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 Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Canada is facing unprecedented challenges with opiate and amphetamine addiction, housing instability, and mental health. How can public systems—such as policing, homelessness and health—respond strategically?

Join the Systems Planning Collective and a panel of experts as they discuss…

If you work, or are interested in, health care quality improvement in the community mental health sector, check out these posts on Quorum (Health Quality Ontario's online community): https://quorum.hqontario.ca/en...tags=mental%20health

The posts feature various community mental…

Nurturing Nurturing Communities

Over the past thirty years, behavioral science research has brought us to the point where we can have historically lower levels children’s psychological, behavioral, and health problems. The challenge is to use what has been learned to help our communities…

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

The research challenge: How might we reduce suicide deaths among youth and young adults living with mental illness, especially psychosis or schizophrenia, in areas where health and social services are limited?

Why this research challenge is important:

Suicide is the…

The Mental Health Commission of Canada's Youth Council is a safe space allowing individuals with lived experience between the ages of 18-30 to provide a youth perspective on mental health and recovery. We are seeking four new members to join the diverse council.  

The deadline to…

People who suffered a financial, housing-related, or job-related hardship as a result of the Great Recession (which officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009) were more likely to show increases in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and problematic drug use.

This article by Jim Diers https://www.tamarackcommunity....est/author/jim-diers posted in Tamarack  https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/  lays out guideposts for community system and planning interventions.