Vol 4, No. 2 (Fall 2007) | 36 pages | PDF (2.0 Mb)
Background
Editor's Message (Sarah Hamid-Balma)
Medications for Mental Illness: Are we there yet? [guest editorial] (Debbie Thompson)
How Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Medications Work (Anthony Tung and Ric M. Procyshyn)
Medications Used in Recovery from Addiction (Jennifer Melamed)
All About Benzos (Nicole Pankratz)
From Happenstance to Targeted Investigation: A brief history of mental health meds (Debbie Thompson) [online only]
Myths About Antidepressants [online only]
Experiences and Perspectives
Medications: A quagmire of approaches and attitudes (Bob Krzyzewski)
Medication Madness (V.J.)
A Sudden Stop: Medication management taken out of my control (Patricia Harding) [online only]
A Pharmaceutical Sunset With a Side Order of Weight Gain, Please! My journey, through cocktails, to the light (Simone Dina-Blunck) [online only]
Medications: Helping me enjoy the world go by (Howard Dempster)
Tardive Dyskinesia—A Side Effect of Stigma (Susan Katz)
Medications and Youth on the Street (Don McGinnis)
Alternatives and Approaches
To Take or Not to Take? The problem of compliance (Fiona McGregor)
A Pill for Every Ill — Or an Ill for Every Pill? (Barbara Mintzes)
Medication in the Press: Evaluating media coverage of psychiatric and addiction drugs (Donna Panitow)
Using Mental Health Medications in Children and Youth: Some thoughts... (Lorne Brandt)
Antidepressants in Pregnancy and Lactation: Let’s look at the facts (Wende Wood)
Medication Research in Psychiatry: New trends and discoveries (Sylvia Zerjav)
Regional Programs
Working With Your Partner in Health (Patrick McGowan)
Between Dusk and Dawn—Who Ya Gonna Call? The BC NurseLine Pharmacist Service (Barbara Gobis Ogle and Elaine Chong)
Plan G: Financial assistance for psychiatric medications (Daryn)
I Can’t Access or Afford the Medication I Need: Now what? (Megan Dumas)
