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In Memory of Ken Hunting
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Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) is a specific blend of cognitive and behavioural therapies developed to share acceptance-based strategies. It is usually used in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and is also used to treat individuals with eating disorders, addictions, anger... -
Quality Improvement Plan
Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2024-2025 Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2023-2024 Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2022-2023 Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2021-2022 Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2020-2021 Ontario Shores Quality Improvement Plan 2019-2020... -
Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic
The Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic at Ontario Shores provides services to individuals 18 years of age and older who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and are having difficulty managing their symptoms. The goals of this therapy are to reduce symptomatology... -
Outpatient Complex Anxiety and Mood Disorder and Consultation Service (AMD)
An interprofessional team provides flexible service tailored to the individual needs of a person. Individuals are offered a period of assessment followed by ongoing support for the individuals’ recovery process and goal attainment by providing individual or group sessions using evidence based... -
Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program
In Ontario, adults with depression and anxiety-related conditions can access publicly-funded, evidence-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and related approaches to help manage their conditions. CBT is a structured, time-limited therapy that is problem-focused and goal-oriented and teaches... -
Why Does a Patient Go Missing?
It is heartbreaking to monitor social media when a patient from Ontario Shores goes missing and the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) post a media release in an effort to inform the public and safely return the individual to hospital. I understand why the public must be alerted and the... -
Mental Health Hospitals Offer Shared IHIS
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores), The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal) and Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Waypoint) have implemented a unified and upgraded health information system (HIS) to provide seamless care to patients across the three... -
Ontario Shores Installs Pizza Forno Machine
Ontario Shores has partnered with Pizza Forno to bring their automated pizza oven to Ontario Shores. Ontario Shores is the first hospital in Ontario to offer this service. Staff, patients, volunteers, guests and members of the community can purchase fresh, artisanal pizza from the vending machine... -
Update on the DMHS and Ontario Shores Collaboration Exploration
In the Spring, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) and Durham Mental Health Services (DMHS) announced their commitment to explore opportunities for greater collaboration. Ontario Shores and DMHS worked together to conduct a thorough analysis of an integration, its... -
Update on the DMHS and Ontario Shores Collaboration
In May, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) and Durham Mental Health Services (DMHS) announced their commitment to explore opportunities for greater collaboration to enhance mental health care services in the region. Both organizations explored three options, from... -
Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health Announces New Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Directors of Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health (Ontario Shores Foundation) is pleased to welcome Shannon Stuart as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation. As an accomplished fundraising professional, Ms. Stuart brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role. She... -
Nutrition and Food Services #RisingUp to Meet Evolving Needs of Patients
Ontario Shores and its Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) is #RisingUp to serve its community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NFS team have been doing things differently since the start of the pandemic. Outpatients have been struggling with meeting their basic everyday needs due to the closure of... -
COVID-19: Lessons from CBT on How We Look at the Pandemic
Therapy has come a long way from Sigmund Freud’s “lie on a couch and tell me about your mother”. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an incredibly well researched form of treatment that has replaced most other forms of therapy for individuals with anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses... -
Halloween Should Not Be Open Season on People Living with Mental Illness
Halloween is in the rear-view mirror, although the kids’ candy seems to live on in infamy at least until we finally get tired of it and it magically disappears. But now is the perfect time to talk about Halloween 2017 and beyond. Go ahead and grab a chocolate bar out of your children’s stash, heck... -
Complex Mental Illness Continues to be Heavily Stigmatized
It’s been 10 years since I professionally entered the mental health world. I vividly recall making the move from journalism to communications in the mental health sector and immediately recognizing how little the media and society seemed to care about this issue. I would conduct media searches... -
Words Matter: The Story Behind the Hope T-Shirt
Words Matter. This tagline served as the inspiration for us in the creation of our new mental health awareness campaign. We know that for those with a mental illness, words can hurt and be a barrier to recovery. Ontario Shores reached out to people living with mental illness, their families, our... -
Words Matter for those Impacted by Mental Illness
For centuries society has affixed names and used labels that have created divisiveness, promoted discrimination and cast shame on things we don’t quite understand. Whether it is equality, gay rights, race issues or complicated health issues, decades have been dedicated to education and building... -
'I Epitomized the Ignorance and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness'
If you meet Percy D’Souza today you will find it hard to imagine that he struggled with severe, treatment-resistant, psychotic depression. Percy comes across as high energy, engaging and positive. And yet, just over a year ago, Percy was, as he puts it, ‘a living corpse’. “I had given up on life,”... -
Social Media Users Connecting Missing Patient to Assault Shows How Far We Still Have to Go
When it comes to the stigma around mental illness, some days it feels like it’s one step forward, two steps back. We have come a long way, even in the 12 or so years I have been working in mental health. But every so often there is a trigger that seems to drag us back to the past. Recently that was... -
Better Option to Preserve History
As there is growing attention and interest in the Doctor’s Residence Land I thought I would provide some context for our community and those interested in this proposal. Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) reached out to the developer when it seemed to be the consensus... -
Sadly, Society is Still Misinformed When it Comes to Those Found NCR
I get it, it’s complicated. Mental Illness is an illness that unfortunately receives compassion only when it is convenient or easy. As a society, we get Bell Let’s Talk with all the celebrities speaking about their challenges, we have compassion for children’s mental health and maybe, to some extent... -
Ontario Shores Supports Hospital Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Following a directive from the East Region Incident Management System (IMS), Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) has collaborated with Lakeridge Health to support the regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, patients from the mental health program at... -
Ontario Shores Expands Availability of Structured Psychotherapy Program
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) is proud to announce it is expanding the availability of its Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program (formally known as the CBT Demonstration Project) to the regions it serves. Ontario Shores first implemented the initiative in...