2010 Year in Review

Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health

The Team

Dr. Stan KutcherChairAmy MacKayAdministrative Assistant

Jacquie Potvin-BoucherProject Manager & Transitions CoordinatorChristina Carew, ABCPublic Affairs AdvisorDr. Iliana Garcia – OrtegaResearch CoordinatorDr. David GardnerConsultantAlan McLuckieResearch CoordinatorAndrea Murphy, PharmDResearch AssociateJeff O’NeillProjects and Networks Coordinator

Katie RadchukResearch AssociateMagda SzumiliasResearch AssociateYifeng WeiResearch CoordinatorJessica WishartYouth Outreach Coordinator Summer Interns

Asraa Al-Mosawie Research Assistant Holly HuntleyResearch AssistantMina HashishYouth Program CoordinatorCourtney HeislerResearch AssistantStella DucklowArtist in Residence

Knowledge Pathway Model

2010 Priorities

School Mental Health Initiatives

Primary Care Training Programs in Mental Health

Building Awareness of programs and projects of the SLFC

Build understanding and support for

School Mental Health initiatives

Mental Health and High School Curriculum

October launch in Ottawa

Guide and resource disk available in French and English

Purchase via print-on-demand for interested parties

RCT in Ottawa, additional evaluation being conducted in

Hamilton, Vancouver and Kingston

Pathways to Care Model

• Implement mental health curriculum in Grade 10 classroom

• Provide teacher training session

• Provide student service providers training session

• Provide GPs with intervention strategies

• Upgrade knowledge of mental health professionals

• Establish consistent and sustainable referral mechanism

Pathways to Care Model

Pilot Locations: Forest Heights School (Bridgewater, NS), St. Mary’s Bay Academy and École secondaire de Clare (Digby, NS)

Published Work and PresentationsTopic: School Mental Health

Kutcher S, Wei Y. (2010). Comprehensive School Mental Health, an Integrated Pathway to Care Model. Presentation at the Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, Washington DC, USA: 16-20 November.

Wei Y. Kutcher S, (2010). Comprehensive School Mental Health: An Integrated Pathway to Care Model. Presentation at the 15th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico: 7-9 October.

Wei, Y., Kutcher, S. (2010). Comprehensive school mental Health: an integrated pathway to care model. Presentation at the 19th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP). June 2-6. Beijing, China.

Kutcher, S., Wei, Y. (2010). Mental health and the school environment: secondary schools, promotion and pathway to care. Presentation at the 19th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP). June 2-6. Beijing, China.

Topic: School Mental Health

Wei Y, Kutcher S, Szumilas M. Comprehensive school mental health: an integrated pathway to care model for Canadian secondary schools. Under review by McGill Journal of Education, 2010.

Szumilas M, Kutcher S, LeBlanc JC, Langille DB. Use of school-based health centers for mental health support in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(5):319-328 (2010).

Improving Student Mental Health: How do we get there? Presentation at the American Psychiatric Foundation: Advisors Summit “Driving the National Dialogues on Student Mental Health. Washington, DC: October 28, 2010.

School Mental Health: Development and Evaluation of a national Secondary School Mental Health Curriculum. Canadian Psychiatric Association 60th Annual Conference. Toronto, ON: September 23, 2010

Integrated Pathway to a School Mental Health Model for Canadian Health Care. Canadian Psychiatric Association 60th Annual Conference. Toronto, ON: September 23, 2010

Published Work and Presentations

Building capacity and improving care in Primary Care

Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Depression

Program available in English and Spanish

Working with PAHO to implement Spanish version

English version to be launched via a mdcme.ca with MainPro and MainCert credits

Adolescent Mental Health Training

Youth Care Worker Training

Frontline Training for Health Care Workers

Published Work and Presentations

Topic Area: Psychological Debriefing

Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., Szumilas, M. (2010). Psychological debriefing in reducing the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in schools: to use or not to use. Presentation at the 19th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), June 2-6. Beijing,

Wei Y, Kutcher S, Szumilas M. Effectiveness on mental health of psychological debriefing for crisis intervention in school settings. Accepted by Educational Psychology Review, 2010.

Szumilas S, Wei, Y, Kutcher S. Psychological Briefing in Schools: To Use or Not to Use. , published at www.cmaj.ca on January 4, 2010.

Building Awareness

teenmentalhealth.org

Curriculum Microsite

Evergreen Youth Mental Health Framework

Unique bottom-up, expert-linked policy development process

Wiki-writing, global first in health policy development

To be launched by the MHCC in Spring 2011

Evergreen Publications and Presentations

Kutcher, S. & McLuckie, A., for the Child and Youth Advisory Committee, Mental Health Commission of Canada (2010). Evergreen: A child and youth mental health framework for Canada. Calgary, AB: Mental Health Commission of Canada

McLuckie, A. & Kutcher, S. (2010). Evergreen: Towards a Child and Youth Mental Health Framework for Canada. Outcomes from the 2nd National Invitational Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health. Canada’s Children - Child Welfare League of Canada, Spring, 16(4), 15-23.

Kutcher, S., McLuckie, A., & Wishart, J. (2010). Towards a child and youth mental health framework for Canada. Paper presentation for the Sixth World Conference on the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental and behavioral disorders. Nov. 17-19, Washington, D.C.

Kutcher, S., McLuckie, A. & Wishart, J. (2010). The evergreen project: A national and international collaboration towards a child and youth mental health framework for Canada. Paper presentation for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Oct. 26-31, New York, NY

Evergreen Publications and Presentations

Kutcher, S. & McLuckie, A. (2009). Evergreen: Towards a child and youth mental health framework for Canada. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 18(2), 89-91.

McLuckie, A., Kutcher, S., Mulvale, G., & Leung, B. (2009). Evergreen: Towards a child & youth mental health framework for Canada. Poster Presentation for the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres Annual Meeting Oct.18-21., Halifax, NS.

McLuckie, A. Kutcher, S. & Davidson, S. (2009). Evergreen: Child and Youth Framework for Canada. Into the Light: Transforming Mental Health In Canada. Nov., 29-Dec. 1. Vancouver, BC.

Mulvale, G., Kutcher, S., & McLuckie, A. (2009). The Framework for a Mental Health Strategy for Canada and the Evergreen Framework. 2nd National Invitational Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health “Getting in the Right Door at the Right Time”. Nov.19 & 20, Ottawa, ON.

Support After Youth Suicide

Booklets onsite in more than 60 organizations in NS

Media coverage includes: CTV, Doctors NS, CBC, Haligonia, Chronicle Herald, Metro, News 95.7, Breakfast TV

Currently being translated into French, Arabic and Mandarin

Understanding My Medications Series

Developed in partnership with CHEO

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Taking It Global: Guide to Action

Youth Advisory Committee

End-to-end development of a stigma fighting commercial

Guide to Series with Accompanying Animations

Guide to Understanding Major Depressive Disorder

Guide to Understanding Panic Disorder

High Five: Mental Health Information for Coaches

Development of mental health component to national accreditation program for recreational leaders working with youth ages 6-13.

Media Engagement 2010

Featured in: Today’s Parent, National Post, Globe and Mail, Halifax Metro, Chronicle Herald, Chronicle of Neurology and Psychiatry, Dal Medical News, Headlines, Moods Magazine, Canadian Family Magazine,Toronto Star, Parentcentral.ca, Psychology Today, Doctors Nova Scotia, BP Magazine Canada, National Union of Public and General Employees, Branding Out

Featured On: CBC Cross Country Check-up, CBC The Current, News 95.7, CKDU, CBC As It Happens, CIUT, CBC Information Morning, CTV National News, Breakfast TV, CBC News, CTV Live at Five, Haligonia.ca

Future Endeavors

School Mental Health

Academy for School Mental Health (July 2011)

Working with Portugal to implement Pathways to Care model

Work to adapt Pathways to Care model for China

Integration of High School and Mental Health program in Nova Scotia curriculum

School Mental Health

Thematic Classroom with Taking It Global

School Mental Health Framework

Revised School Mental Health Curriculum Guide

NS Province wide controlled trial for Pathways to Care

Primary Health Care

Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Psychotic Illnesses, Substance Misuse and Abuse and Eating Disorders

Offer training programs online in English, Spanish, French, Mandarin and Arabic by the end of 2015

Primary Health Care

Frontline training for suicide intervention

Clinical tools continue to expand in number of languages available

Nurse education on Psychotropic use in treatment of mental disorders

Awareness

Guide to Understanding Brain Injury

My Parent has a Mental Illness series

Normal Adolescents Program

Art and the Brain at AGNS (Sept 2011)

Transitions Version 2

Our Chair Advisory Board

• Judy Beamish• Judy Bell• Barbara Broom• Heather Christian• Cheryl Copage• Andy Cox• Tim Crooks• Dr. Nick Delva• Roberta Duchesne• Barb Haley• Kathryn Weldon Foundation• Dr. Pat McGrath• Kelly Meighen

• Kelly Meighen• Susan Mercer• Ann Power• Dr. Herb Orlik• Linda Smith• Aidan Stokes (Chair of the

Advisory Board)• Caryll Tawse• Wanda Thomas Bernard• Carol Young

Our Education Advisory Board

• Rola AbiHanna, Nova Scotia Department of Education, Student Services

• Alexis Allen, Nova Scotia Teachers Union• Alexa Bagnell, Maritime Outpatient

Psychiatry, IWK Health Centre• Anne Blackwood, Nova Scotia Department

of Education, English Program Services• Lance Bullock, Halifax Regional School

Board• Heather Christian, Nova Scotia Health

Promotion and Protection• Lisa Doucet, Tri-county Regional School

Board• Roberta Duchesne, Captial District Health

Authority• Michelle Estekantchi• Natalie Flinn, Nova Scotia Department of

• Shelley LeBlanc, Ecole Beaubassin• Lachie MacIntosh, Halifax Regional

School Board• Susan Noiles, Nova Scotia Teachers Union• Ann Power, Nova Scortia Department of

Education, Student Services• Dionne Reid• Jenn Stevens• John Stone• Faye Trim, Halifax Regional School Board• Morris Green, Nova Scotia Department of

Health Promotion and Protection• Terry Bartlett-Visser, Roots of Empathy,

Halifax Regional Municipality• Tara Moore, Nova Scotia Department of

Education, Schools Plus

Our Youth Advisory Board

• Emily Atkinson• John Bermingham• Taylor Crosby• Elizabeth Ewert• Marika Forsythe• Nicole Gabriel• Kathleen Gallant• Mina Hashish• Joel Maxwell• Michael Smith• Karl Yu

Major Funding Partners

Thank you for your continued support