service navigation access to care and health system reform

For the third session of our Waypoint Talks series, this d

Join us for the first presentation in our April Waypoint T

Interested in learning more about peer support for youth and young adults? Want to learn more about how peer support can be a part of the recovery journey for folks with mental health challenges? 

Supporting neurodivergent children and youth: Improving access and treatment outcomes in mental health, educational and residential settings

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Dates: February 5 and 12, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Katy Albert, M.Ed., OCT, BCBA

Supporting neurodivergent children and youth: Improving access and treatment outcomes in mental health, educational and residential settings

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

In support of the federal, provincial and territorial governments’ Shared Health Priorities initiative, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is launching an online survey asking Canadians to share their experiences related to accessing mental health and substance use services.

Complete this short, anonymous survey to help improve these services across the country! https://cihi.malatest.net/

Frayme is thrilled to share out our first policy recommendations document:
Integrated Youth Services (IYS) Policy Recommendations for System Transformation.

Mentally Disabled Do Not Have Fair Access to Justice

At the time of the imminent opening of HSJCC’s Community Justice Conference 2021, I appreciate CMHA branches and John Howard Society branches as two of the main organizations that assist people with mental health issues in the criminal justices system. Yet, many mentally disabled with barriers to access justice are not assisted because the system they access is not the Criminal one.

Check out this new Research Snapshot!

Access to Ambulatory Mental Health Care Prior to a Psychiatric Emergency Department Visit

Here is a sneak peek:

This interview with Dr. Kwame McKenzie of the Wellesley Institute, https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/ sharpens the future plan for mental health system reform. Good medicine, a balm, for those of us who experienced a languishing of our mental health system before, Covid as well.

2021 Ontario Psychiatric Association Expert Series: IMPROVING INEQUITIES IN CARE

Session I: Transcending Barriers: Improving Access to Care for Trans-Identified Individuals

Monday, May 31, 2021 – 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm EST

Dr. Albina Veltman (McMaster)

Session II: Opportunities for Antiracism Advocacy in Mental Health Policy & Practice

Monday, June 14, 2021 – 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm EST

Dr. Jessica Isom (Yale)

Sign up for 1 session or both!

Join us for the Mental Health Commission of Canada's (MHCC's) Ghost in the Machine: Tackling Structural Stigma in Health-Care Environments webinar.

Learn from Canada's leading researchers on mental illness- and substance use-related structural stigma in health-care.

Date: February 9, 2021
Time: 12-1:30 p.m. ET

During the pandemic, the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) at CMHA-Kenora was not able to safely see all clients in the office. Some clients may also have had challenges in self-isolating and/or sharing information required for COVID-19 screening. 

See how CMHA-Kenora's ACTT Team adapted their service to create a way to see clients safely while still maintaining both privacy and security during psychiatric consults. 

During Nursing Week the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario https://rnao.ca/ share plan to give a system reform direction, via ECCO … 3.0 report. 

Just what the Nightingale’s ordered for the emerging health teams approach in the age of Covid.

How have organizations pivoted to support non-COVID-19 patients and families? Participants in this webinar will discuss changes in system navigation, such as shifting to virtual care, and how that might affect patients, families and caregivers. We will explore how many changes are being co-developed with patient partners and communicated with their support. We will also talk about support needed to access care, from a patient perspective, and potential solutions and contingencies to address challenges faced.

This Globe & Mail opinion piece reminds us that very few Canadians can access good mental health care, and those that can are the ones that have the financial means to afford it.

Those most in need are the most consistently failed by the system.

The Ismaili Centre Mental Health Series - Minding the Gap: Conversations on Mental Health from Stigma to Treatment Innovation is a conversation series dedicated to sharing ideas about mental health in our society in collaboration with leading professionals, academics, and experts in the field.