Posted On: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Hi folks, It’s been an exciting week. The Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV Advisory Committee met on November 21th and discussed and generated a wealth of great ideas and suggestions for resource development – which we are happy to undertake. Please find the minutes from the meeting here. MHSU Advisory Committee Meeting Notes Nov… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
There’s some big shifts in the mental health field globally, that I think have the potential to positively impact us and community mental health. Here’s a little snapshot: The World Health Organization is insisting that mental health promotion, prevention and treatment across the world needs to be available and resourced. Evidence shows that 14% of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Meeting of the Minds: Aboriginal Trauma On September 19, 2012, the CAMH Northern Ontario Area hosted a Meetings of the Minds webinar on “Aboriginal Culture-centred Approaches to Counselling and Community-based Healing.” The webinar explored the areas of wellness, wholistic health and the cultural strategies that Indigenous healthcare practitioners are using in their practices to address… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, October 25th, 2012
We know too well about the connection between trauma and HIV. Two recent studies have confirmed that trauma plays a significant role in both transmission of HIV and in treatment failure for women. Concurrently, new promising practices are emerging- in particular, a program called LIFT (Living in the Face of Trauma) is demonstrating that therapeutic… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Frances Jasiura and Cristine Urquhart from Change Talk Associates presented at PAN’s mental health training in the Spring. They are offering Motivational Skills Coaching in Vancouver in October and November, 2012. Please click on the link for the complete information: MI-Skills-Coaching-Poster1 Who Should Attend? Helping professionals who have taken an introductory level training in Motivational… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Thanks to everyone who completed the on-line mental health survey over the past several weeks. Your input was very helpful in determining the most relevant and timely topics to further develop. Given that our resources are limited, we wanted to prioritize the topics that you’ve identified over the past several years as topic areas in… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Hi folks, A BIG thanks to the people who have completed the Mental Health Training Survey! Your feedback is very important and helpful in prioritizing the topics that PAN will develop in future. If you haven’t done so, please do complete this online survey – it only takes about 3 minutes! We will close the survey on… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Happy Fall! I know. Is anyone actually really ready for summer’s end? I am certainly not, but the months on the calendar do keep slipping by and despite my desire to freeze frame August- alas, here we are! Truth be told, I am actually excited about September and the PAN gathering at the end of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Joe Average is exploring photography as a new medium that helps him deal with the challenges of living with HIV. In this CBC interview, aired August 30, 2012, Average discusses why he laid down his paintbrushes and how photography has emerged as a new creative means to explore and engage the world. In doing so, he… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Here to Help is a website that provides mental health and substance use issues. Here’s a link to the site where people living with mental health and substance use issues share their stories. My Stories Questions or comments? Please email: [email protected] Carlene Dingwall (BA, M.Ed, PhD Candidate) Mental Health, Substance Use and HIV/HCV Initiative
Posted On: Friday, July 27th, 2012
Gabor Maté has been walking the streets of Downtown Eastside Vancouver providing care to people who are often living in circumstances of severe addiction. Over the years, he has become one of Canada’s leading thinkers on trauma and addictions. In this, he draws on various knowledge systems as he seeks to understand the causes of human suffering and… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, July 13th, 2012
This is Peter A. Levine’s latest work on trauma. Levine hold doctorates in both medical biology and is the founder of “Somatic Experiencing”. He draws on his broad experiences as a clinician, brain researcher, stress scientist, and as a keen observer of the naturalistic animal world to explain the nature and transformation of trauma in the body, brain and… Read more »
