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

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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]
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By admin on 01/12/2008 6:33 AM

Are you looking for that special Christmas gift for that special person on your Christmas list?

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 support, by and for those supporting the recovery movement in Canada. Made from genuine onyx and a ... Read More »

By admin on 01/12/2008 6:26 AM

The Globe and Mail has to be commended. Time and time again they have championed the cause of mental illness and mental health and lead by example by investing their resources in our cause.

Currently they are running another series on mental illness in Canada, and I encourage everyone in our community to both read the articles and tell those in their family, employment and soci ... Read More »

By admin on 01/12/2008 6:23 AM

The International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership will be closing registration on December 31, 2008 for the exchange and conference happening in Australia and New Zealand during the first week of March 2009.

Please note the organization's site address is www.iimhl.com.

Registrations:
http://www.iimhl.com/Meetings/2009BrisbaneAU-RegForm.asp?Calendar_ID=22&RegStat=

Accommodation: http://www.iimhl ... Read More »

By admin on 01/12/2008 6:20 AM

When you think of the National Network for Mental Health (NNMH), what do you think of?

Do you think of a national charity, service delivery, network and partnership creation, voicing the interests of mental health consumer/survivors, or the leadership of the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health?

There are a number of things that make up the NNMH and all that we do to support the mental health community of Canada... for that purpose...

Did you Kno ... Read More »