The Ontario government is partnering with Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) to create the province's first dedicated unit to help female inmates who have acute mental health needs.
Ontario Shores Receives National Recognition for its Wellness Programs
Together with our partners we are excited to host Refocus on Recovery Canada 2020 on May 20 and 21. Call for Abstracts is now open.
See the latest issue of the Journal of Recovery in Mental Health: Vol 2 No 2-3 (2019) Concurrent Disorders: Recovery in Forensic Settings
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a two day training course, which is similar to Standard First Aid/CPR. MHFA gives you the knowledge and the skills to assist someone in a mental health crisis. This course comes with certification from the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
After many visits to the family doctor and a hospital stay in Durham, it became apparent that Nona’s husband, Lawrence, was deteriorating. It was not just the process of aging. It was more severe than that. The doctors had diagnosed him with Dementia, caused by Alzheimer’s disease and a stroke.Read more...
Linda MacLeod has a message for anyone about to be admitted to the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit (GPU) at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores). “You are lucky if you become a patient here,” she says with certainty. “The staff are kind, supportive and dedicated.”Read more...
Jordon is a stay-at-home father with a desire to advocate for people living with mental illness. His interest in advocacy dates back to his days at Queen’s University and his involvement in its Human Rights Centre. Jordon’s experience as an outpatient at Ontario Shores has reignited his desire to advocate.Read more...
At the age of 60, Rob felt it was time to finish his high school diploma. It was always something he had hoped to achieve, but so often mental illness and other factors alter the path that so many take for granted.Read more...
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) is a public teaching hospital providing a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness.