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
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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)
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)
Upcoming Canadian Mental Health Association Conference All About Changing How We Think About Mental Illness
TORONTO, Oct. 6 — The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) presents Thriving in 2010 and Beyond: Defining Our Roles, Exploring Control, Designing the Whole, a national mental health conference in London, Ontario on October 22 – 24, 2010 at the London Convention Centre. Special keynote speakers include: CBC Radio One’s The Next Chapter host Shelagh […]Continue readingUpcoming Canadian Mental Health Association Conference All About Changing How We Think About Mental Illness
Aging at Home Strategy expanding
The Ontario government has announced the expansion of the Aging at Home strategy. Programs under this strategy provide health care services to seniors at home so that they can remain living in their own home. The strategy is also meant to avoid unnecessary visits to hospitals, which can ultimately reduce emergency room wait times. The […]Continue readingAging at Home Strategy expanding
OCAN update
The process details of the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) translation are now available on the Community Care Information Management (CCIM) website. OCAN is a standardized, consumer-led, decision-making tool that assists with mental health recovery. The Community Mental Health Common Assessment Project area on the CCIM website features an OCAN translation section containing all […]Continue readingOCAN update
Network and CrossCurrents magazines examine chronic disease and mental health
The most recent issues of Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario’s Network magazine and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s CrossCurrents magazine focus on chronic disease prevention and management and mental health and illness. In her guest editorial in Network, Betty Harvey, nurse practitioner with the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program at St. Joseph’s Health Care, London and associate […]Continue readingNetwork and CrossCurrents magazines examine chronic disease and mental health
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
Aboriginal youth suicide prevention program
The River of Life is an innovative and culturally competent suicide prevention training program for Aboriginal youth developed by the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a specialized program of Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta Division, in partnership with Millbrook Technologies. The program is now available online and is recommended for anyone involved in the health and […]Continue readingAboriginal youth suicide prevention program