Paramedics are a first point of contact for many mental health emergencies and paramedics are increasingly responding to these calls. Challenges exist
G07 – Building Mental Health Capacity: Exploring the Role of Adaptive Expertise in the ECHO Virtual Learning Model
Background/Rationale: Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO©) is an established hub-and-spoke tele-education model to
L06 – A Third Year Program in Psychiatry for Family Medicine Residents
More and more, epidemiological studies are indicating the wide prevalence of psychiatric and psychosocial problems in the community. Family physicians
B07 – What’s up Doc? Systemic Denial of Burnout
Burnout is a normal response to abnormal amounts of stress. 70% of Canadian physicians reported burnout in the 2019 according to the CFPC. The rates
D09 – Integrating a Care Pathway for Detecting and Managing Mild Cognitive Impairment, Depression and Anxiety in Seniors in Primary Care
With the high prevalence and burden of anxiety depression and mild cognitive impairment in later life, earlier detection and treatment could both
A04 – Implementation of a First Responder Operational Stress Injury Clinic Using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): A Paramedic Perspective
Background: First responders (firefighters, paramedics, and police officers) typically involve repeated, often chronic, exposures to potentially
D03 – An Exploration of Young Adult Engagement within a Psychosocial Drop-in Centre: Factors that Promote and Discourage Participation
The time of youth and young adulthood can be particularly daunting for those with mental health problems. In one Atlantic Canadian city a
C09 – Creating Youth-Informed Substance Use Curricula for Peer Support Workers and other Service Providers
Background: Mental illness and substance use affects approximately 1 in 4 Canadian youth and young adults. Foundry centres provide services for youth
K01 – Provincial Youth Outreach Worker Program – Making Connections and Delivering Care to Marginalized Populations Across Ontario
This participatory session will create an opportunity for the audience to: • Hear a description of the infancy of the provincial YOW program, discuss
F07 – Evidence-Informed Rapid Resource Development and Research in Response to a Global Crisis: The COVID-19 Readiness Resource Project
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the essential role of first responders, other public safety personnel (PSP), frontline healthcare
C07 – Building Addictions Capacity in Ontario Using the ECHO Model During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on individuals who use substances (IWUS). Increased risk of infection and overdose, combined
F03 – Advancing Racial Equity Together: What Partnerships are Community-Based Child and Youth Mental Health Agencies Engaging in?
There has been growing awareness regarding the inequitable access to mental health services and negative encounters that children, youth and families
I04 – Evaluating Virtual Mental Health Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Conduct a Multi-level, Mixed Methods Evaluation of a System’s Shift to Virtual Care
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, child and youth mental health agencies shifted to delivering their services through virtual platforms.
H10 – Physician-led Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Groups Rapidly Increase Accessibility to Skills Training in Primary Care and are Successfully Delivered through Telehealth
Family physicians were trained by psychiatrists to deliver manualized 8-week Cognitive Behaviour Therapy-based skills groups, addressing the unmet
A07 – ADHD: In the University Student Population – Assessment, Diagnosis, Collaborative Treatment and the Impact of Digitalization
Undoubtedly, the global Covid- 19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of our transitional youth and young adult population
I07 – Integrated Youth Health Services: Global Lessons to Optimize Health Equity, Experiences, and Outcomes for Diverse Young People and Families
For the past decade, Canada, Ireland, and Australia have been working to address the urgent mental health needs of young people and their families.
J07 – Foundry Works: Towards the Integration of Supported Employment as a Core Service Offered to Young People Accessing Integrated Youth Health Services in British Columbia
Goal: This presentation will describe a four year project to design, test, and implement a novel supported employment intervention for young people
M07 – SCOPE (Seamless Care Optimizing the Patient Experience) Mental Health Program: Evaluation Protocol and Rapid Adaptation in the era of Covid-19.
SCOPE (Seamless Care Optimizing the Patient Experience) is a virtual, multidisciplinary, hub-based program that supports solo, community-based primary