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The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) is hard at work ensuring that seniors' mental health is recognized as a key Canadian health and wellness issue. Working with partners across the country, the CCSMH is busy facilitating initiatives to enhance and promote seniors' mental health. Below is a listing of what's new at the CCSMH, but there are always more projects in development. Please bookmark this site and visit us frequently for updates.

What's New

Events | Tools & Resources | Announcements

Events

CCSMH 4th National Conference, September 27 & 28, 2010 in Halifax - Connecting Research & Education to Care in Seniors' Mental Health

REGISTER NOW AND SAVE with team rates and special discounts on travel and accommodations.

Join hundreds of professionals from across disciplines to focus specifically on seniors' mental health. If you work with older adults, this conference will increase your knowledge about the issues and expand your resource network. Over 80 educational sessions are offered - all are information-packed and provide major impact in a limited time. Expert presenters will share critical tools, tips and strategies to help you promote seniors' mental health and respond to their mental illness needs. Opportunities to connect with the country's most influential leaders and trailblazers will inspire and motivate you.

Student Poster Competition deadline extended to July 30th
While school may be out for summer, we know that many of you are still involved in studies and research. We encourage all students who are interested in seniors' mental health from faculties such as medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, recreation, urban planning, occupational therapy, etc. to submit an abstract for the first ever CCSMH student poster competition, sponsored by the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit. The winner will receive a $250 prize, plus a certificate highlighting this accomplishment. Discounted registration rates for students!

Visit the CCSMH 2010 National Conference website for full details.

September 10, 2010 - World Suicide Prevention Day

Every September 10th people and communities across Canada and throughout the world come together to show their support for suicide prevention and for those whose lives have been affected by suicide. Suicide is preventable and requires every person's participation. Any one of us could play a part in helping to save a life. This year the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) has chosen the theme, "What do you know? What do you need to know? What you know could save a life!". During World Suicide Prevention week CASP, in partnership with Living Works is urging all Canadians to take time to learn about suicide, the warning signs and what to do. 

Tools & Resources

Additional Resources Available for Health Care Professionals

There has been so much interest in our Late life Suicide Prevention Toolkit and our Assessment & Treatment of Depression Toolkit, that we have developed additional resources for health care providers based on the CCSMH guidelines:

Announcements

CCSMH the proud recipient of the Baycrest Chair's Proud Partners Award

Each year Baycrest takes stock of what progress they have made in improving the quality of life of the aging population. In doing so, they look externally for those who have made the greatest contribution to their successes so they can pay tribute to them with their highest form of recognition - the Chair's Proud Partners Award.

This year, the CCSMH is thrilled to have been chosen to receive the award based on our strategic goals and objectives, strong seniors' mental health research agenda, and our continued collaboration with Baycrest in the exchange and transfer of knowledge. The CCSMH values its relationship with Baycrest and looks forward to continued collaboration in the promotion of seniors' mental health.

[Updated July 25, 2010]