Mental Health Nurses Interest Group

Dear Member,

In November 2012, the Mental Health Nursing Interest Group (MHNIG) Executive convened to develop a Strategic Plan for 2013-2015. At this time, the Executive would like to invite MHNIG Membership to participate in a feedback process in a form of a survey. Your feedback is essential and will inform the top priorities for the MHNIG as well as future initiatives led by its members.

Posting # 31788 - [ Non-Union ] Clinical Nurse Specialist - 1 position(s) Forensic Psychiatry Program Regional Mental Health Care, St. Thomas Full Time The Forensic Psychiatry Program has adopted the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Model as its overarching philosophical framework.

You are cordially invited to attend the 3rd Annual CURA Conference Poverty & Social Inclusion to be held on Wednesday October 23, 2013 to Thursday October 24, 2013 9:00am to 4:30pm Registration and Continental Breakfast starts at 8:30am Lunch will be provided Best Western Lamplighter Hotel 591 Wellington Road London, Ontario N6C 4R3 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patrick Corrigan Distinguished Professor of Psychology Illinois Institute of Technology RSVP to: (519) 685-8500 ext. 75896 See invitation letter attached.

Northwestern Ontario PSR Education Committee is pleased to present the 2013 conference: Recovery in Mental Health: Sharing our Successes! The conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario from June 5th to June 6th. Thanks to generous sponosrships from St. Joseph's Care Group, Alpha Court Mental Health and Addiction Services and PSR Ontario Consumer Bursaries can be issued to cover registration fees for a limited number of attendees.

St. Michael’s Hospital Mental Health Service is pleased to present "Forging Partnerships in Addictions Care: Reviewing the Trajectory of Care for People with Substance Use Disorders" to be held Thursday April 25, 2013 at 89 Chestnut Street Conference Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Topics will include working with the ‘hard to serve client ’,Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment (TOSCA) study,treating addiction disorders in a general hospital setting, the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of opioid addiction and others.

Hello everyone, [Linked below please find] the pictures from SSO's event "2013 Peace of Minds Yogathon for Schizophrenia" last Saturday (Feb 23). Our team members (Julene Chung, Monika Wagner, Sarah Reynolds and I) represented the RNAO-MHNIG well during the event. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we were able to raise a total amount of $1550. Thank you for supporting us in this Student Engagement project! Kind Regards, Dea Casem (Student Representative)

The Graham Boeckh Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will together support a research-to-practice network that, within 5 years, will catalyze fundamental change in youth and adolescent mental health care in Canada.

Kelly Stevenson, RN BScN, is enrolled in the Master's of Science program at the School of Nursing, McMaster University. She is currently recruiting for nurses to participate in a qualitative study.

Course Start/End Dates: February 8 and 15, 2013 This is a two-day course providing a comprehensive nursing based review of major mental illnesses and best-practice guidelines for nursing care. Target Audience: Nurses and other clinicians interested in updating knowledge and skills in psychiatric mental health care. Full (2 Day) Tuition: ROMHC site—$160 (includes breaks & lunch) Virtual Registration—$110 Single day Tuition: ROMHC site—$80 (includes breaks & lunch) Virtual Registration—$55 Please see attached PDF for registration details.