The Refugee Mental Health course is accepting registrations for the 2014-15 year. Developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, this 4-week, online course is designed to help build service providers’ knowledge and skills regarding refugee mental health issues.

Course topics include mental health problems affecting refugees; the unique needs of refugee women, children, seniors and victims of torture; treatment issues and considerations; and refugee mental health promotion. There is a course each designed for these groups of professionals:

• Course for settlement /social services providers
• Course for health care professionals

To be eligible you must be:

• Either a frontline settlement/social services provider or health care professional
• Working with refugees
• Employed in Ontario.

Please visit the Refugee Mental Health Project’s homepage for more information and registration. For further information, please contact Janet Ngo at Janet.ngo@camh.ca or 416 535-8501 x34483

Note: These courses are also available in French; registration to open in June, 2014.

This project is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).