Cats, Other Pets and Community Psychiatry

Peer Support Worker

At the 2014 OAA conference, Karen Rebeiro Gruhl, LaCarte, & Calixte presented: The Peer Support Worker: What it is and why we need it … providing both evidence and the steps for ACT teams to take for authentic integration of peer support. Summary Points The system needs the peer perspective and lens on recovery The system requires successful role models of recovery to increase its own validity Peer support work is not about the activities they do, but moreso, the perspective they bring to care Provide a mirror within which to see recovery—gives recovery a face View the Presentation

Conference Report 2014

– Dave Guthrie, ACT Team Manager, Community Integration Program (CIP)Providence Care Kingston, Ontario Over 300 delegates and presenters gathered in Kingston this October for our “Doing Whatever It Takes, Ethics in ACTion” conference. The conference was a full 2 ½ days, with engaging and inspiring key note speakers as well as educational workshops and evening entertainment. The Ontario ACT Association along with its partners, The Journal of Ethics in Mental health and Providence Care, extended invitations to other community mental service providers as well as other ACT teams in British Columbia and Quebec. Overall, the conference theme was well blended

VOCEC presentation

The Sound of Recovery – CBT based Music Therapy

The Right to Access Primary Care and Ongoing Psychiatry Support

Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative