Tag: Mental Health
Mental Health of Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Canadian Landscape In communities across the country, the failure to address the specific needs of homeless youth with complex mental health needs and the lack of appropriate, timely services is resulting in a crisis for homeless young people, their families and the community agencies and structures that seek to support them. While it is difficult […]
Connected By 25
The Canadian Mental Health Association-Kelowna and District facilitates access to the resources individuals require to maintain and improve mental health and community integration, build resilience, and support recovery from mental illness. The Initiative Connected by 25 : This initiative focuses on the needs of youth/young adults aged 16 to 24 who are at risk of […]
Mental Health Partnership
Covenant House Toronto has been supporting homeless youth for over 30 years. We provide emergency housing, transitional housing and a variety of wraparound supports to help youth move towards adulthood. This includes a health care clinic staffed with nurses, physicians and psychiatrists, culinary job training program, on site high school, family reconciliation program, housing and […]
2014 Mental Health of Homeless Youth
2014 La Santé mentale des jeunes sans abri
Narration infographique
Situation canadienne Dans les communautés à l’échelle nationale, l’incapacité de répondre aux besoins spécifiques des jeunes sans abri dont les besoins en santé mentale sont complexes et l’absence de services appropriés, offerts en temps opportun provoquent une situation de crise chez les jeunes sans abri, leurs familles, les organismes communautaires et les structures qui tentent […]
Needs Assessment Narrative
Canadian Landscape In communities across the country, the failure to address the specific needs of homeless youth with complex mental health needs and the lack of appropriate, timely services is resulting in a crisis for homeless young people, their families and the community agencies and structures that seek to support them. While it is difficult […]
Moving the Homeless Youth and Mental Health Conversation Forward
français Approfondir le dialogue sur les jeunes sans abri et la santé mentale Reflections on the National Needs Assessment Sean Kidd, Ph.D. Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry Sean Kidd is a Clinical Psychologist and Head of Psychological Services, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Schizophrenia Division. […]
Mental Health of Homeless Youth Presentation
On November 21, 2013, Dr. Sean Kidd, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto (Department of Psychiatry) and discussed his work on the mental health of homeless youth with the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness. Here is the video recording of this session.