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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.
Mental health in a COVID world: How to build resilience during a global pandemic
At the latest Speaker Series, expert panelists Dr. Peggy Richter, Dr. Mark Sinyor and Dr. Rosalie Steinberg provide excellent tips on how to cope and...
Bipolar disorder and COVID-19
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that has an impact on an individual’s mood states, leading to episodes of depression as well as mania...
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...
Grounding exercise: 5 steps to help calm anxiety and stress
In challenging times, it is normal to experience some levels of stress and anxiety. These emotions can become overwhelming but there are ways of...
Mental health resilience strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sunnybrook expert Dr. Joanna Mansfield offers strategies that may help guide you to find more mental health resilience in 2021.
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.
Finding a fresh outlook for 2021
New Year's resolutions are different for everyone, and this year’s resolutions may be very different from past years given the challenges of the...
How paying attention to our feelings can help us get through the COVID-19 pandemic
Sunnybrook expert Dr. Janet Ellis explains why it’s important to be aware of our feelings, how to express negative emotions in positive ways, and why...