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Challenges & Choices: Finding mental health services in Ontario

Many people gave their time and expertise to develop this important book. A working group at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health reviewed several drafts and offered thoughtful feedback. The second and third drafts were reviewed by clients, family members, the general public and service providers across Ontario. This book is the result of their collective wisdom.

For a fuller treatment of this subject, we refer readers to The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada by Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes. As well as presenting the opinions of many mental health care providers, this book provides a personal touch and invaluable insight into the mental health system. It is written from the point of view of people who have accessed the system either as a client or
family member.

Another useful resource for people living in the Toronto area is Making Choices: A Consumer/Survivor's Guide to Adult Mental Health Services and Supports in Toronto. It provides general information as well as many listings for mental health and support services, and is updated regularly.

Writer: Diana Ballon, MSW, Education and Publishing, CAMH, Toronto

Project manager: Margaret Kittel Canale, M.Ed., Education and Publishing, CAMH, Toronto

CAMH working group

Karyn Baker, MSW, Family Outreach and Response Program, Toronto

Christina Bartha, MSW RSW, Child Psychiatry Program, Toronto

David S. Goldbloom, MD FRCPC, Physician-in-Chief, Toronto

Janice Harris, RN, Emergency Services, Toronto

Elizabeth Hendren-Roberge, M.Sc., Regional Services North, Wawa

Rena Scheffer, Public Education and Information Services, Toronto

Susan Smither, Regional Services Central East, Toronto

Chris Sullivan, Regional Services Central East, Kingston

Ellen Tate, Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Toronto

Peter Voore, MD FRCPC, General Psychiatry Program, Toronto

Reviewers

Linda Braichet, LPC NCC, Lambton Family Initiative, Sarnia

Robert Buckingham, MD, University Health Network, Toronto

Richard Christie, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Kingston

Glen Dewar, Community Resources Consultants of Toronto, Toronto

Teresa Dremetsikas, MD, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto

Randi Fine, MSW, Gerontological Consultant, Toronto

Bill Jesty, Windsor Mood Disorders Self Support Group, Windsor

Anu Lala, B.Sc. DTATI, Women's Health in Women's Hands, Toronto

Karen Liberman, Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, Toronto

Neasa Martin & Associates, Toronto

Ontario Peer Development Initiative, Toronto

Amie Parikh, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

Margaret Pepper, Kettle Point First Nation Health Services, Kettle Point

David Reville & Associates, Toronto

Campbell Thomson, St. Clair Child and Youth Services, Point Edward

We also thank and acknowledge those who reviewed an earlier draft and gave feedback:

Peter Chubb, Toronto;
Lucy Costa, Toronto;
Susan Erdelyan, Windsor;
Debby Lessard, Wawa;
Dianne Murray, Toronto;
Jenn Oakley, Kitchener;
Heather Ogilvie, Cornwall;
Beth Tiozzo, Cornwall;
Patricia Way, Rockland; and
Marianne Willars, North Bay.

There are many others who have given us informal feedback and been willing to help whenever we asked for advice. CAMH staff include:

Gail Czukar, general counsel;
Brian McLean and Anita Persaud, Community Support and Research Unit;
Wendy Nailer and Diana Musson, Work Adjustment and Employment Support Services;
Wayne Skinner, Concurrent Disorders Program; and
Wende Wood, Department of Pharmaceutical Services.
And thanks to Lora Patton, legal counsel for the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office.

Challenges & Choices: Finding Mental Health Services in Ontario

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