The Mount Sinai Hospital Mental Health Court Support Program is offering a full-day training workshop on the topic of cultural competency on October 28. Designed for mental health and law professionals, this workshop introduces the concepts of cultural competency and increases the capacity of cultural competency in those working with culturally diverse individuals who are […]Continue readingCultural competency training for law and mental health professionals
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Film festival explores animation’s depiction of mental health
The 2010 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) will present a program exploring how mental health is represented in animation. “Let’s Go Crazy” includes a selection of animation portraying mental health, fromLooney Toons to new independent shorts, each revealing how the mind works in unique ways. “In recent years, a handful of animators have pioneered new styles […]Continue readingFilm festival explores animation’s depiction of mental health
E-mail-based mental health promotion study (Australia)
A new study, based in Australia at the University of Melbourne, is exploring a method of preventing depression through the Internet. Mood Memos is targeted to people experiencing depression symptoms which are not yet too severe, with the aim of averting depression or relapse. The study is looking at the effectiveness of e-mail-based mental health […]Continue readingE-mail-based mental health promotion study (Australia)
Creating Together releases web survey
Creating Together: Developing a Mental Health and Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario is an OMHAKEN-initiated, province-wide process to jointly develop a research agenda for mental health and addictions in Ontario. The results of the process will help guide health systems and services, and population and public health research investments and knowledge exchange activity over the […]Continue readingCreating Together releases web survey
Clinical guidelines for pregnancy and complex social factors (UK)
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom has released new clinical guidelines for pregnancy and complex social factors. In addition to introducing the concept of women-centred care and making general recommendations, the document provides specific guidelines related to pregnant women who: misuse substances; are recent migrants, asylum seekers or […]Continue readingClinical guidelines for pregnancy and complex social factors (UK)
Ontario higher court dismisses appeal on ODSP eligibility ruling
The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently upheld a 2006 ruling that it is discriminatory to deny benefits to claimants of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) if their disability is caused solely by substance abuse. In a 51-page ruling, the Court of Appeal dismissed the ODSP’s appeal to overturn a 2006 Social Benefit Tribunal […]Continue readingOntario higher court dismisses appeal on ODSP eligibility ruling
PPAO 2009 annual report shows increase in rights advice and advocacy inquiries
The provincial Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO) has seen an increase in both rights advice and advocacy issues since the Mental Health Act was amended in 2001, according to its 2009 annual report. The report, submitted to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, breaks down the type of assistance provided by the PPAO in 2009 by […]Continue readingPPAO 2009 annual report shows increase in rights advice and advocacy inquiries
BC’s mental health and addictions journal focuses on older adult immigrants and refugees
Visions, British Columbia’s mental health and addictions journal, has published a new issue on older adult immigrants and refugees. Immigrants and refugees face multiple barriers to accessing employment, housing, education and health care services. Such barriers often lead to health disparities in this population. Although newcomers are often healthier than Canadian-born individuals when they arrive, […]Continue readingBC’s mental health and addictions journal focuses on older adult immigrants and refugees
POWER study releases diabetes chapter
The POWER (Project for an Ontario Women’s Health Evidence-Based Report) study has released its latest chapter, which focuses on diabetes. POWER is a multi-year project funded by Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario. The study reported on several different areas of diabetes care, including general (morbidity, health and functional status, and risk factors); access and […]Continue readingPOWER study releases diabetes chapter
Ontario’s Social Landscape report reveals significant demographic changes
A new report uses an innovative mapping tool to paint a vivid picture of Ontario’s demographic changes due to an aging population, unstable unemployment opportunities, fluctuating populations and growing ethnoracial diversity. The report is designed to be a resource for program planning, needs assessments, advocacy initiatives, public policy development, research projects and other purposes. To […]Continue readingOntario’s Social Landscape report reveals significant demographic changes