Local Projects - Chantal Wade

Local Projects Listing for CAMH Program Consultant - Chantal Wade, Ottawa Office

Chantal has been working in Ottawa as a CAMH Bilingual Program Consultant for the past 10 years. She has a strong interest in issues related to youth, women, prevention and education. She is involved with a variety of local coalitions addressing mental health and substance abuse prevention, working with educators, service providers and police services in the City of Ottawa on project planning, implementation and delivery of training events.

Aboriginal Health

Chantal is the East Area Aboriginal Health Lead. As the lead, she is researching foundational level knowledge to inform the planning and implementation of the CAMH Aboriginal Health Priority. More to come soon!!

Young Women and Depression Prevention (VALIDITY)

The VALIDITY♀(Vibrant Action Looking Into Depression In Today’s Young Women) project was conceived in 1999 to explore the psychosocial risk factors associated with depression in young women, it used a participatory action research (PAR) model to conduct the research and make recommendations in order to develop new useful prevention and treatment interventions. Please see below three of the resources produced to date:

Girls Talk Program

Girls Talk is a highly successful program that aims to prevent depression in young women and has been recently updated to include the revised Facilitator’s manual . A webcast is now available for community partners to get more information. You can now get a sneak peek of this new resource and the webcast.

Hear me, Understand me, Support me

This unique guide provides information to enhance the work service providers do with young women around preventing and treating depression. The words, images and ideas offered in the resource, give insight into young women's diverse realities and share information that can guide effective service and support. Perhaps these words will inspire you to undertake your own vibrant action to help prevent depression in girls and young women. It is also available in French.

Let's Talk Poster

This poster was developed by young women in consultation with professionals to remind service providers to explore young women's health from a holistic perspective. Young women have said "I don't want to be treated, I want to be heard" and this poster is a tool to encourage primary care professionals to talk to young women about issues from all aspects of their lives. It is also available in French.

For more information about young women and depression go to VALIDITY.

Screening for Substance Use and Mental Health Problems in Youth

Our Project Team is proud to announce that the report “Screening for Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Problems in Youth” is hot off the press! The report summarizes the results of a CAMH research project that reviewed screening tools for use with children and adolescents. The report includes detailed information sheets for each of the 20 most promising, well-validated and reliable tools. The document can be accessed at the CAMH Professional Knowledge Exchange portal. You can also download the Best Practices Workbook

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