PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND THERAPY

The Kings County Chapter of SSNS will hold three sessions in a series on “Mental Illness and Therapy”. These sessions will be on Wednesday evenings at the Lions Club Hall on River Street in Kentville. The sessions will start at 7.00 pm and conclude with refreshments. Come for the information, enjoy the interaction, and benefit from the insight.

Wednesday September 15, 2010: “Mental Illness and Concurrent Disorders and Addictions”. Those providing input will include Eric Patton, certified addictions specialist with 20 years of clinical experience, and Tony Legere, a recovering consumer. More than 50% of those seeking help for addictions have a mental illness. And more than 20% of those seeking help from a mental illness have concurrent disorders or addictions.

Wednesday October 20, 2010: “Triangles of Care: Consumers, Families, Providers Working Together”. The presenters will include those who took part in the Academic Day of the Nova Scotia Hospital at Dartmouth on October 1^st and learned of current developments in the treatment of mental illness supporting the value of consumer and family centered mental health services and how such approaches might be increasingly developed locally.

Wednesday November 17, 2010: “Psychosis and Early Intervention”. Review of what services are available for youth at risk and how Mental Health Services in the Valley are organized to respond.