The North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is hosting an all-day forum on Tuesday March 19, from 8:00 a.m – 4 :00 p.m. at the Steel Workers Union Hall and Conference Center, 66 Brady St., in Sudbury. The all-day forum will feature presenters sharing innovations and best practices, a panel discussion on how to create […]Continue readingNorth East LHIN’s Mental Health and Substance Use forum
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Host “Making Connections” training in your community
Making Connections training is about developing a common understanding about domestic violence and co-occurring mental health and/or substance use problems in women. Making Connections contains a full curriculum including a text manual, online modules and discussion forum, and a full day, cross-sectoral workshop for frontline professionals. Local training across Ontario will help participants share their […]Continue readingHost “Making Connections” training in your community
The global burden of alcohol
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) recently published the results of a study that shows alcohol is the third leading cause of disease and injury world-wide, superceded only by high blood pressure and tobacco smoking. The study was published in the journal, Addiction on March 4, 2013. Researchers affirmed that drinking causes more than 200 different […]Continue readingThe global burden of alcohol
Homicidal death greatly increased amongst those with mental illness (Sweden)
In this month’s issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Swedish researchers reveal that mortality rates due to homicide are more than doubled if an individual has a mental illness or substance use disorder, irrespective of age, sex or other sociodemographic factors. Researchers reviewed the entire Swedish population and homicidal deaths during the years 2001 to 2008. Results […]Continue readingHomicidal death greatly increased amongst those with mental illness (Sweden)
ADHD post-secondary scholarship program
Shire Canada Inc. is launching a new Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Scholarship Program tailored for Canadians who are 18 years and over, pursuing post-secondary education and diagnosed with ADHD. The Program will award recipients with a unique scholarship that combines financial support for tuition ($1,500) as well as one year’s worth of ADHD coaching services provided […]Continue readingADHD post-secondary scholarship program
Promising Practice: Readiness scale ready for prime time?
A team at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre is evaluating a new tool designed to help social workers and their clients decide if a person is ready to move from intensive community mental health services to less intensive services. The tool is called the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Transition Readiness Scale. Read more about this […]Continue readingPromising Practice: Readiness scale ready for prime time?
Research Report Roundups: Meeting the needs of youth with substance abuse problems
Given that youth are at a different developmental stage than adults, organizations serving youth with substance use problems have a challenge: How to provide the best possible programs and services and meet the unique needs of their clients? The Ontario Youth Strategy Project, a working committee of Addictions Ontario, with the support of the Ministry […]Continue readingResearch Report Roundups: Meeting the needs of youth with substance abuse problems
Research Snapshot: How does perceived support in school relate to teens’ mental health?
Studies show that self-esteem goes down and symptoms of depression and mental disorders rise as adolescents move from grade to grade at school. However, strong emotional support from their classmates and teachers helps ward off mental health problems in youth. Researchers looked at how teens’ perceptions of their social supports in school relate to their mental […]Continue readingResearch Snapshot: How does perceived support in school relate to teens’ mental health?
HSJCC conference call for proposals now open
The Provincial Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee’s (HSJCC) 2013 Educational and Training Provincial Conference call for abstracts is now open. The conference, titled “New Realities: The Changing World from Youth to Elderly in Human Services & Justice” will be held from November 25-27, 2013 in Toronto. The HSJCC is seeking abstracts from individuals or agencies […]Continue readingHSJCC conference call for proposals now open
Government continues funding for At-Home/Chez Soi
The Government of Ontario recently announced that they will continue housing and supports for 216 units serving 240 former homeless adults with mental health conditions living in Toronto. At Home/Chez Soi is a demonstration research initiative of the Mental Health Commission of Canada that was launched in 2008. Funding for rent subsidies was due to expire […]Continue readingGovernment continues funding for At-Home/Chez Soi