The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), in collaboration with key partners and funders, invites you to a Substance Use and Mental Health on Campus Engagement Event to inform a new Standard for Psychological Health and Safety for Post-Secondary Students (PSS Standard).
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Substance Use and Mental Health on Campus Engagement Event Events
Supporting Grieving Children, Youth and Families Forum topic
Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education
It's not too late to gain the skills to provide evidence-based to support children, youth, and families grieving the dying, or death of someone they care about.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Blending theory with innovative techniques Events
Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education
Learn how to implement this empirically-supported psychotherapy model for treating traumatized children and adolescents into your practice with Liana Lowenstein and her 2-day Toronto presentation of:
5-day Certificate in Children's Grief and Bereavement Events
Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education
Early intervention program for mood and anxiety disorders in London Ont. showing signs of success Forum topic
We've heard about how early intervention programs for psychosis can lead to better outcomes for clients, but what about early intervention for those experiencing a first episode of a mood or anxiety disorder?
2019 Ontario Healthy Schools Conference - Shaping Success: Healthy Staff, Healthy Students Events
The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition(OHSC) is an Ontario-wide, broad-based coalition, with members from public health units, school boards, hospitals, mental health agencies, universities, health-related organizations, education-related organizations, and parent and student organizations, working to promote healthy schools so students can achieve academic success and well-being.
Mental Health First Aid: Adults Who Interact With Youth Events
MFHA-Adults Who Interact with Youth: Is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25).
KFLA Intersections Receives $399 200 Trillium Grant Forum topic
Hi everyone,
Some pretty exciting news about Intersections in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region! Youth Diversion (host agency of Intersections program) has received a $399 200 grant from the Trillium Foundation to support expansion of the program. You can read more about it here.
Dancing in the Darkness: Creative approaches to working with grieving children and youth Events
Mental Health Education and Training for Professionals
When Grief Gets More Complicated: Supporting harder-to-serve populations of children and youth Events
Mental Health Education and Training for Professionals
Mental Health Law for Children and Youth Events
Engage with experts and peers on the most pressing current and emerging issues in mental health law for children and youth. Developed based on your requests for a program that would bring together legal, health care, mental health, education and law enforcement professionals….you’ll walk away with knowledge, tools, strategies and tactics that will help you tackle these complex legal issues in your day-to-day working life.
Using Mindfulness and Compassion to Support Grieving Children and Families Events
Mental Health Education and Training for Practitioners
New UK report says social media addiction should be a disease Forum topic
The Royal Society of Public Health in the UK has argued that social media's toll on young people's mental health warrants it being classified as a disease. Read the article in the Guardian and the full report.
Certificate in Essential Skills for Assessing and Treating Children and Families. Events
Education and training for mental health professionals
Upcoming Webinars: Gambling, Gaming & Technology Use Series Forum topic
Medication and Problem Gambling Treatment: Understanding Uses, Benefits and Side Effects
Date: March 22 at 10:00 to 11:30
This 90-minute interactive webinar explores the use of medications for the treatment of clients with gambling problems and concurrent disorders. This webinar will be led by Dr. Daniela Lobo, MD, PhD, FRCPC.
N of 1 Client-Centric Care: Demystifying Pediatric Psychopharmacology Events
Presented by Joel Lamoure, RPh, DD, FASCP, Psychopharmacology Consultant at Child and Parent Resource Institute
This free webinar will focus on building capacity for the participant in child and youth psychopharmacology. We will explore a root cause therapeutic thought process assessment tool for medication interventions. Specific medication groupings, polymorphisms and epigenetics will also be discussed to allow evidence-based medicine to be translated into evidence-based decisions for the client receiving treatment.