2012

Jan 23. A National Survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reports 45.9 million (or 20%) American adults aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in the past year. More details

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Jan 19. Bell Let's Talk Day announced for Wednesday February 8, 2012. More details

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Jan 16. David Granirer, Founder of "Stand Up For Mental Health" will be doing a stand up comedic "Webinar" on Jan 19 from 11-12:30 Pacific Time, 2:00 pm-3:00pm Eastern Time. Flyer // RSVP by E-mail

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Jan 13. CMA announces that 14 patient advocacy groups have endorsed the joint CMA-CNA principles to guide the transformation of the health care system. MDSC participlated in this release.

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Jan 10. Government of Canada Seeks Feedback Regarding Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Paid Research Interviews. NOW CLOSED

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Jan 6. Plan to attend the 4th Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (CDPAC) conference "Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention: It Works!" in Ottawa, February 7-10, 2012. More details // PDF

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Jan 5. Plan to attend the 2nd National Mental Health Conference "Mental Health Disorders: Challenges With Youth, Aboriginal Communities & the Criminal Justice System" in Winnipeg, March 14-15, 2012. MDSC is a proud supporter of this event. More details

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Jan 5. Plan to attend the 5th International Stigma Conference "Together Against Stigma: Changing how we see mental illness" in Ottawa, June 4-6, 2012. More details

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2011

Dec 21. "Out like a light: SAD and the winter blues". An infographic that uses stats from MDSC. More details

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Dec 19. Holiday wishes from MDSC link

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Dec 13. New partnership btwn Facebook and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. "...offering an opportunity for a private chat with a trained crisis representative from the Suicide Prevention Lifeline in addition to providing the Lifeline’s phone number."  Article // Lifeline

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Dec 2. MDSC makes live-broadcasted presentation on Mental Illness in the Workplace to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDA). Slides: EN  //  FR

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Nov 16. E-news for November is up. Check out this issue for many great announcements. Link.

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Nov 16. MDSC unveils a pan-Canadian Defeat Depression Campaign and announces May 27, 2012 as Defeat Depression Day in Canada. More details...

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Nov 15. MDSC sends letter to all provincial and territorial Health Ministers, urging them to bring mental illness to the forefront as they work towards the 2014 health care accord. News Release // Letter

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Nov 10. MDSC quoted in article in Esperanza Magazine regarding the reluctance of men to seek help with mental health issues.

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Nov 4. "Mental health, the poor stepchild of medical care", CMA townhall told. Article

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Nov 3. LINC Study needs your input! If you, or your child has a neurological condition, please participate in their survey (closes Dec 31).  website // poster

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Nov 2. The "Going Blue 4 U" awareness campaign is in full swing putting a colourful spin on "The Blues". Link // Info (PDF)

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Oct 26. MDSC hosts roundtable on PTSD at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, entitled "Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind". Follow the live tweets // view poster.

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Oct 18. MDSC partners with Family Services EAP Thames Valley in a workplace mental health breakfast series (more info / poster)

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Oct 3. CBC talks to students about depression and suicide. Link

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Sept 22. MDSC partners with COPE to bring Elephant in the Room Campaign to McMaster University. View video. More info...

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Sept 13. TSN host Michael Landsberg writes about his depression and his friend, NHL player Wade Belak. Link

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Aug 30. MDSC invites Canadians to participate in an online survey to have a say in the Mental Health Care System in Canada. Survey // More info

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Aug 19-26. CBC Radio Edmonton is running a series throughout the week called "Coming Out: Edmontonians Living with Depression". LInk to CBC website.

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Aug 19. MDSC E-News Update for August is now available.

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Aug 12. MDSC files pre-budget brief to Government of Canada outlining recommendations for improving mental health services. More...

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Aug 10. CMA announces "Canadians See 'Moral Imparative' to Fix Health Care System". Link to CMA website // report

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June 20. York University's Project Hope seeks participants for study on developing personal strengths and emotional well-being. Article

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June 11-12. FORUM: Keeping It Together: Mental Health across the Continuum of Care, Toronto  Link to Website

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June. SURVEY: CrossCurrents magazine is seeking your response to a survey by June 17, 2011. (PDF)

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June. START OVER AGAIN: A touching testimonial by singer/songwriter Emily Maquire of the UK, who talks about her ongoing struggle with bi-polar disorder. Link to her video and book.

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Feb 10. MOOD DISORDERS ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA is presenting Mental Health Disorders: Challenges in the Workplace, Aboriginal Communities & the Criminal Justice System Conference; March 22-25, 2011 Winnipeg MB.

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Jan 24. CTV NEWS: One out of every four students who visits a university health centre for a routine medical problem has the signs of depression Link to article...

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2010

Dec 29. ANTISTIGMA REPORT "Ending Stigma and Discrimination, and Achieving Parity in Mental Health: A Physician Perspective" Read more...

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Dec. SAVE THE DATE: 12th Annual Shared Care Conference in Halifax, June 23-25, 2011. Website

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Dec 15. HEALTH COUNCIL OF CANADA report on how health disparities play a role in health system costs. Link to website...

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Dec 13. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION unveils healthcaretransformation.ca, where Canadians can go online to share their views on health care. News Release // Video Announcement

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Dec 1. MINDYOURMIND CREATES TREE OF LIFE, a multi-lingual web-interactive tool to help reflect on self-care needs and goal planning. Read more... Link to tool

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Nov 30. THANK YOU FROM BLUEWAVE FOUNDATION for continued support. Read more... View video

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Nov 19. STORIES WANTED.

Roger Gunnarson, of SADA, the Swedish Anxiety Disorders Association, wants to hear from anyone who is interested in telling their 'story', for publication in a proposed new section of the GAMIAN-Europe website. GAMIAN - the Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks, is a  patient-driven pan-European organization, that represents the interests of persons affected by mental illness and advocates for their rights. (http://www.gamian.eu

The Mood Disorders Society of Canada is an associate member of GAMIAN-Europe and Bill Ashdown serves as a member of GAMIAN's Control Commission.

If you have an interesting or compelling story about your experiences with a mood disorder, please feel free to contact him at  umea.roger@passagen.se

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Nov 2. BC RELEASES REPORT "Health Minds, Healthy People". Summary / Full report

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Oct. BEST HEALTH ARTICLE "8 Signs You May Be Suffering From Depression" Link to website...

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Sept 21. BELL ANNOUNCES a multi-year charitable program to support mental health across Canada. Read more...

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