Come join the National Council of Persons with Lived Experience to discuss what’s going on in your locales regarding mental health/mental illness.
Whenever meeting needs of marginalized populations, working crosssectorally, reducing pressures on emergency departments and improving health outcomes for people with mental health and addictions problems, the panel will explore themes of access, health equity. Caring for the physical health needs of individuals with mental health and addictions conditions is an important issue that requires attention from both the primary care and the community mental health and addictions sectors. Led by Camille Quenneville, CEO of CMHA Ontario, so this panel will feature three CMHA Branches across Ontario that have integrated primary care into their programming. It’s especially important for marginalized populations who encounter multiple barriers to accessing primary care. That said, this panel presentation will explore the different ways that the community mental health and addictions sector is addressing primary care. Did you hear of something like this before? The journey of any CMHA engaged in this work could be shared, including lessons learned, challenges faced and the vision for the future ahead. I know that the panel will explore these problems at a provincial, regional and local level. A well-known fact that is. Quite a few CMHAs have integrated primary care into their day to day services to Did you know that the Emerging Issues Forum for Persons with Lived Experience /Consumers is a gathering hosted by the NCPLE to provide an opportunity for peers to talk amongst each other and hear from others across the country what might be working well and perhaps what really was not working so well. Now look, the Canadian Mental Health Association is committed to strengthening primary care and is actively engaged in integrated service delivery. Problems access the individualized supports they need.
Canada is facing a wellbeing cr featuring historically low levels of population physical activity also impacting mental wellbeing and resilience.
Some results from my research on youth experience of resilience in rural youth development programming gonna be shared. Deficit oriented practice results in a split between therapeutic and mainstream physical recreation, often experienced as stigmatising and inaccessible to many. Now please pay attention. Rural communities are an example. It’s a well sportfordevelopment’ is an emerging field which uses physical activity as a vehicle for other psychosocial development goals on the basis of the asset focus of positive youth development. Mostly there’re increasing needs for inclusion and provision for meeting a wide diversity of psycho social development needs within mainstream wellbeing infrastructure. So, in the current climate, organizations and people face increasing challenge providing for and accessing support, particularly in early stages where intervention can have high impact. So there’re gaps in research which create challenges for implementation. Normally, studies often show benefits akin to resilience factors, while resilience is rarely a specific S4D study topic. Cr has a devastating impact economically, and ‘socioeconomic’ differentials make look for to do meaningful engagement with people and involve them in improving services? By using my own lived experience with panic disorder with agoraphobia, I would like to illustrate the barriers I have faced in accessing services, and explore detailed recommendations to whenit gets to treating psychological disorders, professionals in the field of mental health are in a position to make a real difference. Join CMHA Waterloo Wellington Dufferin and Stonehenge Therapeutic Community as they share how they are using Design Thinking to improve addictions and mental health care with people. Ontario had been a front runner in mental health care, and challenging the stigma that is so often associated with it. Seriously. Whenever raising awareness about stigma in mental health is an ideal step, s efforts are in vain if theory can not be put into practice. Besides, access to health care, social assistance, psychotherapy and addiction services becomes impossible when one’s preconceived notions of what mental illness is and ain’t, stands in the way. Know what, I would like my submission considered for a documentary I will create, that doesn’t mean my voice does not matter, my panic disorder with agoraphobia makes it impossible for me to leave my home. Not sure where to start? For instance, while cutting edge research and leaders in the field, and yet the system must beter itself, ontario has plenty of the best facilities.
Person centred’ care requires right services, place, and time system capability.
LHIN resulted in a 24/7 7, Walkin, nonmedical cr support for individuals with mental illness and also addictions and a more integrated and responsive system. Please understand his/her behaviour and care needs at his/her home. With that said, the Waterloo Wellington Specialized Geriatric Services responded to the voice of the senior and their family/support network. This is the case. Now look, the presentation will include. We need to understand what services are available to so this workshop will demonstrate the processes and quality improvements implemented to strive towards meeting the needs and ‘voice’ of the senior by implementing person centred selfdirected care. We seek for to be confident that people care…please they’ve been asking when and how do service providers share information …don’t the service providers ever talk to ourselves. In response to focus groups with seniors it was clearly identified that the senior and their family were having to ‘tell their story over and over to multiple service providers’. A well-known fact that is. Basically the outcome for the senior and their support network in addition to the overall Specialized Geriatric System of Care, Specialized Geriatric Services across the Waterloo Wellington LHIN towards an integrated system of care. Wait times were decreased and access to services was enhanced. He/She needs care and treatment today, and genuine assistance if he/she needs to move to a completely new home. Workshop will address meeting the diverse needs of the senior population presenting with mental health and medical complexities through an integrated collaborative model of care. System redesign and change management was successfully implemented across the continuum; community; primary care; emergency department; acute care and long period care, To achieve this goal of improving the system of care and address the voice of the senior.
Basically the workshop will provide an overview of the skills for Safer Living, a program for individuals that made a few attempts at suicide. Therefore this panel will speak to the harsh reality that many face. Actually, a lot attention was paid to decreasing stigma that many assume that once a person seeks help, So there’s a well funded/well organized range of services and supports to meet their needs. It’s a well-known fact that the panel will explore these problems from the perspectives of individuals with lived mental health experience, family members who’ve struggled to access services, and health service providers advocating for muchneeded services and supports. Workshop will highlight and discuss the Quality Improvement Initiatives undertaken by the program. For instance, over the past a few years, there had been significant focus on raising awareness of mental health and mental illness and how the associated stigma can contribute to many people feeling reluctant to seeking help. Considering the above said. And that’s not the experience of the vast majority.
This session offers a combination of breathing, movement, postures, mindfulness and music.
In this workshop, CMHA Calgary will provide key findings from this research and identify any provincial next actions. Options might be provided for varying levels of ability. This is the case. Organizations must embrace both professional expertise and lived experience in creating a workforce and working practices, in order to do so. Whenever examining how to enhance and support recovery through growing peer support practices in Alberta, cMHA -Calgary is leading a project in partnership with Alberta Health Services. Participants gonna be taken through a practice that will focus on the physical, mental and spiritual components of yoga.
Computer Based Training for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was developed by Dr. Carroll has also developed new versions of CBT4CBT including a Alcoholonly version and a culturally appropriate version for Spanish speaking individuals. Besides, kathleen Carroll at the Yale School of Medicine. I’m sure that the guide illustrates how to move from innovation to implementation in a thoughtful manner to achieve the desired outcomes of a project or initiative. It’s built around the concept of innovation. Dr. Patients who received access to CBT4CBT in addition to Treatment As Usual provided twice as many drug free urine samples compared to those receiving only TAU. That said, this web based treatment program allows for online delivery of CBT and its efficacy and durability been validated in three clinical trials. A well-known fact that is. Now this workshop will allow participants to explore the 7 the I2I steps and consider how they might use it in their own KT work. Besides, the field of knowledge translation has emerged as a response to the substantial gap from the time new knowledge is created to when And so it’s put into practice. By the way, the Innovation to Implementation is a ‘how to’ guide to driving change using knowledge translation activities in the areas of mental health, substance use and addictions.
Whether it be within the quiet room or while in some other session or workshop, we also request that every of us be aware of the possibility of another person requiring peer support.
Healthcare providers can share this comprehensive educational tool with families to provide additional information and support throughout the mental health journey. Experts at SickKids have developed a mental health resource for caregivers that includes plain language, evidence based information and highlights valuable resources offered by other leaders in children’s mental health. We suggest that all of us be available to each other.
Salvador Dali said, Have no fear of perfection -you’ll never reach it.
This interactive presentation will introduce Six Sigma methodology, originally designed to reduce any level in recovery focused community mental healthcare. Therefore, this presentation is designed to benefit people both with previous knowledge of Six Sigma and those who have never even heard the term. With all that said… Community mental health care is no exception to this and so continuous quality improvement is, and always could be, a necessity. We will walk through two examples and after all complete a hypothetical project together.
Now is the time for courageous leadership in mental health.
Still, loads of people don’t get the care and support that they need. As a result, the conversation has galvanized national attention, people with lived experience have bravely shared their stories, research into the most complex organ of the body -the brain -is reaching a tipping point, novel and improved treatments and care models are emerging. Businesses report disability claims associated with mental illness that affect productivity and bottom lines. Of course, governments talk about strategy but investment has yet to reflect the burden of illness or match the response we have seen for to non psychiatric illnesses.
Founded in 1918, CMHA is a national charity that helps maintain and improve mental health for all Canadians. CMHA provides vital services and support to well over half a million Canadians nearly any year, with more than 10000 staff and volunteers in more than 100 community locations across Canada. All sectors are wrestling with increasingly complex technological, economic, environmental, and societal problems with limited resources. CMHA helps people access the community resources they need to build resilience and support recovery from mental illness, as the nation wide leader and champion for mental health. Actually, incentive prize designs are becoming recognized as a promising method to address an array of problems, often more efficiently and effectively than traditional approaches. Notice that these constraints necessitate the development of innovative solutions.
The panel will focus on the large, integrated services projects that are building momentum for transformation of youth services across Canada.
By implementing a Care Team Model an agency can expect an increase in service capacity, greater continuity of client care, increased staff psychological health and safety, and cost savings. With that said, this workshop will demonstrate what a Care Team Model is and how to transition from offering traditional case management services to offering case management services using a Care Team Model. On top of that, you will learn about the panCanadian ACCESS Open Minds project as well as significant initiatives going on in British Columbia and Ontario. CMHA LambtonKent, that is part of ACCESS Open Minds, will explain how integration across the continuum of mental health and addictions care, in one community, created an ideal foundation for a successfully integrated youth services hub.
Whenever using recent literature evidence, we plan to provide a description of the Flexible Supports High Intensity Team program -why the program was developed and an overview of the entire program that partnering 2 case management programs and an extensive group program.
Whenever using case examples to highlight the complex needs of our client population as well as how we adapt our practice to best meet our client needs and to collaborate with our partner programs, we will also describe a day in the lifespan of the HIT team. On top of when working with homeless/precariously housed individuals, we will discuss our learning’s challenges as both a brand new team. We will conclude by discussing next steps and vision for our team clients. Nonetheless, we will highlight a lot of the client needs we are presented with on a regular basis. Anyways, our growth as a team as well as reflections on personal growth and self care could be included in conversation.
Actually the Buffalo Housing Community, in Red Deer, Alberta, is an innovative program that works collaboratively with lots of local agencies, first responders, and service providers to ensure top-notch possible outcomes for tenants and for staff. REACT program outcomes were found to be wholly congruent with the human rights values and aims of the Canadian based Evergreen Mental Health Framework. Therefore, over a six month period in 2015 both quantitative and qualitative measures and analyses were employed, and findings from every dataset indicate that enhanced mental health outcomes been achieved through participation in the program. Workplace mental health is also a high priority, and is addressed through education, suicide prevention programs, wellness programs, community relationships, debriefing, and inhouse self care practices. While building on findings from the ‘5 year’ evaluation, So if the REACT experience has provided development opportunities. Now let me tell you something. Every yearly cohort of students work as peer leaders to educate themselves and their peers on various health and social problems. REACT is a youthled, health promotion program within Public Health that employs high ‘school aged’ activists to plan and implement initiatives with the intention of advocating for healthy lifestyles. Basically, presenters are an universitybased child and youth rights scholar and Niagara Health Region managers engaged in youth health promotion together with young people who have participated in a regional program.
This workshop will demonstrate the importance of caregiver specific service deliveries similar to those implemented at CMHA Durham and the positive impact that such services can have to the caregivers, the cared for person, the community and the health care system.
The information contained in the guide is evidenceinformed by trusted mental health providers including nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, caregivers, and individuals with lived and living experience.
Domain Oriented Recovery Record is a comprehensive documentation framework. DORR links the OCAN to a collaborative recovery plan and progress notes. Strategies to engage ‘service users’ in the evaluation process going to be discussed. Participants will explore the value of including serviceusers in the development and implementation of outcome measurement tools. It’s a well this workshop will explore the process of creating a ‘service user’ driven evaluation framework that measures recovery outcomes. Highlights will include an overview of the DORR documentation system and application of QI data and performance measurements used to ensure DORR meets the needs of ‘CMHACT’ clients and staff.
It’s notoriously difficult to treat MHA within youth and Aboriginal populations with amongst the biggest obstacles being a lack of access to youthand Aboriginaltargeted treatment options that are appealing to these individuals. Individuals in need of addiction and mental health services are referred to one Link, oneLink Service Coordinators complete a standardized phone intake and assessment process with all clients using questions specific to a standardized phone intake and assessment process with all clients using questions specific to addiction and mental health related needs and make referrals to the most appropriate service providers, rather than being referred to individual programs and service providers. You see, they are able to make reliable referrals to supports because Service Coordinators have a comprehensive understanding of the services across the system. Marsch et al ‘s involvement with one Link, a single point of access for referrals to 10 addiction and mental health service providers funded by the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network. It also promotes more accurate information about wait times for service through a single centralized tracking system. Essentially, the clients and families receive the right care at the right time and in the right place because Link enables coordinated, equitable access.
The Centre for Health Community Research, has launched this innovative approach as the first computerbased MHA treatment program offered in Canada at sites across PEI.
Core outcomes include retention, changes in drug use, health improvements, patient satisfaction, and cost. Nevertheless, through case studies and interactive work participants will learn new knowledge. That said, this workshop will present information on effective treatment strategies that use a holistic approach that is person directed while ensuring integrated services. Patient satisfaction information collected from youth and Aboriginal participants across the trial sites could be used to refine the program or to create new versions of the program for these specific populations. Mental Health and addiction treatment providers are familiar with the rise of problematic opioid use.
While bullying experiences and suicidal thoughts on social media, with the intention to pilot the application of this mechanism to the ublic Health Agency of Canada context, the Surveillance and Epidemiology Division partnered with Canada Health Infoway on a joint Data Challenge called Data Impact Challenge in the course of the fall Through this initiative, the Canadian public was challenged to provide intelligence about the proportion of adolescents who post about their mental health. Therefore this workshop provides participants an in depth understanding of mental health and mental illness. Whenever crosscutting content that features awareness building, responding skills, and collaborative change, our core workshop presents a balanced. You see, mental Health Works. Surely it’s made up of four modules. That’s interesting. Mental Health at Work, Mood and Depression, Stress and Anxiety, and Psychological Health and Safety.
This presentation will demonstrate how partnerships between diverse organizations can accelerate the infusion of mental health programming.
Whenever sharing stories of recovery, there were multiple platforms for sharing, all hosted including 12 digital stories from CMHA’s Level 1 Ambassadors, individuals with lived experience, organizations, featured on CMHA’s Balance blog stories. For instance, larger organizations looked at what they are doing to It’s a well-known fact that the University of Calgary will analyze the conversations -success leaves clues -both qualitatively and quantitatively to look for themes which emerge which could guide the direction of mental health and addiction support in the city going forward. Over the course of 60 days from mid January to March 18, Calgarians from shared their stories of recovery and what led them there. While using current social technology and the information gleaned from that conversation using a strengthsbased approach, as CMHA Calgary celebrated its 60 anniversary, we looked at a public engagement community relations campaign that would drive communitywide interest in the conversation on mental health and addiction. These included individuals talking about PTSD, depression, anxiety, and even situational challenges like medical and violence inflicted that impacted their well being. CMHA Calgary launched the event on January 18 with ‘Calgary’s Best Cocktail Party’ with Brett Wilson hosting the event and Ambassadors, those participating in the conversations and people from across the city starting the conversation. #Now I’m Stronger / what makes you stronger campaign was hosted from the web page of CMHA Calgary’s newly developed website which was launched with the campaign. Now please pay attention. CMHA Calgary used all social media channels. Notice, so it’s depending on the concept of Participatory Action Research which helps populations find their own solutions. Impacts of the Start the Spark program range form individual to school based to community wide, and could be explored through the presentation.
Mentors play an important role in the certification of peer supporters. While figuring out their needs, connecting them with services, and helping them navigate the system, our role is to be the guide for the client. So it’s the front door to all LHINfunded mental health, addictions and cr services within the Waterloo Wellington LHIN. Here 24/7 7 launched April 1, 2014 as a collaboration between 12 service providers. Essentially, That’s a fact, it’s our goal to provide improved and seamless access to community mental health and addiction services through a coordinated access service that is simple, easy, and accessible. Usually, this workshop will provide an overview of PSACC’s newly developed Peer Support Mentor Standard of Practice and mentor certification process. We do the intake, assessment, referral, cr, waitlist, and appointment booking for these programs.
Divisions, and a National office, CMHA often thwarts the good intentions of corporate and individual philanthropy, as a federated organization with distinct Branches. How can we make it easier for people to support a cause they care about, so build on those relationships? They will share why collaboration is critical to the advancement of today’s mental health movement. With all that said… While a national fundraising consultant speak to these challenges and bring their researchtopractice perspectives and experiences in building collaborative fundraising models, branch, Division and National CMHA. After that, have to choose where and to what region or activity, Sometimes, they just need to give to support CMHA.
It’s essential to develop our capacity, engage their communities and initiate a true service transformation process, in order to deliver client and family centred care in our diverse communities.
While in accordance with theCanadian Community Health Surveyby Statistics Canada in 2013, youth age 15 to 24 will experience mental illness and substance use disorders than any other age group with Aboriginal youth the most at risk. While individuals dealing with Mental Health problems often turn to self medication, alcohol and Drug abuse can lead to Mental Health struggles. With that said, this cultural competency strategy is on the basis of an award winning inclusive talent methodology aligned with a cultural engagement and service adaption strategy. Fact, the relationship between Mental Health and Addictions is circular and complex.
So this presentation will provide an overview of a collaborative walkin counselling program in Oxford County. So this model integrates both areas of physical and mental health, provides ease of access for clients as well as allows for an approach that provides wrap around, comprehensive complementary care to clients with multiple, complex needs who are homeless or precariously housed. Flexible Care Clinic. Remember, participants will have the opportunity to work through a case study. Basically the FCC is made up of Nurses, 1 Nurse Practitioner a Psychiatrist allowing clients access to on site primary care and psychiatric care. Therefore, in this presentation, we will like to discuss the innovative model being implemented at CMHA York region. Quality Improvements made to services should be discussed including the removal of barriers to accessing services and the elimination of waitlists. Oftentimes using case studies, we will discuss a day in the lifespan of a client, the role of the FCC staff as well as the potential impact this integrated model can have on client health wellness as well as the greater health care system.
While maintaining fidelity to the DBT Standard Model, cMHAOttawa has creatively modified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
For children on the margins of our society, their problems are most often addressed by ‘community based’ programs. Canada and around the planet community based children’s services make it much easier for young people to access the look, there’re three learning objectives. Now pay attention please. Besides, the CYCC Network is a knowledge mobilization network that was created to improve mental health and ‘well being’ for vulnerable and at risk children and youth. That said, this workshop reviews key research and promising practices on what works for vulnerable young people. Now please pay attention. Children and youth growing up in challenging contexts face threats to their mental health, from mental health problems to family based experiences of domestic violence and child abuse, social exclusion because of poverty or political violence, and social stigma. Notice, How CMHAOttawa’s DBT program is modified; and Lessons learned could be presented.
Manitobans. Advocacy Coalition Framework describes this policy response regarding the policy subsystem that encompasses it, the contextual factors that impact it, the various actors that are involved in its implementation with the resources, strategies, and beliefs that they bring with them, how conflicts and revisions are dealt with, and the extent of ‘policyoriented’ learning over time. Generated themes will with the strengths and weaknesses of the approach that is now utilized for Manitoba’s mental health strategic plan. Data sources involved in this study include interviews to obtain participants’ descriptions and interpretations of the implementation of this policy response, observations of implementation working group meetings, and a review of implementation related documents. Besides, the focus of the research and the presentation centers on mental health policy implementation. Surely it’s intended that a thematic analysis of the data sources will result in the identification of patterns and themes among the documents, interviews, and observations. Eventually, whenever Rising to the Challenge, the research describes the factors, processes, challenges, and successes that effect the implementation of Manitoba’s mental health strategic plan.
To what extent does income determine access to psychotherapy in Canada? Therefore this low barrier mental health promotion course had been adapted and tailored to reach diverse populations and this workshop will focus on two major initiatives, one for youth and one for older adults. Fact, whenever using multinomial logistic regression analysis of data from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey, now this poster will present the preliminary results of a large N study of the distributive impacts of twotier coverage. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about and experience Living Life to the Full, a CMHA flagship program depending on cognitivebehavioural therapy key concepts.
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Their areas of common ground and conflict, Discourse will explore the philosophical roots of both quality and ethics, their relationship to each other. As a result, research literature and examples should be discussed as well as practical tools and methods. Halis. It’s a well while peace and solitude throughout the conference, the Wellness Room is intended for individuals to find a space to engage in some self care activities. Through an interactive conversation this session will explore the relationship between quality improvement and ethical practice. Remember, taking the right path,’ yields us the relationship between ethics and quality, Reaching the good result. Additionally, attention should be paid to the practical implications of performing quality improvement practices in an ethical way in the mental health and addictions sector.
It will take a deep commitment to transformation to effectively address the global health and economic issue of our time and assure the healthcare rights of those affected by mental illness. Besides, the program is important in that it raises awareness and educates people, humanizes problems of mental health and addiction, reduces stigma, empowers people with lived experience as speakers, and encourages recovery and system change. In this presentation, people will learn about the experience and impact of Strengthening Your Voice through three lenses -a representative from the organizational sponsor, a trainer with lived experience of mental health and addictions problems, and a recent program graduate will every share insights and learnings from involvement with the program. Did you hear about something like this before? The curriculum has since been adapted to a broader mental health and addictions audience. With that said, this presentation will describe the development and impact of the Strengthening Your Voice program, created by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Opioid Peer Education Network advisory group in SYV was developed to train people with lived experience of prescription opioid problems and their family members to share their stories publicly. Oftentimes program goals include awareness raising, stigma reduction, humanizing, empowerment, and developing the ability to honour all treatment and recovery choices.
This resource was created by Ottawa Public Health and its national partners.
Addition of peer staff is often viewed as disruptive innovation. Canadian Mental Health Association, the Canadian Public Health Association, and Military Family Services, Mental Illness Caregivers Association. Peer support workers are often added to mental health and addiction services to improve serviceuser experience. So this workshop will explore what organizations, managers, and colleagues can do to support the implementation of peer staff roles in non peer services.
The Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Team is new to our organization and with the so it’s an approach to design that involves creativity and the voice and wisdom of those for whom you are designing for. If you are going to do this most effectively we were fortunate to have the assistance of our LHIN 3 Systems Coordinator, Brooke Young who introduced us to Design Thinking.
Presenters will explore definitions of gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, and intersectionality.
Attendees will have a chance to participate in interactive activities which will facilitate an understanding of the complexities of having a queer identity. Presenters will also provide might be given an opportunity to ask questions. Loads of information can be found by going online. Depending on the results of a small focus group done at CMHA, presenters will also share true stories about what it’s like to be queer in the workplace.
the purpose of this presentation is to bring awareness and practical knowledge of what we define as multicultural community, the role of language in its definition and how mental illness and addictions is seen in different cultures. So this knowledge will that will improve quality of services and remove barriers to service accessibility. Improving the mental, psychological and cognitive ‘wellbeing’ in both adults and adolescents, yoga is gaining popularity as part of an effective treatment plan for various conditions and disorders including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction. It will also bring some insight on the role of family, religion, political system and faith in formation of views on mental illness in different cultures.