Improving care for children and youth with depression using online tool
CAMH has launched a new free online tool to help improve the standard of care for youth living with depression.
Ontario Researcher(s)
(cbc.ca) 3 in 5 middle-aged and older Canadians had 'traumatic' childhood experiences: report https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/adverse-childhood-experiences-study-1.5956525…
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma [PTSD Research Quarterly]
With public attention currently focused on racial disparities because of the Black Lives Matter movement, it is timely and necessary to focus on PTSD and racial trauma. This is a critical area of study because young children may be affected by experiences of racism yet lack the verbal skills to process these experiences. The latest literature on the adverse impact, underlying mechanisms, assessment and treatment of racial trauma and PTSD...
Everything is NOT OK Campaign in Ontario - (everythingisnotok.ca)
Leaders in mental health and addiction across Ontario are calling for a fully funded mental health and addiction wait times strategy. Find links to the everthingisnotok.ca website, the promotional video, as well as a podcast clip of the interview between Alex Pierson and Dr. Catherine Zahn, President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) regarding the Everything is NOT ok campaign.
BOOK – Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies
Decolonizing Trauma Work, one of the first books of its kind, is a resource for education and training programs, health care practitioners, healing centres, clinical services and policy initiatives.