psychosis

This video series is a collaboration of family members supporting youth at CAMH’s Slaight Centre for Youth in Transition and the RBC Patient and Family Learning Space. This series includes suggested resources, programs and services directed at helping families navigate mental health services.

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Sharing on behalf of Graham Woodward, Vice President and Dr. Paul Kurdyak, Vice President, Clinical, Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) 

The Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) is recruiting members for two of their provincial advisory tables. Please read below for more details on each opportunity and how to express your interest.  

1. Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Provincial Advisory Table 

It is encouraging to see a team at Ontario Health dedicated now to developing care standards for it.  What is still lagging is our awareness of menopause as a factor in both mental health and addiction.  Research is growing in this area.  Below are a few recent journal articles.

Please join us on Thursday, July 18th, 2024 from 1pm - 2pm ET for the Understanding Psychosis in Later Life Workshop. This virtual workshop is for older adults 65 years and older, and their caregivers, where we’ll discuss:

The Schizophrenia Society of York University (SSY) is the first and only schizophrenia awareness club organization at York University that raises awareness and humanizes individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia. We provide a voice for people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and create an atmosphere of de-stigmatization at York University.

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The Grey Bruce Community Drug and Alcohol Strategy is looking for examples of survey questions/tools used to collect feedback from community members (i.e., partner agencies, the public, people with lived experience) on local priorities for drug strategies to focus on. Please share any survey tools you have used in the past and/or any lessons learned about the process here or email me at k.mighton@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.

Thank you,

Kelsey

Call out for Lived Experience & Recovery Network’s Conference Proposals!

Lived Experience & Recovery Network (LERN) invites individuals to submit proposals for this year’s 2024 LERN Conference. This conference is taking place on July 11 & 12, 2024, in North Bay at The Grande Event Centre! This year’s theme is Compassionate Spaces!

Certificate in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) level 2: Application to specific populations
 

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Join us for two virtual workshops where we explore how caregivers can support their family members who are hearing voices due to psychosis. These online, 2-hour interactive sessions will help caregivers gain a deeper understanding into the context of hearing voices others can’t, contributing factors that help or harm a voice hearer’s experience of their voices, and how to use a CBT-p informed approach to communicate and support someone in their voice hearing.

One in five Canadians experiences a mental health problem in a given year.  This five-module, self-directed online course explores basic concepts of mental health and mental illness.  We look at the prevalence of mental health problems in Canada, the risk and protective factors that influence mental health, and the links between mental health and the social determinants of health.  We explore the importance of creating a safe space for clients and developing a positive therapeutic relationship.  We also describe the various treatments for mental health challenges-includi