The 2011 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) recently highlighted its findings using a two-hour webinar on April 23, 2012. The OSDUHS began in 1977 and is the longest ongoing student school survey in Canada, and the second longest in North America. To watch the webinar – featuring an interdisciplinary panel of researchers, […]Continue readingOntario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUH) releases findings through webinar
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Be part of the next webinar on the Health Canada Drug Treatment Funding Program
Evidence Exchange Network (EENet) invites you to take part in a free one-hour virtual knowledge exchange session, via telephone and webinar, to explore Health Canada’s Drug Treatment Funding Program. Join Colleen Dell – Provincial Research Chair in Substance Abuse, University of Saskatchewan, and Senior Research Associate, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse – on Thursday, May […]Continue readingBe part of the next webinar on the Health Canada Drug Treatment Funding Program
Peer supporters identify challenges and solutions for working in mental health (Australia)
A recent study with peer support workers in western Australia identified the challenges and solutions – from a peer support perspective – of being employed in mental health services. A focus group of seven peer supporters (out of the 25 identified) was conducted to understand the challenges and solutions to providing paid peer support to […]Continue readingPeer supporters identify challenges and solutions for working in mental health (Australia)
Improving access to health services for residents of supported housing (USA)
Prior research indicates that Individuals with psychiatric disabilities underutilize needed health services and are at greater risk for medical co-morbidities. A recent study in Philadelphia looked at the impact of engagement, including case management services, on utilization of health services by individuals with a mental health condition, living in supported housing. Supported housing is defined […]Continue readingImproving access to health services for residents of supported housing (USA)
First meeting regional mental health and addiction consultation group
During the first day of Mental Health Week, the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) hosted the first meeting of its Regional Mental Health and Addiction Consultation Group, comprised of expert members from across Northeastern Ontario. The role of the group is to provide advice to the NE LHIN on the implementation of […]Continue readingFirst meeting regional mental health and addiction consultation group
900 new nurses in Ontario
There have been over 900 new nursing positions created in Ontario this year. These new positions are located in a variety of settings such as in home care and community care, primary health care, hospitals, long-term care homes and mental health care programs in schools. Key new nursing positions: 144 nurses working within schools to […]Continue reading900 new nurses in Ontario
Call for proposals for Mad Pride
Friday, May 18, 2012 is the deadline to submit a proposal for Mad Pride – an arts, culture, and heritage festival created by psychiatric survivors, consumers, and those in solidarity with people living with mental health conditions. Mad Pride is about remembering and participating in mad history, challenging discrimination, advocating for rights, affirming identities, and […]Continue readingCall for proposals for Mad Pride
Hastings lecture on health equity
The Toronto Public Health Charles Hastings Lecture on health equity is taking place on May 29, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. This year, the featured speaker is Sir Michael Marmot, the Chair of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health and Director of […]Continue readingHastings lecture on health equity
Pathway to recovery guidebook
The second edition of “Pathway to Recovery: A Guidebook for Families” is now available. Published by the Canadian Mental Health Association, Durham Branch and Durham Mental Health Services, the first edition of the guidebook was well received by mental health service providers, Durham College students and staff, and the general public. In addition to the […]Continue readingPathway to recovery guidebook
Law Commission of Ontario receives public feedback on law and disabilities framework
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has released a draft framework to evaluate how new or existing laws, policies and practices impact on people with disabilities. Public feedback was welcomed until May 2, 2012. The LCO was created by the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Osgoode Hall Law School […]Continue readingLaw Commission of Ontario receives public feedback on law and disabilities framework