The National Coordinating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has released an environmental scan on the determinants of health and health equity in public health. The NCCDH is one of six Public Health Agency of Canada-funded centres and examines social and economic factors that influence Canadians’ health, with a recent focus on early child development. […]Continue readingNCCDH environmental scan on health equity in public health
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Mental Health Week 2011
This year, the Canadian Mental Health Association is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Mental Health Week. That’s 60 years of talking about protecting and improving the mental health of Canadians, from coast to coast! This year’s theme, “Mental health for all” focuses on the right of every Canadian to enjoy the best possible mental health. […]Continue readingMental Health Week 2011
Housing Services Act, 2010 passes third reading
Bill 140, Ontario’s Affordable Housing Act, 2010 passed third reading on April 19th, 2011 and is awaiting royal assent. This bill is the foundation of the Affordable Housing Strategy released by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing earlier this year. All of the government amendments were accepted by the Standing Committee on Social Justice including […]Continue readingHousing Services Act, 2010 passes third reading
Creating Together: Co-Creating a Mental Health and Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario
Creating Together, sponsored by the Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Knowledge Exchange Network (OMHAKEN), in partnership with fifteen provincial organizations, collaboratively developed a mental health and addictions research agenda by engaging stakeholders of research in the agenda-setting process. This is an important aspect of knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) that supports research uptake. Six provincial […]Continue readingCreating Together: Co-Creating a Mental Health and Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario
Cell phone use and mental health (Sweden)
A Swedish study has found that expectations around constant availability for communication are associated with mental health outcomes such as stress, sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression among young adults. The study group consisted of 4156 young adults aged 20-24 years who responded to a baseline questionnaire and a follow up survey after one year. […]Continue readingCell phone use and mental health (Sweden)
Building effective service linkages in primary mental health care (Australia)
p>Researchers in Australia have conducted a review of papers published between 1998 and 2000, to examine the factors that increase collaboration between specialist mental health services and primary mental health care. This thematic and narrative review included papers that were published in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Europe, USA and Canada. Data was extracted based on […]Continue readingBuilding effective service linkages in primary mental health care (Australia)
Aftercare important for reducing recidivism among female offenders
A new research study published online in the American Journal of Public Health has found that aftercare is a critical component of a woman’s support system after she leaves prison. The study, conducted by researchers from St. Michael’s Hospital and Correctional Services Canada (CSC), evaluated the effectiveness of CSC’s Community Relapse Prevention and Maintenance (CRPM) program, a […]Continue readingAftercare important for reducing recidivism among female offenders
Primary care and suicide prevention (USA)
In the U.S., forty-five percent of the 32,000 Americans who commit suicide have visited their primary care provider within one month of their death. Ninety percent of those people had been diagnosed with a mental health or substance abuse disorder, or both. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center, the only federally funded center of its kind […]Continue readingPrimary care and suicide prevention (USA)
Australia learns from mental health system transformation in Scotland (Australia)
A new Australian report reveals that a complete transformation took place in Scotland’s mental health system between 1999 and 2009. The report, written by the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, a collaborative centre between the Australian National University and the University of Sydney, identifies the factors contributing to the transformation, the conditions that fostered it, […]Continue readingAustralia learns from mental health system transformation in Scotland (Australia)
Anti-inflammatories reduce the effectiveness of antidepressants (USA)
According to researchers from Rockefeller University, anti-inflammatory medications such as acetyl salicyclic acid, ibuprofen and naproxen, inhibit the therapeutic effects of antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Published in the April Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, scientists reported that their initial investigations were conducted […]Continue readingAnti-inflammatories reduce the effectiveness of antidepressants (USA)