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New article! Choosing implementation strategies to address contextual barriers: diversity in recommendations and future directions
A fundamental challenge of implementation is identifying contextual determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) and determining which implementation strategies will address them. Read through this study to learn about which implementation strategies best address some of these barriers.
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Launch of Fostering Meaningful Engagement of Persons with Lived Experience at the System-Level
This report summarizes findings from literature, resulting from a 2016/17 initiative to better understand the context and best ways of carrying out engagement of People with Lived Experience (PWLE) at the system level.
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A brief survey on Quality Standards - Mental Health, Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Prescribing
Thank you for taking the time to complete this brief survey.
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New Youth and Family Feedback Form and Manual for Clinicians Co-developed with System Partners, Clients and Families
A client’s perception is widely seen as a key indicator of the quality of the care they have received. One of the key features of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care’s children and youth mental health action plan–Moving on Mental Health – is to collect and report on child, family and caregiver responses to questions about the quality of...
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Access to care for 12,000 people announced
Community-based Youth Wellness Hubs will provide young people with access to services for mental illness, including substance use, thanks to a new initiative led by Dr. Joanna Henderson, Director of the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health with support from CAMH PSSP. Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) will provide young people ages 12 to 25 with one-stop access to mental health assessments, treatment for addictions and substance use, therapy and counselling, peer and family support and referrals to psychiatrists, as well as education, employment and housing services.
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Infants and toddlers: Never too early to start thinking about mental health
When it comes to the mental health of young people, we typically think of teenagers given the onset of mental illness often occurs in adolescence. Rarely do we think about mental health of toddlers, or even infants. But the emotional well-being of this age group is being recognized as a precursor to good mental health throughout the lifespan.
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Partnering with the Community to Enhance Access to Nipissing’s Mental Health and Addictions System
The Provincial System Support Program at CAMH is partnering with the Nipissing Service Collaborative in northeastern Ontario to tap into local expertise with the aim of improving coordination and collaboration among local providers. Once implemented, solutions will greatly improve the overall client experience in communities in and around North Bay by better connecting clients to the services and supports they...
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Access Point Northwest Website Launches
Four community mental health organizations in Northwestern Ontario have come together to create The Access Point Northwest – an online wait-list management tool and database that provides clients with a coordinated, single point of access into the mental health and housing services referral process...
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How a northern community is becoming trauma-informed
When Candice Kerkermeier hears from teachers that their students are acting out or struggling in school, she reminds them that there might be more than meets the eye – and it might have something to do with past traumas. Research shows that trauma can have a significant impact on brain development, physical and mental health, sexual behaviour, health care costs and life...
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