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...
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.
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...
Why walking regularly could be better for you than you expect
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to find different ways of staying active, and walking has been a popular choice: affordable, accessible for...
Self-care tips and strategies for youth
Dr. Carolyn Boulos, youth psychologist at Sunnybrook, shares the “five-legged stool” approach she uses with her patients to encourage self-care and...
Helping parents manage their mental health and why it matters
Dr. Karen Wang, an adolescent psychiatrist at Sunnybrook, discusses how parents can manage their mental health in the pandemic’s second summer, and...
Tips for creating healthy self-care habits in stressful times
For most of us, living through the COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful. It has touched so many aspects of our lives: health, finances, work, school...
Anxious about ‘returning to normal’ during the pandemic? You’re not alone.
Sunnybrook mental health experts share tips and coping strategies for adults and kids feeling anxious about the 'return to normal' post-pandemic.