Sunnybrook's Family Navigation Project is a free email and phone service that helps youth ages 13 to 26 years old with mental health and/or addiction...
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How a coping card can help people manage emotional distress
Sometimes feelings of anxiety, worry, stress and other uncomfortable emotions can be overwhelming. There may be certain times or triggers than can...
The importance of protecting eyesight during home workouts
Exercise and activity are important parts of Richard Cui’s daily routine. “Before the pandemic, I was in the gym almost every day,” says the 21-year...
How Canada’s only residential OCD treatment program went virtual during the pandemic
In March 2020, COVID-19 pandemic restrictions prompted the team at Sunnybrook’s Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre to introduce a virtual...
How innovative first-in-Canada treatment options for OCD gave Matthew hope for the future
After undergoing a non-invasive procedure called The Gamma Knife Icon at Canada’s first and only OCD intensive residential program at Sunnybrook...
How opening up about OCD helped change Nikki’s life for the better
Obsessive compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a psychiatric illness that affects one in 40 people over the course of their lifetime.
Patient story: Focused ultrasound and Parkinson’s disease
Pat Wilson is the first patient with Parkinson’s disease in the world to be part of a leading-edge clinical trial by Sunnybrook and UHN researchers...
Leading-edge stent technology for aneurysms gives Sunnybrook patient a second chance at life
Tracy Kirkhus’s chances of survival were slim after she experienced a ruptured aneurysm at a roadside service centre. But thanks to leading-edge...
Patient story: A new focused ultrasound trial for breast cancer that has spread to the brain
In 2013, Kathryn Stagg was 33 years old and studying to sit the New York and New Jersey bar exams when she noticed her breast was red and swollen...
How brain surgery helped me battle alcohol use disorder
Before the surgery, I was waiting to die. Now, I plan to live to finish my book, see the development of an HIV vaccine, and watch my kids, stepkids...