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OPDI NewsToGo Issue #247 - February 19, 2010
1. Deadline for Community Mental Health & Addictions Organizations to Adopt Financial Software at No Cost is Approaching (repeat)
The Community Care Information Management (CCIM) program’s Community Mental Health & Addictions Management Information Systems (CMH&A MIS) project is now nearing completion. CMH&A organizations that plan to adopt the financial software consisting of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft FRx and Quadrant MIS Suite need to sign a letter of commitment and submit it to the CMH&A MIS project before March 31, 2010. For more details, please see the attached CMH&A MIS Bulletin and Letter of Commitment.
CMH_A_MIS_Letter_of_Commitment.pdf
2. Workplace Leave and a Mental Health Diagnosis: Research Findings
The main point of the study done by CAMH shows that individuals who take time off from work because of a mental health problem are 7 times more likely to leave work again compared with those who have a physical disability:
3. Making the Case for Harm Addiction
The Globe and Mail’s André Picard focuses on one aspect of harm reduction as it applies to street drugs:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-lack-of-needles-and-the-damage-done/article1472756/
4. Do Anti-Depressants Really Work?
A feature article that is skeptical and an opinion piece that begs to differ are both available from the online edition of Newsweek magazine:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/232781
http://www.newsweek.com/id/232782
5. A Positive Attitude Linked with Lower Risk of Heart Attack
You can read more about this study:
6. Canadian Harm Reduction Network Community Meeting (Toronto)
The Canadian government has proposed new legislation that will increase prison populations, and they are committed to building new prisons to accommodate them (despite ‘crime’ rates remaining stable or going down). Without a doubt, Canada is moving towards the US-style of justice. More prisons, less justice.
Are you concerned?
Law-and-order legislation and increased prison construction will not make our communities safer. In fact, if things transpire as they have in the US, the result will be just the opposite.
Money spent on new prisons could be spent on increasing income subsidies, affordable housing, effective drug and harm reduction programs, youth programs, etc. - that is, actions shown to be far more effective in diminishing crime than are tougher sentences and additional prisons.
Please join us to talk about what we can do to address this!
Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 2 to 5 pm
Location: Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto
7. George Brown and CAMH—Mental Health Conference (Toronto)
This hyperlink will provide full details on this Thursday, March 4 all-day conference featuring physician and author Gabor Maté.
http://www.georgebrown.ca/mental-health-conference/index.aspx
8. Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference (Winnipeg)
Please join us in Winnipeg, Manitoba from May 13 to 15, 2010 The 11th Canadian Conference on Collaborative Mental Health Care takes place May 13 – 15 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. For more information, please check out the website:
9. Mental Health Conference on Recovery and Diversity
The conference on the topic of “Recovery Approaches to Trauma and Mental Illness in Racialized Communities: A Community Perspective” takes place on Tuesday, June 8th on the Ryerson University Campus. We have attached the flyer for your information.
10. PSR Canada/RPS Canada 2010 Ottawa Conference
“Rediscovering PSR in a New Decade” is the theme of the September 20 – 23 event. The flyer is enclosed.
11. PPAO Rights Advisor Positions Available
Are you concerned about the rights and autonomy of persons living with mental illness? Are you a flexible effective communicator able to empower vulnerable individuals impacted by the mental health system?
We are currently recruiting Rights Advisers for Kitchener, Toronto and Ottawa. A full job description is available at the OPS Careers website. Applications are accepted online only from http://www.gojobs.gov.on.ca. Closing date is March 3, 2010.
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