EENet's Research Snapshots are brief, clear language summaries of research articles, presented in a user-friendly format.

This Research Snapshot is based on the article, “Perceptions of climate change and climate action among climate-engaged health professionals in Northern Ontario: A qualitative study” published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health in 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100025

Yale-affiliated researchers recently published a study on transgenerational factors of traumas by comparison of children of veterans and nonveterans. They concluded:

After adjustment for socioeconomic advantages that may increase health service use, children of veteran families demonstrate substantially higher rates of clinically recognized externalizing problems. While explanations for this require further study, service systems working with veterans may consider integrating child-focused screening/services.

At the beginning of this year, we surveyed stakeholders across Ontario’s mental health and addictions system about what their most urgent needs are with respect to:

areas of evidence for improving programs, services, and policiestypes of resources EENet can produce to help inform decision-makingother knowledge mobilization services EENet can provide to help get the right evidence into the hands of the people who need it

We encourage you to:

The Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health recently launched a new infosheet on food insecurity and mental health.

Lots of new material - webinars, reports - at www.overdoseprevention.ca for keeners.

The Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council recently endorsed legalization with strict regulation of substances as the approach that offers the greatest potential benefits for both individual and community health, safety and well-being, and the lowest financial burden to taxpayers.

Check out this new Research Snapshot!The mental well-being and coping strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Here is a sneak peek:

Are you a newcomer to Canada? Or a service provider working with newcomers and refugees?

Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19 is a national research project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Ministry of Health.

You still have time to register for today's webinar: The Impact of Cannabis Legalization on Cannabis and Alcohol Use in Ontario!

TODAY at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

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A major international evidence review and clinical guidelines have been published today on the use of nutraceuticals (nutrient-based natural products) and phytoceuticals (plant-based natural products) in the management of various psychiatric illnesses.