Links: Patient Education Handouts

Medication information from BCMHAS Pharmacy:

Antipsychotics:

• Clozapine (Clozaril^®) Revised Nov 2007
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa^®) Revised Nov 2007
• Quetiapine (Seroquel^®)
• Risperidone (Risperdal^®)
• Long-acting depot antipsychotics

Mood stabilizers:

• Divalproex/Valproic Acid
• Lithium
• Lamotrigine (Lamictal^®)

Antidepressants

• Mirtazapine (Remeron^®)
• Moclobemide (Manerix^®)
• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
• Venlafaxine (Effexor^®, Effexor XR^®)

Mental health topics:

• Fact sheets. Here to Help BC
• Facts for families. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Mental health information (Help is at hand leaflets). The Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)
• Let's talk facts brochures. American Psychiatric Association
• Mental health and growing up. Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK)
• Mental health: patient information leaflets. Patient.co.uk  
• Publications from the National Institute of Mental Health (US)

Other health topics:

• familydoctor.org
• Patient information leaflets. Patient.co.uk

Multilingual health information: 

• Multicultural mental health and substance use resources. Here to Help BC
• Schizophrenia information in other languages. BC Schizophrenia Society
• CHMA's multi-language web brochures
• Multilingual resources. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Ontario)
• SPIRAL: selected patient information resources in Asian languages
• Translated information. Multicultural Mental Health Australia
• Resources in other languages. MIND (UK)

Last updated or reviewed December 16, 2009