By admin on 12/03/2009 4:14 AM

Are you a consumer of mental health services?
(defined as a person who has experienced significant mental health problems and has used the resources of the mental health system)

Are you interested in lending your voice on matters that affect you and your fellow consumers?

The NCAC’s mandate is to provide a consumer perspective and advice to the CMHA National Board of the Canadian Mental Health Association in order to assist the organization in carrying out ... Read More »

By admin on 05/03/2009 10:13 AM

RE: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=8893afc3-18a8-4006-bf18-b418c1ec02cc&p=1

Colby Cosh, Columnist
National Post
1450 Don Mills Road, Suite 300
Don Mills, Ontario
Canada
M3B 3R5

March 5, 2009

Dear Colby,

While you may wish to reflect the views of the "experienced news consumer", you sadly lack the lived experience of a mental health consumer.

You lack the ability to report a factual and balanced view of mental illness, vi ... Read More »

By admin on 04/03/2009 8:42 AM

[size=20]issues and trends[/size]

Maximizing client involvement in clinical research
Avril Roberts CrossCurrents Winter 2008/09 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Getting people with mental illness to participate in research can be difficult, but the results of a recent German study, published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Pract ... Read More »

By admin on 03/03/2009 7:02 AM

TOGETHER INTO THE FUTURE: A transformed mental health system for New Brunswick a report by The Hon. Judge Michael McKee which will guide the New Brunswick Department of Health in the development of strategic priorities for renewing the mental health system in the province. In this report BUILT Network is recommended as a model that supports employment for people with mental illness.

Read the full report here (pdf)
http://www.builtnetwork.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=XawCYkLVEkI%3d& ... Read More »

By admin on 26/02/2009 5:01 AM

COMMUNIQUÉ

Responsible Suicide Reporting Saves Lives:
Psychiatrists Issue Policy Paper on Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide

(Ottawa, February 5, 2009) Media coverage of suicide is proven to lead to copycat suicides. But when journalists are educated about copycat suicide, they modify their reporting and reduce the likelihood of copycat suicide due to media coverage, says a newly released Policy Paper on Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide. The releas ... Read More »

By admin on 24/02/2009 9:09 AM

The Mental Health Commission of Canada invites you to contribute to the development of a mental health strategy for Canada.

For more information: www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/strategy



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Canada is the only G8 country without a mental health strategy. The Mental Health Commission of Canada has been given the res ... Read More »

By admin on 24/02/2009 9:07 AM

2009 Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference
Hamilton May 28th - 30th. 2009

We invite you to join us in Hamilton, Ontario - the City of Waterfalls - for the 10th National Conference on Collaborative Mental Health Care from Thursday, May 28 to Saturday, May 30, 2009.

We are looking forward to being able to showcase recent developments in collaborative care locally, nationally and internationally, in a conference that will again be a mixture of keynote presentations, plenar ... Read More »

By admin on 24/02/2009 9:05 AM

Are you looking for a special gift for a person you know who is living a life of Recovery from the diagnosis of a mental illness?

Are you seeking to find something that will support your recovery process through the reminder that recovery is possible?

Are you looking to support the National Network for Mental Health through the purchase of a premium item, that will send all proceeds back to the grass-roots?

Check out our newest symbol for hope... hand-made, in circles of ... Read More »

By admin on 24/02/2009 9:02 AM

Save the Date... July 17 - 19, 2009
Vancouver, British Columbia

The Mental Health Commission of Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Simon Fraser University are pleased to present INTO THE LIGHT a national conference on mental health in Canada.

By admin on 16/12/2008 6:26 AM

BUILT Network Moncton Executive Director Cynthia Black recently created a brief for the New Brunswick Mental Health Commission titled "Out of the Ashes". This document provides a unique perspective into BUILT Network and BUILT Network Moncton.
Read the brief in pdf format: [url]http://builtnetwork.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=p7WwaEU7b9o%3d&tabid=36&mid=1017&language=en-CA[/url]
Read More »