Treating Ontario's Mental Health

ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT?

WHAT ARE THE CRACKS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM? 

Four years ago, the Ontario government set out to overhaul a mental health care system which was failing the population it served. The first phase was to end to the mental health care of children and youth. Now they're looking at improving the system as a while. On December 10th 2014, The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO  examined how the province has fared and how it is positioned for the next three years. 

Representatives from Delisle Youth Services, CAMH, Children's Mental Health Ontario, Sound Minds Support Services and the Mental Health & Addictions Leadership Advisory Council discuss challenges and mental health plans moving forward. 

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How one Primary School Supports Children, Parents and Families when a Parent has a Mental Illness

This article is all about a school in Australia supporting the children and families impacted by mental illness. They give examples of how they supported families going through various life experiences from helping children connect with their unwell parent to providing parenting support to a parent with mental illness who has sole custody of the child.