Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meeting
From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meeting
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The Hub
2nd Floor, 1673 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
ALL ARE WELCOME!
FREE!
Tomorrow, Thursday, June 24th, 2010
An interactive presentation on adolescent development and mental health with Dr. Stan Kutcher
Dr. Kutcher is an internationally-renowned expert in the area of adolescent mental health and a national & international leader in mental health research, advocacy, training, policy, and health services innovation. He is using his considerable expertise to advance the work of the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, building awareness and knowledge about mental health issues in young people.
Dr. Kutcher most recently served as Associate Dean of International Medical Development & Research with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine. At Dalhousie, he has been chair of the Department of Psychiatry and has led the development of the Life Sciences Development Association, the Brain Repair Centre, and the International Health Office. Dr. Kutcher also served as Clinical-Academic Director of the Capital District Health Authority’s Mental Health Program. In 2003, he was chosen by Atlantic Progress Magazine as one of the top 20 innovators in Atlantic Canada. He was named as the 2004 National Champion of Mental Health, Research, by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and he received the 2005 Dr. Mary V. Seeman Award from the Canadian Psychiatry Research Foundation in recognition of his lifetime achievements in mental health work.
Dr. Kutcher is also a nationally and internationally active speaker, reviewer and consultant in psychiatry working in various countries around the globe and for various international groups including the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization. His work in international medical development and research advances health sector knowledge development across the various medical disciplines and health care delivery systems.
His current research interests include translating mental health research into clinical care and health policy, and optimization of mental health care/mental health clinical research in primary care. He has developed a number of innovative health human resources training programs for mental health competencies that have been delivered in many different countries and has participated in the writing of a number of national mental health policies/plans worldwide. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and also author/co-author of a number of medical textbooks.
Summer Break:
The From Recovery from Discover Peer Support Group will be taking a break for the summer months of July and August. Meetings will resume in September 2010.
Laura Burke
Peer Support Facilitator
Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 465-2601
Toll-free: 1-800-465-2601
Website: www.ssns.ca
Weblog: www.blog.ssns.ca
Room B-23, E.C. Purdy Building
300 Pleasant Street
P.O. Box 1004, Station Main
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 3Z9
Friday, June 11, 2010
Kings County Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Announcement
Thursday, June 10, 2010
From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meetings
From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meetings
Every Thursday Evening
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The Hub
2nd Floor, 1673 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
ALL ARE WELCOME!
FREE!
TODAY – Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Note: The interactive presentation on mental health in the Christian community with Rev. Martin Zwicker has been postponed to a future date.
Instead, we will have a peer support group focusing on some central discussion questions, for example:
1. How do we trust ourselves and feel comfortable that we know what’s best for us in the face of a culture and a mental health system which can discourage this autonomy and personal wisdom?
2. How do we maintain self-esteem when stigma and rigid social definitions abound?
Please feel free to bring your thoughts about your own role in your mental health care, and about how you maintain confidence in this culture in particular. We look forward to learning coping strategies and wisdom from each other.
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
An interactive presentation on new research in psychosis with Dr. Philip Tibbo
Dr. Tibbo obtained his MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland and his psychiatry fellowship training at the University of Alberta. He remained in Edmonton as a clinical researcher until 2008 when he was appointed the Dr. Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Tibbo’s research and clinical focus is on early detection and intervention in psychosis. His research includes investigating co-registration of endophenotypic markers in psychosis. Using genetic high-risk groups (adolescent and adult), chronic, and first episode psychosis cohorts, and individuals with stimulant addiction psychosis (regarding specificity), he investigates markers with high field strength magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), fMRI, and, with his collaborations, cognitive and genetic markers.
In addition to the above he also has research interests in the areas of stigma, burden of illness, and pathways to care. As a past Residency Training Program Director and Chair of the RCPSC Exam Board for Psychiatry, he has also conducted research in the field of education.
Dr. Tibbo is Co-Director of the Nova Scotia Psychosis Research Unit (NSPRU), whose overarching mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals living with psychotic disorders through research endeavors. Members of the NSPRU constitute a true multidisciplinary team that also includes community stakeholders such as the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.
Dr. Tibbo practices psychiatry within the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program, where he is Director.
Thursday, June 25th, 2010
An interactive presentation on adolescent development and mental health with Dr. Stan Kutcher
Dr. Kutcher is an internationally-renowned expert in the area of adolescent mental health and a national & international leader in mental health research, advocacy, training, policy, and health services innovation. He is using his considerable expertise to advance the work of the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, building awareness and knowledge about mental health issues in young people.
Dr. Kutcher most recently served as Associate Dean of International Medical Development & Research with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine. At Dalhousie, he has been chair of the Department of Psychiatry and has led the development of the Life Sciences Development Association, the Brain Repair Centre, and the International Health Office. Dr. Kutcher also served as Clinical-Academic Director of the Capital District Health Authority’s Mental Health Program. In 2003, he was chosen by Atlantic Progress Magazine as one of the top 20 innovators in Atlantic Canada. He was named as the 2004 National Champion of Mental Health, Research, by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and he received the 2005 Dr. Mary V. Seeman Award from the Canadian Psychiatry Research Foundation in recognition of his lifetime achievements in mental health work.
Dr. Kutcher is also a nationally and internationally active speaker, reviewer and consultant in psychiatry working in various countries around the globe and for various international groups including the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization. His work in international medical development and research advances health sector knowledge development across the various medical disciplines and health care delivery systems.
His current research interests include translating mental health research into clinical care and health policy, and optimization of mental health care/mental health clinical research in primary care. He has developed a number of innovative health human resources training programs for mental health competencies that have been delivered in many different countries and has participated in the writing of a number of national mental health policies/plans worldwide. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and also author/co-author of a number of medical textbooks.
Summer Break:
The From Recovery from Discover Peer Support Group will be taking a break for the summer months of July and August. Meetings will resume in September 2010.
Laura Burke
Peer Support Facilitator
Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia
Phone: (902) 465-2601
Toll-free: 1-800-465-2601
Website: www.ssns.ca
Weblog: www.blog.ssns.ca
Room B-23, E.C. Purdy Building
300 Pleasant Street
P.O. Box 1004, Station Main
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 3Z9
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Cigarette smoking and schizophrenia
Saturday, June 5, 2010
If solitary confinement is torture, why are we still doing it?
The end result of his efforts, two years later, was a landmark case argued in front of the Federal Court of Canada. The plaintiffs, including Jack McCann, won an admission by Justice D.V. Heald that solitary confinement, as it had been used in these cases, constituted "cruel and unusual punishment." Unfortunately, solitary confinement is still used in federal prisons today, often as a stop-gap to deal with mentally ill offenders. This practice harms the individuals involved, and also highlights a fundamental flaw in our conceptions of, and solutions to, crime and punishment in this country.
