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Centre news
A new approach to care
CAMH has begun a pilot project at its Queen Street site, which is designed
to test and refine a new approach to inpatient care. Earlier this year,
CAMH opened the Integrated
Rehabilitation Unit (IRU), which offers specialized services,
based on a psychosocial rehabilitation model, in a more comfortable and
home-like setting. Key to the IRU is the opportunity for clients to rebuild
lost skill sets, with the goal of leaving the hospital to live independently
in the community. For example, as part of the multidisciplinary care team,
housekeeping staff teach clients basic domestic skills, such as making
beds. Not all elements of the setting were implemented due to the building's
constraints. However, clinical needs and changes and the impact of the
milieu setting for clients will continually be evaluated to help CAMH
refine the design of the Alternate Milieu units planned for the redeveloped
Queen Street site.
New CAMH resources
A new pocket guide has been developed to help front-line workers address
the range of substance use issues they may encounter. Managing
Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug Problems: A Pocket Guide for Physicians
and Nurses was developed collaboratively between experts at CAMH
and St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto, and made possible through funding
from the Lawson Foundation. CAMH has printed 8,500 copies of the guide,
to be distributed free of charge to Ontario physicians and nurses.
To help children of parents with depression understand the disorder,
CAMH has published the first storybook of its kind in Canada: Can
I Catch It like a Cold? is written for children aged five to nine,
to be used by family, teachers and mental health professionals.
To obtain copies of either of these products, contact Marketing
and Sales Services at 1 (800) 661-1111.
Focus on creativity
Ontario's Lieutenant Governor, James K. Bartleman, has chosen mental
health as a focal area during his term. As part of that commitment, he
has agreed to be a patron of CAMH. In partnership with CAMH, new works
from the artists of the Workman
Theatre Project's (WTP) Being Scene are on exhibit at the
Lieutenant Governor's suite at Queen's Park until March 2003. Another
exhibit is planned for July 2005 to January 2006. CAMH is honoured by
this opportunity for artists to showcase their talent in a prestigious
public space, and encourages the public to learn more about these impressive
works of art and their creators. To arrange a tour, contact Maria Luisa
Casco at (416) 325-7786.
WTP, in partnership with CAMH and its Foundation, is also planning the
first Madness and the Arts World
Festival. It will run March 21 - 30 and will feature more than
100 artists from around the world. For more information, visit www.madnessandarts.com.
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