Media Advisory
National Conference
on Best Practices and Mental Health Reform
For
immediate release: April 22, 1999, Toronto, ON -- Realizing the need to
deepen understanding and encourage wide-scale use of the best practices
among mental health practitioners, the Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health is co-sponsoring the first-ever National Conference on Best
Practices and Mental Health Reform. The conference will bring together
consumers and family members, practitioners, researchers and policy makers
to examine actual programs and strategies that have been implemented in
various provinces, and to promote best practices in mental health reform.
WHAT: National Conference on Best Practices and Mental Health Reform
The
first-ever conference, bringing together the key stakeholders in mental
health, to discuss and examine evidence-based programs and system strategies
in the field.
WHY: To describe evidence-based practices in mental health programs
for people with severe mental illness and encourage nation-wide adoption
of these practices.
WHO: Consumers and family members, practitioners, researchers
and policy makers from across Canada.
WHEN: April 30, 1999: 9:00 am -- 5:00 pm
May 1, 1999: 9:00 am -- 1:15 pm
WHERE: Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto,
Ontario
"This conference is an important step in ensuring the best possible
care for all Canadians experiencing severe and persistent mental health
problems," says Paula Goering, Conference co-chair and Director,
Health Systems Research Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health. "It will help build understanding across the four perspectives,
and foster the translation of research into practice which in turn will
enhance efforts to reform mental health services and supports across
Canada."
Building
on the legacies of four outstanding organizations, the Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health offers a unique model for understanding and helping
people with addiction and mental illness, for preventing substance abuse
and for promoting mental health. It operates central clinical and research
facilities in Toronto, Ontario, as well as 12 community offices across
the province. While the Centre's work focuses on the needs of Ontario
communities, our impact extends across the country and internationally.
The
media are invited to attend the conference. Please see attached agenda.
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For further information, please call Christa Haanstra at (416) 595-6015
or (416) 664-4652 (pager).
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