Online Self-directed Tutorials

The Mental Health and Addiction 101 series consists of a variety of quick, easy to use online tutorials for anyone who wants to learn more about mental health and addiction topics. This series includes tutorials such as: Introduction to Addiction, Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Depression, Older Adults, Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Schizophrenia, Stages of Change, Stigma and more.

Safe Baby Webinar Series

CAMH is pleased to offer another webinar series on Exposure to Psychotropic Medications and other Substances During Pregnancy and Lactation starting November 3, 2008.

This series is for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, pharmacists, obstetricians, midwives, public health nurses, nurse practitioners and therapists/counsellors who provide advice, information and care to women who are taking psychotropic medications or other substances during pregnancy and postpartum.

Online Courses

Schedule of Concurrent Disorders Online Courses in Recommended Sequence
Course	Sessions Begin
Foundation courses:
Fundamentals of Mental Health (recommended for people from the addiction sector or those with no prior experience or training in mental health)	January 26, 2009
Fundamentals of Addiction (recommended for people from the mental health field or those with no prior experience or training in addictions)	October 6, 2008
Core Concurrent Disorders courses:
Introduction to Concurrent Disorders	January 26, 2009
Basic Pharmacology in Mental Health and Substance Use	October 6, 2008
Interactions between Psychiatric Medications and Substances of Abuse	January 26, 2009
Optional courses, select from:
Integrating a Concurrent Disorders Approach into Withdrawal Management	October 6, 2008
Youth & Drugs and Mental Health	October 6, 2008

 

Schedule of Other Specialised Online Courses
Admission, Discharge and Assessment Tools (ADAT) Training recommended for staff in addiction agencies in Ontario	October 6, 2008 January 26, 2009
Methadone Maintenance Treatment required for physicians and pharmacists in Ontario	Not being offered this year. Please check back for 2009-10.

 

Legal Issues in Mental Health Care in Ontario Online course Pilot, Fall 2008

Participants needed

Education Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is looking for broad spectrum of mental health and addiction health care practitioners including clinicians, physicians, nurses, social workers, front line addiction and mental health staff and volunteers who are interested in participating in the online course Legal Issues in Mental Health Care in Ontario.

You must be available to spend three to four hours per week for a total of seven weeks, starting on October 27, and ending on December 12, 2008. If you are interested in participating in this online course, please complete this form in its entirety and return it to CAMH.

Learn from Your Workplace or Home!

Additional features:

• access to the password-protected online environment – course materials, readings, links and other resources – any time of the day
• a sequenced course of study with defined learning outcomes, requiring approximately four hours of study per week
• a collaborative learning environment with discussion forums for sharing knowledge, experiences and reflections with colleagues from across Ontario (and beyond)
• dynamic course facilitators who guide learning activities, answer questions, provide weekly summaries, and share clinical expertise
• printable course modules
• letter of completion
• CCACF-approved courses

The feel for each online course is $300, except for Methadone Maintenance Treatment, which is $450 for physicians and $350 for pharmacists and counsellors.

For more information about online courses, please call 1 800 661-1111 or contact Robyn Steidman in Education Services at 416 535-8501, ext. 6640.

Note: the Certificat en toxicomanie Offered in collaboration with Collège Boréal http://www.borealc.on.ca

Please note: faculty list to be confirmed.

Please review our cancellation policy before registering.

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Content updated: September 05, 2008 4:40 PM

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