(LONDON, Ontario) – London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) will be hosting a provincial think tank workshop on mood and anxiety disorders which are the most common of all psychiatric conditions. These disorders frequently begin to cause dysfunction in late adolescence and young adulthood, during critical years of adult development.
The goal for the workshop is two-fold: first, it is to make recommendations for the components of early identification and intervention programs for mood and anxiety disorders across the province of Ontario. Second, it is to plan a strategy to make such programs a provincial health care delivery priority.
Date:
Friday, October 17, 2008
Time:
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (open to media from 8:00am to noon)
Location:
Windermere Manor, North Meeting Room
200 Collip Circle
London, Ontario N6G 4X8
Interviews will be available with Dr. Elizabeth Osuch, Rea Chair in affective and anxiety disorders and the lead physician at LHSC’s First Episode Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program.
Please find the morning agenda below:
| Time |
Speaker |
Content |
|---|---|---|
8:00 – 8:15 am |
Dr. Carol Herbert Dean Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western Ontario |
Opening Remarks |
8:15 – 8:30 am |
The Honourable Chris Bentley Attorney General of Ontario |
Official Welcome |
8:30 – 8:35 am |
Dr. Sandra Fisman Chair/Chief, Department of Psychiatry Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry |
Introduction to Ken Deane |
8:50 – 9:05 am |
Ken Deane Assistant Deputy Minister Ministry of Health and Long Term Care |
Message from the Assistant Deputy |
9:05 – 9:35 am |
Dr. Elizabeth Osuch REA Chair – Affective and Anxiety Disorders FEMAP Lead Physician |
LHSC’s First Episode Mood & Anxiety Program (FEMAP) |
9:35 – 10:05 am |
Dr. Kathy Macdonald Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Mood Disorders Program, McMaster University |
McMaster’s Mood Disorders Program (for youth) |
10:05 –10:15 am |
|
Refreshment Break |
10:15 – 10:30 am |
Dr. Arun V. Ravindran Clinical Director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at CAMH |
CAMH’s depression research program for youth |
10:30 – 11:00 am |
Dr. Margaret Steele Chair, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Site Chief, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care Program London Health Sciences Centre |
Child & Adolescent transition to MOHLTC funded programs |
11:00 – 11:30 pm |
Dawn White Director of Clinical Services, Canadian Mental Health Association, London-Middlesex |
Community Connections |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Dr. Rahul Manchanda Director, PEPP Dr. Ross Norman Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UWO |
"Lessons Learned in Establishing a Provincial Approach to Service & Research in Early Intervention" |
EDITORS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE RSVP BY CONTACTING:
For more information contact:
Mitra Foroutan
Corporate Communications and Public Relations
London Health Sciences Centre
519-685-8500, ext. 12345
Mitra.Foroutan@lhsc.on.ca
After-hours assistance:
Call LHSC Switchboard at 519-685-8500 and ask to page the communication consultant on-call
