Research has found that homeless youth have high rates of mental health problems and substance use, but studies have never looked at how many have both of these issues together. Researchers interviewed 150 street-involved 16- to 21-year-olds in Toronto. The youth answered questions about their mental health and drug use, as well as questions about […]Continue readingResearch Snapshot: What predicts concurrent substance use and mental health problems among street-involved youth?
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LCO identifying ways to improve access to Registered Disability Savings Plan
The Government of Ontario has asked the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) to explore how Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSP) can be made more accessible to people with disabilities. The work will examine how adults with developmental or other mental disabilities can participate in the program without completing an expensive competency assessment. The RDSP program was […]Continue readingLCO identifying ways to improve access to Registered Disability Savings Plan
It’s Mental Health Week! May 6-12, 2013 CMHA’s annual national awareness and education week
Local events and activities planned in hundreds of CMHA community locations across the country The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has been a champion for mental health since 1918 and has played an important role in improving people’s understanding of mental health and mental illness. CMHA introduced Mental Health Week (MHW) in 1951 to raise […]Continue readingIt’s Mental Health Week! May 6-12, 2013 CMHA’s annual national awareness and education week
Expanding the role of nurses
As part of Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care, the Ontario government is expanding the nursing scope of practice. This will help to provide patients with access to the right care, at the right time and in the right place. The government will work with the College of Nurses of Ontario to expand the scope of […]Continue readingExpanding the role of nurses
Government invests additional $260 million in home and community care
The Ontario government has made an additional investment in the community care sector of $260 million in 2013/2014 to reduce wait times for patients needing home care services. This funding will also assist in reaching a target for patients who require nursing services and those with complex needs to receive home care within five days […]Continue readingGovernment invests additional $260 million in home and community care
New community-based physiotherapy for seniors
Community settings will be the new venue for a suite of physical therapies for seniors and eligible patients with funding from the Government of Ontario. Physiotherapy, exercise and fall prevention classes will be available in long-term care homes and in communities across Ontario. Until now, a small number of for-profit companies have had almost exclusive control […]Continue readingNew community-based physiotherapy for seniors
Conservation Ontario launches Healthy Hikes Challenge
On May 1, 2013, Conservation Ontario launched the Healthy Hikes Challenge in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario, David Suzuki Foundation, the Ontario Trails Council and others. The challenge invites Ontarians to spend time hiking in the province’s over 270 Conservation Areas and track their progress online for a chance to win great […]Continue readingConservation Ontario launches Healthy Hikes Challenge
CIHR planning grant awarded for “Dietitians and Community Mental Health: Setting the Research Agenda”
Dietitians of Canada (DC), in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario (CMHA Ontario), and the University of British Columbia (UBC), is pleased to announce receipt of a one-year planning grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, effective March 1, 2013. The goal of the “Dietitians and Community Mental Health” project is to develop […]Continue readingCIHR planning grant awarded for “Dietitians and Community Mental Health: Setting the Research Agenda”
Mental Health Week: May 6-12, 2013
The Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) 62nd Annual Mental Health Week will run Monday, May 6 to Sunday, May 12, 2013. It’s time to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health. This year’s focus is on youth mental health. Factsheets are available to increase understanding of positive mental health: […]Continue readingMental Health Week: May 6-12, 2013
Working with Schizophrenia: Pathways to employment, recovery and inclusion (United Kingdom)
In a recent report titled, “Working with Schizophrenia: Pathways to Employment, Recovery and Inclusion”, The Work Foundation (UK) identified barriers (individual, attitudinal and structural) and interventions that could increase the number of workers with schizophrenia working in the UK labour market. The average UK employment rate for persons with schizophrenia is eight per cent, while the […]Continue readingWorking with Schizophrenia: Pathways to employment, recovery and inclusion (United Kingdom)