ARTICLE - The Globe and Mail, August 26th 2010
Dementia: Caregivers suffering depression, rage. Read more….
FINAL REPORT - August 26th 2010. The Ontario All Party Select Committee on Mental Health and Addiction released the final report on its findings. Read more…
LAUNCH OF www.moodmemos.com - A study focused on the effectiveness of an email-based mental health promotion for depression symptoms. Sign up to receive emails bringing expert coping advice and information about depression. Read more...
IS GAMBLING A PROBLEM FOR YOUNG CANADIANS? Release of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory -- the first survey designed specifically to help assess the prevalence and risks associated with teenage gambling. Read more...
Membership
Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
The MDSC is a founding member and strong supporter of the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) whose mandate is to "ensure that mental health is placed on the national agenda so that persons with a lived experience of mental illness and their families receive approrpiate access to care and support". Member organizations include:
- The Autism Society of Canada
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
- Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
- Canadian Association of Social Workers
- Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health
- Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
- Canadian Health Care Association
- Canadian Medical Association, Office of Public Health
- Canadian Psychiatric Association
- The Canadian Psychological Association
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian National Association for Police/Mental Health
- The Mood Disorders Society of Canada
- National Network for Mental Health
- Psychiatric Research Foundation
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation/Readaptation
- Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada
- The Native Mental Health Association of Canada
- The Schizophrenia Society of Canada
Imagine Canada
The MDSC is a member of Imagine Canada which is an organization that supports the Charity and Non Profit Sector through research, and helps shape public policy. It's mission is to "advance knowledge and relationships to foster effective and sustainable charitable and nonprofit organizations".
