been...
Sunnybrook’s new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre: Q & A with Dr. Anthony Levitt
Construction is well underway on Sunnybrook’s new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre with lots of activity on site. Learn more about how this Centre...
How post-secondary students can manage back-to-class anxiety this fall
Many Ontario colleges and universities will be opening their doors to students this September, in person, for the first time since the onset of the...