Recommended Resources
Addiction and Recovery
- Addiction is Addiction book by the HUM team
- ASAM Definition of Addiction (Released September 2011)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) main website
- NIDA for Teens
- The Science of Addiction (a NIDA publication)
- HBO Series: Addiction
- The Institute for Addiction Study
- Addiction and recovery.org
- Alcoholics Anonymous, The Big Book Online
- CSAM – Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine
- ASAM – American Society of Addiction Medicine
- ISAM – International Society of Addiction Medicine
- Canadian Network of Substance Abuse and Allied Professionals
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- 12 Step Organizations including: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, Clutterers Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
- International Drinking Guidelines
- Hazelden resources
- Brene Brown’s TedX talks on shame and resiliency
- The Anonymous People documentary (available on Netflix)
- YouTube video by Dr. Ruth Potee explaining Addiction in the brain
- The Genetics of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence by Dick and Agrawal
- See below for additional reading resources for Addiction and Recovery
Codependency (or Addiction Involving Relationships)
- Melody Beattie’s resources
- Codependent’s Anonymous traits and characteristics
- Codependent’s Anonymous webpage
- Facing Codependence and Facing Love Addiction by Pia Mellody
Mental Health
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health: Depression
- National Institute of Mental Health: Anxiety
- Canadian Mental Health Association: Calgary Region
- Centre for Suicide Prevention-Calgary
- Cool Family Solutions-providing opportunity for facilitated communication within families-Calgary
- See below for additional reading resources for Mental Health
Self-Care
Transcendental Meditation
- The TM program (maharishi.ca)
Anger Management
Domestic Violence
Grief and Loss
Caring for an Aging Parent
Occupational Health
Youth Resources
Associations/Affiliations
- Canadian Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA)
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- Association and Membership, the Order of Military Merit (MMM)
- Alberta Occupational Health Nurses Association(AOHNA)
- University of Toronto
- Alberta College of Social Workers
- College of Alberta Psychologists
- Psychologists Association of Alberta
Reading Resources
Addiction and Recovery
- Addiction is Addiction: Understanding the disease in oneself and others for a better quality of life by Raju Hajela, Sue Newton, and Paige Abbott
- The Selfish Brain by Robert DuPont
- Addictive Thinking by Abraham J. Twerski
- Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s books on Addiction and Recovery
- Desire, when sex meets addiction by Susan Cheever
- Facing Life by Nancy Brown
- Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets by Claudia Black
- Facing Codependence and Facing Love Addiction by Pia Mellody
- Codependent No More, Codependents’ Guide to the 12 Steps, and The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
- The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love by Angelyn Miller
- Alcoholics Anonymous The Big Book
- Narcotics Anonymous: It Works, How and Why text
- Clean by David Sheff
- Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff
- Refuge Recovery by Noah Levine
Mental Health
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
- The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
- Scattered Minds (ADHD) by Gabor Mate
- Feeling Good and The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne
- Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey (Personality typing based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator)
- The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- The Dance of Intimacy and The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
- Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candace Pert
Chronic Pain
- A Day Without Pain by Mel Pohl
- Pain Recovery for Families: How to Find Balance When Someone Else’s Chronic Pain Becomes Your Problem Too by Pohl, Szabo Jr., Shiode and Hunter
- Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain by Mel Pohl
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