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Reducing barriers to healthcare access for immigrant and refugees communities
HEIA Webinar Wednesday, December 12th, noon to 12:30 pm.
In this webinar, we will explore: how immigrants and refugees can be negatively impacted, often inadvertently, when interacting with the healthcare system; how healthcare providers can help mitigate these barriers to enhance health equity to newcomer populations.With Norma Hannant of the The New Beginnings Refugee Clinic at CAMH.

The CAMH Sexual Behaviours Clinic (SBC) 8th Annual Training
November 15 & 16, CAMH Queen Street, Toronto
The SBC invites service providers in forensics, addictions, mental health, child protection, and the criminal justice system to join them for a two-day training at CAMH. This is the SBC's 8th year of providing a series of excellent speakers in the area of sexually inappropriate behaviour, paraphilias, and sexual abuse prevention.

Toronto Aquired Brain Injury Network Conference 2018
November 15 & 16, Toronto
Join leaders and colleagues from across the ABI community for one of Canada's leading ABI conferences. If you are a healthcare or community service provider, a legal representative, an individual living with the effects of an ABI or their caregiver, you won't want to miss it. The Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network is a recognized leader in ABI working to improve the quality and availability of publicly funded ABI services and support.

Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health’s Annual Conference
November 21 & 22, Toronto
This year’s theme, Bold Ideas, will focus on innovative designs and solutions to the challenges in addressing mental health needs on campus. Student affairs administrators, faculty, resident directors, and counsellors are often on the front lines with distressed students, and they – along with many other campus constituencies – are searching for ways to best serve students’ individual needs and those of the student body as a whole. The conference will look at five streams: substance use and addictions; mental health strategies; mental health programming; equity; and evidence-based interventions.

Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Conference
November 23, Toronto
The conference highlights topics such as treatment approaches, harm reduction strategies, clinical guidelines and new evidence in the field of opioid use disorder. The 2018 conference will focus on new approaches in the treatment of opioid use disorder. Keynote address: Opioid Correction and Opioid Trauma: Navigating the Challenge of Multi-morbidity with Stefan Kertesz.

University of Toronto Annual Department of Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Conference
November 24, Toronto, Sheraton Centre
The Department will be holding this one day accredited event on Saturday, November 24th, 2018. Plenary Speakers include: Andrea Cipriani, Jonathan Downar, Sophie Grigoriadis. Workshop Presenters include: Simon Davies, Benjamin Goldstein, Wiplove Lamba, Jodi Lofchy, Suneeta Monga, Peter Selby, Rima Styra.

Ontario Psychiatric Outreach Program Conference 2018
October 25-26, North Bay
The 20th annual OPOP conference Innovative Approaches to Outreach is a two day interactive event that brings together the OPOP network of collaborators and key stakeholders. This year there will be the chance to discuss innovative approaches to outreach from a multidisciplinary perspective; share and learn more about mental health outreach work directly with members of the OPOP network of collaborators and local service providers; and learn more about the northern region of Ontario, specifically their mental health and addictions needs, challenges and opportunities to serve.

2018 CSAM Annual Meeting and Scientific Conference: Connecting Addiction Treatment Providers
October 25-27, Vancouver, BC
2018 will feature an all-day symposium on addictions for members of the Nursing Profession. The Fundamentals, CSAM’s day-long course of sequential presentations on screening, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders will be offered on October 28. This year’s theme, “Crisis, Controversy and Change” speaks to the issues that will be we are currently facing and that will be explored at the conference. The conference will act as a venue for researchers, educators and clinicians from different disciplines to meet, present their research, exchange ideas and collaborate on future courses.

Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder, Relapse, Recovery, and Clinical Practice
Friday, October 26, 9 to 10 am.
CAMH Addiction Rounds, Rm. 3158 BGB
Learning objectives
1. to define and operationalize the construct of alcohol use disorder (AUD) relapse; 2. to investigate the evidence base regarding AUD relapse; 3. to identify the implications for clinical practice of research on AUD relapse.
Dr. Stephen Maisto is a clinical psychologist with 40 years experience in research, clinical practice, and clinical training. Since graduate school his research has centered on the determinants of substance use and the assessment and treatment of the substance use disorders. Dr. Maisto also has a research program that centers on alcohol and other drug use and its intersect with multi-level factors that are determinants of HIV-related sexual risk behaviors. He has been a professor of psychology at Syracuse University since 1994.

CADDAC 10th Annual ADHD Conference
October 27 & 28
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
The Centre for ADD Awareness Canada (CADDAC) is a national, not-for-profit, organization providing leadership and support in awareness, education and advocacy for ADHD organizations and individuals across Canada. Topics include ADHD Brain Science – Hacks to Assist; ADHD or Pseudo-ADHD?; Demystifying ADHD Behaviour; Executive Functioning; ADHD and Memory; ADHD Medication Treatment; Sleep in Children with ADHD; Assessment of ADHD in Childhood; ADHD Learning Strategies; ADHD in Young Adults Who Struggle in School; Evidence Based School Interventions; ADHD in the Workplace; ADHD’s Impact on Adult Relationships; Adult Coaching; Oppositional Defiant Disorder; Autism + ADHD; Non-medical Adult Treatments.

CAMH Temerty Centre
Administration of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders
November 6-9, 2018, 8:30 to 4:30 pm daily
CAMH, 1001 Queen Street W
Registration Fee - $3,490.00
This four day course teaches the basics of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation including the characteristics of electromagnetic fields and the how to identify neuro-anatomical targets. Additionally, the clinical applications of this therapy in the field of psychiatry will be discussed. Hands on training is offered to identify the motor threshold, determine the treatment spot using methods of approximation and how to set up various treatment protocols. Download flyer; click here for registration.

Foundational MP3C Modules: Evidence and Models for Integrated Collaborative Care & Quality Improvement in an Integrated Collaborative Care
November 10, 9 to 3:30 pm., CAMH Russell St.
This foundational module will review the current evidence for integrated collaborative care, focusing on co-existing physical and mental health needs. Local models of integrated collaborative care will also be examined. Participants will gain skills, tools, and resources to propose a feasible model for implementation in their own practice setting. Presented by the Medical Psychiatry Alliance (MPA).

CADDRA ADHD Conference
ADHD Research Day, November 9
Conference November 10 & 11, Calgary
The CADDRA conference showcases the latest scientific, clinical and practical information on ADHD diagnosis, assessment and treatment in children, adolescents and adults. Medical and health care professionals working in the field of ADHD will enhance their knowledge and skills by attending keynote talks, seminars and workshops during in the two-day meeting. The conference is preceded by ADHD Research Day.

CMHA Mental Health for All Conference
October 22 to 24, Montreal
This CMHA conference will bring together leading thinkers, decision-makers, policymakers, service providers, and people with lived experience of mental health problems and illnesses, including substance use disorders, from across Canada.

Black Mental Health Conference: A Symposium for Health Professionals
October 1, 9 am to 4:30 pm., CAMH Russell St.
This inaugural event, focused on the mental health of Black Canadians, will include presentations, interactive learning and a panel discussion from academics and front line workers who are engaged in tackling mental health in the Black community. A key objective of the event is to facilitate networking among professionals who provide mental health support/services to Black patients.

2018 MPA Annual Conference
October 2-3, MIssissauga
iMPAct, the 2018 MPA Conference, will highlight innovative initiatives that currently integrate mental and physical health, and engage diverse participants to co-create the future of exceptional care. The conference is an opportunity to be inspired by experts in this field, participate in interactive project showcases, and build exciting connections with others in the community. Together, we will create a vision for exceptional experiences that integrates mental and physical health, and facilitates partnerships between institutions, health care providers, patients, families, and communities.

ACT in ACTion: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy at SickKids
Thursday October 4, 11 am to noon, SickKids, Toronto
After attending this session, learners will be able to explain the basic principles of ACT; outline some research findings related to ACT in paediatrics; describe a variety of applications of ACT with children and youth including those with co-occurring physical illnesses. To pre-register for Videoconference Link – Oct 4, 2018. For Webcast information please contact: sandra.silva@sickkids.ca.

Examining assumptions about gender and disability: Effects on health care experiences of girls and women on the autism spectrum
October 4, noon to 1 pm., CAMH QS
Learning objectives:
1. Understand gendered experiences of autism and health care for girls and women;
2. Explore how assumptions about gender and disability can impact on health and health care services;
3. Understand how integrating health and social science perspectives can advance new understandings of autism and health.
Presented by Yani Hamdani of the Azrieli Centre at CAMH.

Stages of Change and Problem Gambling
Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use Webinar Series
October 10, noon to 1 pm. Webinar
The learning objectives for this six-part webinar series are to: implement screening and assessment tools with clients with problem gambling, technology use and video gaming; provide brief interventions to clients with problem gambling, technology use and video gaming; apply clinical best practices to clients with problem gambling, technology use and video gaming; access additional resources for treatment. Faculty: Sarah Waldman.

Achieving Global Health Equity: Making Cultural Psychiatry Count
October 10 - October 13, Columbia University, New York City
The 5th World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry is sponsored by the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry (WACP), Columbia University, New York Institute of Technology – College of Osteopathic Medicine, and several partner organizations. With the theme Achieving Global Mental Health Equity: Making Cultural Psychiatry Count, this multi-disciplinary conference will bring together hundreds of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and others in mental health, anthropology, and social scientists from around the world.

Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment: Current Research and Prevention
Monday, 24 September, 9 am to 3:30 pm.,
CAMH BGB, 100 Stokes St., Toronto
This symposium will advance knowledge about the nature and impacts of sexual violence and harassment and describe leading edge strategies for prevention. Topics include: public health impacts of sexual violence and harassment; causes; experiences of victims; perceptions and perceived norms of perpetrators; roles of peers & peer dynamics; bystander interventions; self-defence training; engaging men in prevention. This is a free event that is open to researchers, clinical and prevention practitioners, policymakers and students.

The Roshni Roadshow
Wednesday, September 26, 5 to 8 pm., CAMH Queen Street
The Roshni Project team are hosting a series of workshops in collaboration with community partners across the Greater Toronto Area. In each workshop we will share findings from our research, screen four short films and facilitate a discussion about mental health in the South Asian community. Regular updates about The Roshni Project and the Roshni Roadshow will be posted to our website www.theroshniproject.com.

The Canadian Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (CAPM) Annual Meeting
September 26, Toronto, Westin Harbour Castle
CAPM is one of four academies of the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA).The CAPM Annual Meeting typically attracts between 70 and 100 delegates—including psychiatrists, physicians, trainees and other health care professionals—who have an interest in the interface between mental and physical illness and well-being. Attendees range from those in senior positions within their institutions and who have decades of clinical experience to senior residents and fellows who will soon be transitioning to independent practice.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Psychiatry: Clinical Neurobiology & Translational Implications
September 27, noon to 1 pm., CAMH Queen Street
Learning Objectives:
1. tDCS is a re-emerging, non-invsive and safe neuromodulation technique with mechanistic basis involving neurophysiological, neurochemical and neuroplastic effects.
2. tDCS has promising utility in treatment of depression, schizophrenia, OCD, addiction and several other psychiatric disorders.
3. Home-based applications using conventional tDCS has the potential to usher in a paradigm shift in psychiatric treatment.
4. In summary, tDCS is an exciting tool that has wide-ranging potential from theoretical to translational applications through optimized modulation of brain biology; this requires further research.
Presented by Dr. Venkat Ganesan, Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.

CAMH Initiatives for First Nations, Inuit and Metis: Implementing culture for transformation
Thursday, September 20, 12 to 1 pm, CAMH Queen Street
Learning objectives: to learn about the importance of health equity in relation to the context of Indigeneous health in Canada; to gain an understanding of the culturally relevant services available for First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and communities across CAMH; to discuss the influence and impact on the mental health system; and to acknowledge the opportunities to advance culture as treatment as part of CAMH's efforts to reconcile the relationship with indigeneous peoples. Presenter: Renee Linklater, Director of Aboriginal Engagement and Outreach at CAMH.

Integrated models of care for youth with mental health and substance use concerns
Webinar, Monday, September 17, 1 to 2 pm.
In this webinar you will: understand how integrated models of care can address complex comorbidities of mental health and substance use amongst transitional aged youth; explore the YWHO example, and understand how youth engagement and integrated care are fundamental in achieving their intended purpose; and explore case-based examples that illustrate the unique considerations of youth within a hub model of care. Presenters: Shauna MacEachern and Janis Macdonald.

Working Stronger Workplace Mental Health Conference
September 17 to 18, Edmonton
CMHA, Alberta Division is hosting a workplace conference designed to guide Alberta’s employers in achieving better mental health in the workplace. Working Stronger will be two days of networking, information exchange and dialogue that will advance efforts to support healthier workplaces across the province. It brings together the most creative and inspiring mental health thinkers and leaders in the field.

Quality Standards for Opioid Prescribing and Use
3-part webinar September 18, September 25 and October 2, noon to 1 pm.
This series from the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario will focus on why these quality standards were created and how they guide and inform practice change. September 18 - Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain; September 25 - Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain; October 2 - Opioid Use Disorder. Understand why and how this quality standard was developed; learn how this quality standard can guide and inform practice change; and learn about available Ontario Pain Management Resources.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A transdiagnostic behavioral intervention for mental health and medical conditions
September 13, 12 to 1 pm., CAMH Queen Street
Learning Objectives:
1. To better understand the value of transdiagnostic treatments
2. To explain the rationale for identifying depression and anxiety among patients with chronic disease
3. To describe the role of avoidance in the exacerbation of pain, anxiety, and depression
4. To understand the mechanisms of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Dr. Lilian Dindo is an Assistant Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and a Research Health Scientist at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. The video of this presentation will be available later on the Portico YouTube channel.

Implementing Digital Innovations for Success: Examples of Knowledge Translation Tools in the Field of e-Mental Health
Webinar, Thursday, September 13, noon to 1 pm.
Explore how to successfully implement digital material to easily access mental health information, care and wellbeing. Dr. David Wiljer will be presenting the process involved in developing a platform such as Thought Spot. Thought Spot is an interactive platform designed to locate mental health services as well as offering a safe place to record and track thoughts and moods. Danielle Impey will be presenting an e-Mental Health Toolkit, designed to help overcome barriers in implementing successful e-health programs. Whether you are a mental health professional or a person with lived experience or interested in the subject area, tune in and learn about digital innovations.

Toronto Recovery Captial Conference
September 13 & 14, Carlu, Toronto
The RCC-TO is an innovative two-day event designed to provide accessible, accredited, and multi-disciplinary professional education on recovery capital. The conference will feature leading international research, clinicians, policy makers, and mental health and addiction stakeholders. The ultimate goal of the conference is to increase the collective understanding of the full continuum of options, including evidence-based treatment, behavioral and psychological interventions, harm reduction, medication assisted therapies and peer support/12-step recovery.

The human rights approach to housing
Webinar Thursday September 13, 1 to 2:30 pm.
Learn about: a rights-based approach for the National Housing Strategy; how Housing First fits with the approach; and how to get the rights-based approach into legislation. The Human Rights-Based Approach to Housing Team, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, recently released a discussion paper, "A Human Rights-based Approach to Housing" (2018). This webinar will highlight the feedback that the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest provided to the discussion paper.

Substance Use in Patients with Schizophrenia: Cracking the Chicken-or-egg Problem
September 14, 9 to 10 am, CAMH, BGB
Learning objectives:substance use disorders commonly occur in patients with schizophrenia and contribute greatly to its morbidity; animal models, combined with translational magnetic resonance imaging, can be usefulin uncovering the causal underpinnings of substance use and schizophrenia; longitudinal studies looking at the consequences of drug use during adolescence in animals can help us understand how this use may contribute to the risk for both schizophrenia and substance use. Presenter: Dr. Jibran Khokhar, Ph.D. Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, Assistant Professor - Department of Biomedical Sciences.

2nd Annual Conference of the Research Society on Marijuana (RSMj)
July 28-30
Fort Collins, Colorado Keynote speakers are Drs. Susan Weiss and Marcel Bonn-Miller.

Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario webinars
I Love A Good Clinical Handout: Answering Five Key Questions About The Neurobiology Of Problem Gambling Using Person-Centered, High Quality Clinical Handouts - July 23
This webinar will discuss the results of a collaborative project between problem gambling researchers and counsellors in which high-quality clinical handouts designed for use in counselling sessions were developed and tips for how to use them in practice.

Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use: How Gambling Behaviours of Older Men and Women Challenge Previous Research on Gender and Gambling
Wednesday, July 25, noon to 1 pm.
This webinar will discuss new research findings on how gambling behaviours of older men and women challenge previous notions on the relationship between gender and gambling. With Mark van der Maas. Learning Objectives: discuss the over-representation of men among people with problem gambling in general population studies and young adults; describe the recent results of casino and general population research finding similar rates of gambling and problem gambling among older adults (55+); explain how previous assumptions of the relationship between gender and problem gambling may need to be reassessed in the context of older adulthood.

2018 Ontario Problem Gambling and Behavioural Addictions Forum
June 18 - 19, Ottawa Marriott Hotel
This forum brings together service providers from across Ontario to learn from leaders in the field about emerging trends and clinical best practices in problem gambling and behavioural addictions treatment.

Ontario Psychiatric Association Addiction 101 Day
Saturday, June 16, Faculty Club, University of Toronto
This is a day for skill building for health care providers working with patients who use substances. The focus will be on addiction pharmacotherapy and psychosocial interventions. The format will be didactic presentations and small group experiential exercise. The medications covered will include buprenorphine/naloxone and anti-craving medications for alcohol. The psychosocial interventions will include evidence based behavioural approaches to substance use disorders.

Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario webinars
Cyber Sticks and Stones: Exploring How Technology Opens Portals to Worlds of Potential Traumatic Experiences [Technology & Trauma Series Webinar 1 of 4] - June 5, online This 1.5-hour (1.5 CEUs) webinar is part of a 4-part webinar series that will explore how 21st century technology is transforming the ways people are exposed to stress and trauma, and the ways it is used to treat people who develop trauma-related disorders.

New Directions for Adolescents and Young Adults with Depression: Conference
June 4, Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond Street West
Learn about the latest and best practices in adolescent and young adult depression. This conference will help physicians, clinicians, program designers and policymakers understand the value of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of adolescent and young adult depression; learn how to contextualize guidelines to their settings; and hear exciting updates about the latest research from international experts. Presented by the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH. Participants include Kathleen Merikangas, Joanna Henderson, Darren Courtney, Ian Goodyer, Emma McCann, Priya Watson, Daphne Korczak, Kate Stadelman and Raphael Kelvin.

Now We are Stronger Community Mental Health Conference
June 4 to June 5, Edmonton
CMHA, Alberta Division is hosting a conference designed to advance community mental health throughout the province of Alberta.Now We Are Stronger is two days of information exchange and dialogue that will advance the work in dynamic fields. It brings together the most creative and inspiring mental health thinkers and leaders in the field. It will feature keynote speakers, workshops, panels, presentations, training opportunities and exhibits.

2018 Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference
June 1 and 2, Hilton Toronto Hotel
The CCMHCC aims to advance collaborative practice in mental health care in primary care and community settings. The scope includes intra- and interprofessional collaboration, as well as collaboration with clients and caregivers. This year’s conference theme is “Collaborating Across Cultures”. Culture is defined here broadly to include cultures of people, of organizations and even of different disciplines in the health professions. As providers of mental health care and supporters of people living with mental illness practitioners need to collaborate across these various cultures to provide the best care and support possible.

10th Annual Addiction Day
June 1, Calgary
The vision of the Addiction Day Conference and Networking Fair is to increase public awareness of addiction and mental health problems and to enhance knowledge, competencies and treatment care. Through a combination of diverse presentations, workshops and networking opportunities, the event will bring together healthcare professionals from across the care continuum for a day of learning and discussion.

6th annual Waypoint Research Institute Conference – Momentum: Research Realized
May 14 through 16, Barrie, Ontario
This conference focuses on health promotion, knowledge translation, implementation, and other emerging and inspiring research relevant to the mental health and addictions sector.

Developmental pathways of ADHD from childhood to adulthood: Cognitive and neural markers
McCain Centre speaker Series Guest Lecture: Dr. Giorgia Michelinis
Tuesday, May 15, 4 to 5 pm. CAMH Queen Street
Learning Objectives:
- To become familiar with the research literature on the pathways to persistence and remission of ADHD from childhood to adulthood
- To learn about the findings from a follow-up study of ADHD patients, their unaffected siblings and neurotypical individuals
- To better understand how neurocognitive research could shed light on the mechanisms underlying clinical improvement in ADHD
Dr. Michelinis is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to Coleen.Coyle@CAMH.ca.

Getting them hooked: Applying the psychology of curiosity, imagination and motivation to health professions education
Tuesday, May 16, noon to 1 pm., Webinar
Kosha Bramsfled, Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation, U of T
This presentation introduces the psychology of curiosity and proposes that curiosity, coupled with imagination, can be the ‘spark’ that creates optimal motivation for information seeking, exploration, and learning in health professions contexts.
Learning objectives: experience the power of curiosity in sparking motivation; learn about psychological theory and research focused on the causes and consequences of curiosity, especially as applied to learning contexts;; discuss ideas for how to peak learner curiosity and imagination across a wide range of health professions education contexts.

Roots of Empathy 2018 Research Symposium
May 9th & 10th, One King West, Toronto
Join Roots of Empathy for two days of stimulating talks from the leading edge of psychology, neurology and sociology – all of which feed our understanding of children’s wellbeing and development. The keynote address is Cultivating social connection: Perspectives from contemplative neuroscience with Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. Other presenters: Andy Meltzoff, Ryszard Praszkier, Christian Keysers, David Lätsch, Elina Marjamaki.

Com-HAC: The Community Health Advancement Conference
May 9, The Globe and Mail Centre, Toronto
Com-HAC is an interactive opportunity for community health professionals to learn, collaborate and be inspired by the possibilities created by innovative information management in the health sector and beyond. Join digital health experts and community health leaders at the day-long conference to explore the power of information and data in achieving better, more efficient and sustainable patient care. Presented in collaboration by Reconnect Community Health Services and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

8th International Research Conference on Adolescents and Adults with FASD
April 18-21, Vancouver, BC
Review, Respond and Relate – Integrating Research, Policy and Practice Around the World
Although there have been thousands of published articles in FASD in general, there has been limited research specifically on adolescents and adults with FASD or on individuals across the lifespan. As those individuals diagnosed with FASD continue to age, the “need to know” across a broad spectrum of areas is becoming critically important for identifying clinically relevant research questions and directions.

What Does “Culture” Mean? Evolving Definitions in Mental Health Service, Training, and Research
April 19 to 21, San Diego, California
This annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture critically explores the implicit (or explicit) definitions of culture that are being used in current mental health research and practice. To what extent are process-based definitions of culture replacing or coexisting alongside more static group background-based definitions.

SMART 2018 - Summit for Mood and Anxiety Resources and Treatment in the Community
Saturday, April 14, Faculty Club, University of Toronto
A this full-day, interdisciplinary summit designed for primary care health professionals, academics and policymakers with the aim of developing partnerships and collaborations in the community for the management and treatment of depressive disorders.Hosted by CAMH, with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Continuing Professional Development.

Fifth Biennial Rainbow Health Ontario Conference: Because LGBTQ2S Health Matters
March 21-24, Sudbury, Ontario
This conference will focus on building partnerships in health and social services to promote the health of Ontario’s diverse LGBTQ2S populations, including those in northern and rural areas. In our programming, we have emphasized an intersectional approach to health and well-being, streamed according to 7 themes: clinical practice; public policy, activism and human rights; community support and development; professional education and training; research; organization and systems change; and ethics and law. Additionally, we’ve encouraged content that focuses on Indigenous, Francophone, rural and northern, racialized, and newcomer LGBTQ2S needs and access.

CMHA National Bottom Line Conference
March 13–14
Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
The conference brings together business leaders, policy-makers, researchers, and workers to improve mental health in Canadian workplaces. It provides an opportunity to share real experiences and successes while working towards the common goal of transforming Canadian workplaces into psychologically safe and supportive places where everyone can work safely and thrive.

American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) 2018 Conference
March 10 to 14, New York, New York
The conference theme, Advancing & Integrating Specialized Addiction Treatment & Recovery, focuses on realizing the goals of Medication Assisted Treatment in a Comprehensive Hub setting. AATOD has a history of providing an outstanding conference experience filled with state-of-the-art training and cutting edge information for medication assisted treatment providers, policy makers, peers and advocates.

Interprofessional mental health simulation
CAMH/MPA Grand Rounds
Thursday, March 1, noon to 1 pm., CAMH QS
Learning Objectives: understand how simulation can be used to enhance the effectiveness of interprofessional care, and describe key instructional design considerations for interprofessional mental health simulation. Presenters: Dr. Chris Kowalski and Dr. Laura Naismith.

Determinants of drug preference: Translational Studies
CAMH Addiction Rounds
Friday, March 9th, 9 to 10 am.
Room 3158, Bell Gateway Building, CAMH
Learning objectives:
1. What methods can be used to study risk for drug use or abuse in humans?
2. Is there concordance between preclinical studies of drug-taking and studies with humans?
3. What are the challenges of conducting translational (human vs nonhuman) research?
Presenter: Dr. Harriet de Wit, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago
Dr. de Wit studies the behavioral effects of drugs of abuse, conducting controlled laboratory studies with healthy volunteers. Her studies examine individual differences in responses to drugs, as well as contextual factors that affect responses to drugs. Dr. de Wits research has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 30 years, and she is currently PI on a training grant funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. She serves on several editorial boards and as an Editor for the journal Psychopharmacology.

Brain Circuits and Human Behaviour: What can go wrong and what can we do about it?
CAMH Addiction Rounds
Friday, February 23, 9 to 10 am., Bell Gateway Building
Learning objectives:
1. To learn about common brain circuit conditions, and how these can be linked to dysfunction in key brain areas
2. To learn about emerging forms of neuromodulation in psychiatry
3. To learn about the challenges of direct-to-brain forms of neuromodulation
Presenter: Dr. Nir Lipsman - Over the last 10 years, Dr. Lipsman has helped develop several Phase 1 to Phase 3 clinical trials of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and MR-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) in novel indications, including the world’s first trial of DBS in chronic anorexia nervosa, and among the first published experiences of FUS for essential tremor.

Autism research and clinical service through the lens of sex and gender
Thursday, February 22, noon to 1 pm.
CAMH Queen Street
Learning objectives: understand how sex and gender factors influence the presentation and diagnosis of austism spectrum; understand how sex and gender factors contribute to the neurobiology and aetiologies of the autism spectrum; and reflect on how thinking about sex and gender may improve research and clinical service for people on the autism spectrum. Presented by Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai, Staff Psychiatrist and Clinical Scientist, Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program, McCain Centre and Campbell Institute.

Building a two row ideology with western medicine and indigenous knowledge
Tuesday, February 20, noon to 1 pm.,
Webinar, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto The presenters will discuss their path to advocate for health equity for indigenous populations as well as the concept of building a Two Row Ideology bridge and establish sustainable collaboration/partnership between western medicine and indigenous knowledge keepers. With presenters Anna Banerji and Michele-Elise Burnett.

Caring about Confusion: Clinical Approaches to Delirium
An MPA Collaborative Care module
Thursday, February 8, 3 to 4:30 pm.
Trillium Health Partners, 100 Queensway West, Toronto
This Medical Psychiatry Collaborative Care Certificate (MP3C) module workshop will feature an inter-professional approach to managing complexities in patients with delirium including topics of: etiology (including a discussion on hospital-related processes which contribute to development of delirium), leading hypotheses of pathophysiology, diagnosis, outcomes, prevention, and management. Learn more about the MP3C certificates.

The Trans Experience in Education: Personal Perspectives
Thursday, February 8, 7 to 8:30 pm.
Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Dr., Toronto,
The discussion will start with Claire Birkenshaw’s story of being the first person to transition while working as a school principal in Hull, England and will be followed by a panel discussion. Each guest will share their personal experiences of what it’s like transitioning while working in the school system, dealing with identity issues as a student, or being a parent or person who supports trans individuals. Please register in advance.

CAMH Patient Portal: Learning from the experiences of a clinician in a mental health setting
Wednesday, January 31
CAMH Queen Street, Bell Gateway Building, Toronto, noon to 1 pm.
CAMH Russell Site, 33 Russell St. Room 2062 2:30 to 3:30 pm.
As CAMH prepares to launch a patient portal, an invited speaker will be giving two lectures and Q&A. Stephen O'Neill, a clinician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard, is coming to CAMH to share his experience and other findings about how using OpenNotes in mental health settings can improve trust, partnership and patient engagement.

Immersive Technologies, Serious Gaming and Gamification for Medical Education
Best Practice in Education Rounds
January 30, 12 to 1 pm, Li Ka Shing Building, Toronto
This session will introduce gamification and immersive technologies (including virtual environments such as video games, virtual simulations, virtual reality and serious games), and discuss their potential application in medical education along with limitations and potential problems educators may encounter.

Supervised Injection Services: Evidence and Practice
Tuesday, January 30, noon to 1 pm.
RNAO Knowledge Exchange webinar
Mary Clare Kennedy, BC Centre on Substance Use and Tim Gauthier, Insite Vancouver
Learning Objectives: highlight the results of a systematic review of supervised injection services in Canada and abroad; understand the outcomes that supervised injection services have at the level of the individual and of the community; illustrate the day to day operation of a supervised injection services to understand how health and social services are provided.

Lessons from Torontos first overdose prevention site
CAMH Addiction Rounds
Friday, January 26, 9 to 10 am., CAMH Queen Street, Toronto
Matt Johnson and Dr. Michaela Beder, Queen West Community Health Centre.
Learning Objectives: to learn whats new, whats working, how to replicate our success; overdose Prevention Site vs Safe Injection Site - why different models?; what does this mean for the future?

Physical and Mental Health Care Transitions: New Data to Inform Continuity of Care
SickKids/MPA Grand Rounds
Thursday January 25, 11 am. to noon.,
Dr. Kristin Cleverley, CAMH Chair in Mental Health Nursing Research
SickKids Hospital or by Videoconference
Learning Objectives; to understand current best practices for transitioning youth out of child and adolescent mental health services; to describe preliminary findings from the Longitudinal Youth in Transition Study (LYiTS) with specific focus on the unique transition needs and co-occurring physical illnesses reported by youth accessing hospital and community mental health services.

The rabbit hole: New students' alcohol use during Orientation Week, A critical point for intervention?
CAMH Addictions Rounds
Friday, January 19, 9 to 10 am., CAMH Queen Street
Benjamin Riordan, MSc, PhD candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand
Learning objectives: identify the early period of the academic year as a period of increased alcohol use and harm; dentify Orientation Week as a period where students may define their university alcohol use; review recent evidence-based strategies that have aimed to reduce drinking during Orientation Week; highlight the promise for mobile phones to deliver intervention content during periods of risk.

Addressing Opioid use in Ontario: Reducing harm, and improving care
Leadership panel discussion
Thursday, January 18, noon to 1 pm.
CAMH, via Ontario Telemedicine Network or online
With Dr. David Juurlink, Dr. Arun Radhakrishan, Lynn Cooper, Dr. David Williams plus a representative of the Northern perspective. Opening remarks by Dr. Catherine Zahn, moderated by Dr. Joshua Tepper. Visit link for login details.

Infanticide, Child Abuse and Maternal Mental Health
A CAMH Forensic Forum
Monday January 15, 12 to 1 pm.
101 Stokes Street, Room: 1123, CAMH, Toronto
or Join by Webcast (enter as a GUEST using your FULL NAME)
Presenter: Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, Associate Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland School of Medicine. Learning Objectives: Explain the intersection between mental illness and child abuse; describe the common motives for women who kill their children; list potential interventions in maternal mental illness.

The Co-production of a Drug Education Resource with and for Transition-Aged Youth
CAMH Addiction Rounds Friday, January 12, 9 to 10 am.
Presenter: Dr. Csilla Kalocsai, Project Scientist, CAMH
Understand the concept of co-production in mental health and addiction education; highlight the importance of qualitative research for characterizing the knowledges and substance use practices of diverse groups of transition-aged youth; review the study protocol that aims to co-produce a web-based educational resource with and for youth

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