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OPDI NewsToGo Issue #221 - May 15, 2009
1. CMHCAP Project Enters New Phase (Update)
We have attached an update on the Community Mental Health Common Assessment Project for your information.
2. LHIN Collaborative Communiqué (April 2009)
The LHINs have formed LHINC, with the intent of strengthening relationships between and among health service providers, associations, and the LHINs. It will also have system alignment in mind. For more on this development, please refer to the attached memorandum.
LHIN_Collaborative_Communique_April_2009.pdf
3. Mental Health And Addictions Committee Hearings Summary
Courtesy of CAMH, we are able to bring up synopses of the legislative committee hearings into mental health and addictions. Please find attached a summary for your information; you will able to read the entire proceedings using the available hyperlink.
select_committee_summary,6may09.pdf
If you wish to check the Hansard record for the work of this select committee, this will get you there:
4. “Making Gains” Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline to submit a presentation or poster proposal has been extended to Friday, May 22. For more information, please visit:
http://www.makinggains.ca/MakingGains09_eFlyer_03.htm
5. A-Way Express 22nd Anniversary Fundraising Event
We have attached the flyer for this Friday, June 5th event to raise money for the Applause Gallery Café, a place for musicians, singers-songwriters, poets, painters, and writers – and to create new jobs for mental health survivors.
For more information, please check out the attached poster.
A-Way_Poster_22nd_Anniversary.pdf
6. Diabetes and Serious Mental Illness (CMHA Ontario)
This report comes from a recent think tank hosted by CMHA Ontario that considered how best to implement strategies that tackles the disparities of care occurring in persons with a mental health diagnosis who also have diabetes or are at high risk of developing the disease. We have attached this for your information.
cmha_ontario_smi_diabetes_think_tank_report.pdf
7. CAMH on Primary Care Education about Mental Health
In this report, CAMH put forth its findings on how the institution could provide Internet-based resources to primary care in order to help build system capacity. We have attached the report for your information.
primary_care_consultation_summary_APR27_final.pdf
8. “The Voice of Hope” —MHCP Patient/Client and Family Council Newsletter
We have attached this colourful and well-written newsletter for your reading enjoyment.
The_Voice_of_Hope_May_2009_2.pdf
9. Hamilton Spectator Features on Children’s Mental Health
Recently the Hamilton Spectator has been featuring stories on children’s mental health. The special feature (either print stories as well as a supplementary multimedia section) can be accessed at either of two links:
http://www.thespec.com/specialsections/section/waitingforcare
http://thespec.com/sections/oneinfive
10. Mainstream Media Questions Efficacy of Medication for Depression
In this Time magazine article, the writer uses a number of peer-reviewed studies to suggest that only a subset of persons with a diagnosis of depression are being helped with the latest generation of anti-depressants:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1895672,00.html
11. American Medical Association Endorses Concept of Mental Health Home
The “mental health home”, which combines apparently the characteristics of an ACT team and a Family Health team, is proposed in this write-up as a model for dealing with individuals who are at risk for serious mental illness and homelessness. This is the theme of the April 2009 issue of Psychiatric Services (available by subscription). A summary article is available here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/04/27/hlsa0427.htm
12. Self-Directed Care a Success in Florida (Editorial)
The positive aspects of consumer-directed mental health care are visited in this editorial:
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/editorials/2009-04-26/story/mental_health_spread_the_success
For those who wish to see the website, go here:
13. Info-TRAUMA: Online Tool for Victims and Healthcare Professionals
This is offered by the Douglas institute and includes bilingual multimedia resources, an e-library, and a blog:
http://www.info-trauma.org/en/training
To see the press release, go here:
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/cnw/article.jsp?content=20090505_164503_6_cnw_cnw
14. Call for Abstracts – Women’s Mental Health in Ontario
Deadline for Submissions: June 12, 2009
Conference Date: October 17, 2009
Location (TBA): University of Toronto
Theme: Building Networks and Research Capacity
Deadline for Submissions: June 12, 2009
This is the premiere provincial conference on women’s mental health, and welcomes abstracts which would be part of the program of paper presentations, symposia, panel discussions, and posters.
Full details can be found here:
http://www.womensresearch.ca/news/womens_mental_health_conference.php
15. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) Health Institute
Date: June 3, 2009
Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Location: Toronto
Place: Holiday Inn Select, 970 Dixon Road
Rainbow Health Ontario, Sherbourne Health Centre and the Association of Ontario Health Centres will hold a pre-conference LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) Health Institute featuring two day-long workshops that run in parallel:
* Workshop #1: Improving Care for LGBT Communities
* Workshop #2: Providing Clinical Care to Transsexual and Transgendered People
The registration form can be found here:
http://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/admin/news/files/LGBT%20Health%20Institute.pdf
For more information, please visit http://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/home.cfm.
16. “Grounding Trauma” Conference (London)
Date: June 23 – 24, 2009
Location: London
Place: Huron College, University of Western Ontario
We have attached a program flyer for your information.
Grounding_Trauma_Conference_Flyer.pdf
Full registration details are available here:
http://www.cast-canada.ca/GroundingTrauma.html
17. Culture and International Mental Health Conference
This conference is being held to bring together clinicians and researchers in the area of culture and mental health.
Date: October 15 – 16, 2009
Location: Toronto
Place: Mount Sinai Hospital Auditorium, 18th Floor, 600 University Avenue
Conference Theme: “Resilience and Vulnerability”
Keynote Address: Dr. Vikram Patel
This conference is jointly sponsored by Culture, Community and Health Studies (CCHS), Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Psychiatry Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK; Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network; and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
For more information please contact: Janissa Wan, Education & Special Events Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, at
(416) 586-4800 x5185, fax (416) 586-8654 or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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