From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meeting

From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meeting

Thursday, June 24^th, 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 24^th, 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