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Homewood Health and Wounded Warriors Canada Announce National Partnership in Support of the National Ride for Mental Health

As a national mental health leader with a long history of treating Canada’s Armed Forces, Veterans and First Responders, Homewood Health understands the impact these occupations have on individuals and their families. Homewood is proud to be extending its support to help grow the profile and participation of this event that raises funds for mental health services and builds awareness of this need in our communities.

This year’s Ride for Mental Health will take place on Saturday August 20, 2022

The Ride for Mental Health is a non-competitive, inclusive, community focused cycling event providing an opportunity for Canadians from coast-to-coast to raise much needed funds to support the mental health of our Armed Forces, Veterans, First Responders and their families.

As part of this partnership, Homewood is encouraging all its employees, providers, customers and other industry colleagues to support this event. For this year’s event on August 20, Homewood will be hosting two community Ride for Mental Health events in Guelph, Ontario at Homewood Health Centre and in Victoria, British Columbia at Homewood Ravensview. Homewood will also be matching employee fundraising totals, in addition to sponsoring the Grand Prize to be awarded by raffle among all participants who raise $250 or more - details to be shared soon.

“Homewood is proud to be further extending our national partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada and extending our organization’s support to this important event which raises funds for mental health care for Canada’s Armed Forces, Veterans and First Responders, who along with their families, have given much to our communities and our country. We look forward to working with the Wounded Warriors team to further expand this event and its impact.” Jagoda Pike, President & CEO, Homewood Health Inc. and Homewood Health Centre.

“We are extremely proud of the partnership we have established with Homewood Health. Their support of our National Ride for Mental Health ensures every participant fundraising dollar directly supports the delivery of our mental health programs supporting individuals, couples, spouses, surviving spouses and children. This is an exciting and impactful next step in our partnership and we look forward to what will be a great day across Canada on August 20.” Scott Maxwell, Executive Director, Wounded Warriors Canada.

About The Ride for Mental Health:

The Ride for Mental Health (RMH) is a non-competitive, inclusive, community focused cycling event providing an opportunity for Canadians from coast-to-coast to raise much needed funds to support the mental health of our Veterans, First Responders and their families. This year’s event takes place on Saturday, August 20, 2022. For more information, please visit: https://rideformentalhealth.ca/.

About Wounded Warriors Canada:

Wounded Warriors Canada offers a range of clinically facilitated programs that have been specifically developed to support the unique needs of Veterans, First Responders and their families. Their programs support individuals, couples, spouses, surviving spouses, and children of those who serve or have served our country and communities. The organization also provides leading-edge trauma-informed workplace training geared towards helping make trauma exposure management a new professional standard for uniformed service personnel.

About Homewood Health:

For over a century, Homewood Health has been trusted by Canadians to provide expert mental health and addiction support. We achieve outstanding outcomes every day through our national network of over 6,000 employees and clinical experts working in partnership with leading employers, organizations, researchers and governments. Our unique and comprehensive stepped care continuum provides the most complete range of mental health services available nationally – from organizational support & training programs to employee assistance & mental health programs as well as specialized expertise in assessments, return to work, recovery management and family support – all supported by our medical and mental health expertise in our flagship inpatient treatment facilities: Homewood Health Centre, Homewood Ravensview and The Residence at Homewood. Our expertise and innovation is recognized across the country and is helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and more fulfilling lives. For more information please visit: www.homewoodhealth.com.

Media Contacts:

Wounded Warriors Canada

Matt Wocks

(647) 572-4627

matt@woundedwarriors.ca

Homewood Health

Drew Burroughs

(416) 414-0551

dburroughs@homewoodhealth.com

Wounded Warriors Canada and Homewood Health Announce National Partnership Aimed at Enhancing Mental Health Care for Veterans and First Responders

A longstanding leader in mental health, Homewood Health has been providing support to Veterans from across Canada since the First World War. Today, Homewood is one of the largest providers of mental health care to Veterans, First Responders and their families - providing compassionate and evidence-based treatment with specialized expertise in trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use and concurrent conditions. Support tailored to needs is delivered across a comprehensive continuum of services which includes employee assistance programs, online resources, outpatient services and more intensive programs - including its renowned Guardians inpatient program offered at Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario and Homewood Ravensview in Victoria, British Columbia.

Wounded Warriors Canada is a national mental health service provider specializing in group-based trauma therapy and trauma informed training for the Veteran and First Responder sector. As an organization dedicated solely to supporting trauma exposed professionals, Wounded Warriors Canada has become a leader in providing culturally specific services to support the unique and complex mental health needs of those who serve, have served, and their families.

This innovative national partnership brings together two leaders in the Veteran and First Responder mental health sector and will include several key components:

• Knowledge & Training – Both organizations bring specialized skills and knowledge which can benefit their clients, members and others across the country. As part of this innovative partnership, Homewood Health will be providing Wounded Warriors Canada’s occupational awareness training course, Introduction to Trauma Exposed Professionals, to its clinicians as well as its client-facing teams across the country. The course was clinically developed for healthcare workers who support trauma exposed professionals and will support increased learner competencies with respect to the divide that exists between civilian and military/public safety culture; operational stressors; and the unique workplace cultures.
• Service Delivery and Access – Homewood Health and Wounded Warriors Canada are committed to reducing navigational barriers to accessing care and will be working on strategies to make accessing the right care both simpler and faster including establishing a joint referral process that will help integrate specialized mental health care for members and their families seeking support.
• Education and Awareness – Mental health education and awareness is a central pillar of Wounded Warriors Canada’s efforts across the country. The organizations will work together on initiatives to help reduce stigma while raising awareness and funds to support the development and delivery of innovative new programs and services benefiting trauma exposed professionals.
• Additional Collaboration – Identifying collaboration opportunities to further enhance access and delivery of mental health services for Veterans, First Responders and their families.

Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada, commented, “When service providers work together, and are driven by a collaborative spirit that forms the basis of this partnership, our injured Veterans, First Responders and their families are, deservedly, the winners. We look forward to all that we’re going to be able to accomplish together and thank the Homewood Health team for all they do to help those who serve.”

Jagoda Pike, President & CEO of Homewood Health Inc. and Homewood Health Centre, stated, “We are excited to announce this innovative partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada. Our two organizations share a common history and deep commitment to Veteran and First Responder mental health and we look forward to working together to provide better ways of supporting injured Veterans, First Responders and their families across our range of services.”

National Ride for Mental Health

As part of this national partnership, Homewood Health and Wounded Warriors Canada will soon be sharing exciting information regarding this year’s National Ride for Mental Health (RMH) on August 20 - a non-competitive, inclusive, community focused cycling event raising much needed funds to support the mental health of our Veterans, First Responders and their families.

About Wounded Warriors Canada:

Wounded Warriors Canada offers a range of clinically facilitated programs that have been specifically developed to support the unique needs of Veterans, First Responders and their families. Their programs support individuals, couples, spouses, surviving spouses, and children of those who serve or have served our country and communities. The organization also provides leading-edge trauma-informed workplace training geared towards helping make trauma exposure management a new professional standard for uniformed service personnel.

About Homewood Health:

For over a century, Homewood Health has been trusted by Canadians to provide expert mental health and addiction support. We achieve outstanding outcomes every day through our national network of over 6,000 employees and clinical experts and through partnerships with leading organizations, research scientists and governments. Our unique and comprehensive stepped care continuum is trusted by thousands of organizations and millions of Canadians and provides the most complete range of mental health services available nationally – from organizational support & training programs to employee assistance & mental health programs as well as specialized expertise in assessments, return to work, recovery management and family support – all supported by our medical and mental health expertise in our flagship inpatient treatment facilities: Homewood Health Centre, Homewood Ravensview and The Residence at Homewood. Our expertise and innovation is recognized across the country and is helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and more fulfilling lives. For more information please visit: www.homewoodhealth.com.

Media Contacts:

Wounded Warriors Canada

Matt Wocks

(647) 572-4627

matt@woundedwarriors.ca

Homewood Health

Drew Burroughs

(416) 414-0551

dburroughs@homewoodhealth.com

Homewood Health launches Pathfinder, its new digital platform - combining market-leading digital innovation with Homewood’s deep expertise in mental health

Guelph Ontario, Dec 15 2021 - Homewood Health today announced the launch of Homewood Pathfinder, the evolution of their Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) currently being delivered to over 3 million Canadians and their family members. 

Pathfinder is an intuitive digital platform that provides new capabilities for the Canadian market. It offers the client a choice of a fully digital experience or the current EFAP experience that clients know and love.

“Homewood Pathfinder places EFAP at the intersection of experience and innovation,” says Homewood CEO Jagoda Pike. “The future is all about access, choice and depth of services and our EFAP experience meets our clients where they’re at with a brand new platform and journey, that doesn’t sacrifice anything they currently like or are accustomed to.”

Pathfinder introduces industry-leading features and capabilities including:

• Proprietary Algorithms – Built upon over 140 years of experience, Homewood has developed and tested proprietary algorithms that help guide clients to the most effective service by making expert service recommendations that consider the client’s issue, acuity and preferences.
• Homewood Pulse Check – Checking in on a client’s state of wellbeing and understanding trends and changes over time
• Meet Now – A unique and innovative new feature providing the ability to meet with a counsellor right away or Book Later allowing convenient online matching to a provider and scheduling at a convenient time for the client.
• My Dashboard – A complete integrated summary for the client with access to resources, help with finding the right service, summary of current activities and recommendations.
• Homewood Insights – A robust data visualization layer for customers that provides a window into aggregate EFAP data, in real time, including baseline measures for key issues that impact presence and performance at work.

These features along with a friendly, easy to use interface combine to make Homewood Pathfinder a truly transformative EFAP experience.

Choice is a key component of the Homewood EFAP and professional support is available in the way that best suits client preferences including video, telephone, e-counselling and in-person (post-COVID). For clients who prefer a warm, experienced voice, the 24/7 toll-free intake number remains available. For clients who use the fully digital experience, the same warm, experienced voice is available at any time to assist in their journey.

“Homewood has always been a leader in launching new EFAP innovations,’ says Sean Slater, EVP of Revenue and Customer Experience. “The introduction of Pathfinder continues to deliver on that promise.”

Homewood Health is rolling Pathfinder out to over 30,000 customers starting this month.

More information can be found at www.homewoodpathfinder.com

About Homewood Health

Homewood Health is a Canadian leader in the development and delivery of national, evidence-based mental health, trauma, and addiction treatment and services since 1883. Homewood's complete suite of services includes employee and family assistance programs, assessments, outpatient and inpatient treatment, recovery management, return to work and family support services, all tailored to meet the needs of individuals, clinical and institutional referrers, insurers and employers. Homewood Health's innovative approaches are redefining how Canadians access mental health and addiction treatment and support in order to help them live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives. 

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One Million Dollar Donation Funding Groundbreaking Research on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Professionals and Public Safety Personnel

GUELPH, ON, Sept. 27, 2021 /CNW/ – Homewood Research Institute (HRI) is excited to announce a significant national research initiative on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care professionals and public safety personnel. This urgently needed research is funded by a one million dollar donation from Homewood Health, with work being led by internationally renowned researchers and clinician-scientists from McMaster University working in close collaboration with HRI, the Centre for Excellence on PTSD and leading researchers and organizations across Canada.

"There is much that we need to learn about the challenges faced by health care professionals and public safety personnel, individuals who have been impacted by COVID on a scale much greater than just about any other part of the population," said Dr. Sidney Kennedy, Executive Director of HRI. "We welcome this generous gift by Homewood Health – the largest gift of its kind in HRI's history. Homewood Health's donation will support research efforts across multiple dimensions and will provide an important foundation of scientific data to guide the development of better interventions for prevention, assessment, treatment, and recovery."

This research will provide key information relating to the significant challenges faced by health care professionals and public safety personnel during the pandemic, including not only elevated rates of burnout and moral injury but also day-to-day difficulties they face including disrupted sleep, lack of access to coping mechanisms (e.g., exercise facilities), and relationship difficulties brought on by the burden of pandemic response. This research will also examine the important and less-understood impact of the pandemic on health care professionals and public safety personnel within minority and marginalized communities.

"As a mental health partner and provider to health care professionals and public safety personnel across Canada, Homewood Health understands first-hand the importance of developing intervention efforts that will most benefit those who have put their lives, and those of their families, on the line," said Jagoda Pike, CEO of Homewood Health. "By funding this groundbreaking research, Homewood Health is continuing its long-standing commitment to supporting these individuals whose unique experiences demand specialized knowledge and tailored treatment approaches."

This research has already commenced involving a team of national and international researchers and clinician-scientists under the leadership of principal investigator Dr. Margaret McKinnon, Homewood Research Chair in Mental Health and Trauma and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, in collaboration with a team of scientists and learners from HRI, McMaster University, and Western University. Supporting the project are researchers and clinician-scientists from St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, the University of Regina, the University of Ottawa, the University of Vienna and the federally funded Centre of Excellence on PTSD.

The initial phase of this project will focus on qualitative and quantitative research, with early findings being rapidly translated to new prevention and intervention strategies tailored to health care workers and public safety personnel. A second phase will implement, and critically evaluate, these novel approaches in different treatment settings ranging from inpatient to outpatient counselling and disseminate these approaches widely for the benefit of all Canadians.

"We are only beginning to recognize the day-to-day and long-term impact the COVID pandemic has had on people in these unique front-line roles," said Dr. Margaret McKinnon, Principal Investigator. "This research will contribute important new data that will enhance our understanding of the enormous impact of the pandemic on health care workers and public safety personnel, and assist in developing novel interventions to facilitate the healing of those who serve us every day at what is often tremendous personal cost."

If you are a worker in the health care or public safety professions and would like to participate in this study, contact Isaac Beech at beechi@mcmaster.ca or click the attached link:
https://mckinnonlab.mcmaster.ca/surveys/?s=FDMP7YKTDT

About Homewood Research Institute

Homewood Research Institute (HRI) is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to transforming mental health and addiction treatment through research. We work with some of North America's most influential scientists, researchers, and clinicians, coordinating efforts to advance a common goal: improving treatment to save lives.

Through our partnership with Homewood Health, we are uniquely able to conduct studies in treatment settings across the country. This means that we work directly with our greatest stakeholders: people living with mental illness and addiction.

For more information about HRI, visit https://www.hriresearch.com.

SOURCE Homewood Research Institute

For further information: Becky Rothwell, Communications Coordinator, Homewood Research Institute, BRothwell@hriresearch.com

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New online platform launches to provide people across Canada with immediate mental health and substance use support as COVID-19 escalates

TORONTO, April 16, 2020 /CNW/ - People in Canada, regardless of where they live or their age, can access immediate virtual mental health and substance use support with the launch of Wellness Together Canada, a historic initiative launched through a joint venture with Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone and Homewood Health, supported by Greenspace Health, in response to growing mental health concerns with the escalation of COVID-19.

A "one-stop shop" online portal, Wellness Together Canada provides a "stepped care" model offering services that range from immediate crisis support to mental health screening and self-assessment tools, peer-to-peer support, educational resources, e-courses, access to virtual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and access to counselling support by phone, text or live chat. The initiative is the first and only online platform of its kind offering immediate mental health and substance use support to all people in Canada in every province and territory in English and French.

"Mental wellness is difficult to maintain with the disruptions happening now. It's not easy to maintain a routine. People in every community are struggling and need our help. That's why we are acting today to make professional resources more easily accessible to Canadians" said, The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health.

Stepped care is a care delivery model developed by psychologist Dr. Peter Cornish to ensure individuals are able to access the level of support appropriate to their needs while also creating a more efficient and effective healthcare system. "Wellness Together Canada is a perfect example of the power and possibilities of the stepped care model when put into action," says Dr. Cornish. "The model aims to empower people to access the support they need at the moment they need it, whether that's simply an article that helps them to better understand what they're experiencing or a direct line to a trained counsellor in a moment of crisis. Wellness Together Canada is providing the full range of solutions to everyone in Canada, allowing individuals to make decisions about the care they require and providing the resources to access it."

Each service delivery partner brings their unique services and expertise to the partnership.

With a 30-year history as Canada's only nationally available e-mental health solution for young people, Kids Help Phone is offering access to its phone-based single-session counselling services and its texting service for youth, Crisis Text Line powered by Kids Help Phone, which can be accessed by texting 686868. To further extend its support to Canadians of all ages, Kids Help Phone is also launching Crisis Text Line Canada – a new evolution of its existing texting service that will be exclusively available to adults and seniors. Crisis Text Line Canada can be accessed by texting WELLNESS to 741741 for immediate support.

"COVID-19 is both a public health crisis and a mental health crisis," says Katherine Hay, President and CEO of Kids Help Phone. "Kids Help Phone alone has experienced a nearly 400% increase in calls/texts related to COVID-19 since mid-March, pointing to the depth and breadth of the mental health impact on Canada's youth. Now, as Canada navigates through this unprecedented period in our history, we are committed to opening up our services to people of all ages, in every part of Canada, along with our incredible partners through the launch of Wellness Together Canada. We are actively building our team of trained professional counsellors and volunteer Crisis Responders to ensure we're ready and able to meet the needs of every single person who reaches out to us for support."

Homewood Health has been supporting Canadians with mental health, trauma and addiction treatment and support since 1883. With a complete suite of services that includes a leading Canadian Employee Assistance Program, return to work services, outpatient and inpatient treatment and much more, Homewood is a leader in evidence-based treatment and care. Through Wellness Together Canada, Homewood Health is offering single and multi-session counselling for adults via phone and video as well as online educational resources.

"For Canadians living with mental health or substance use issues, times of crisis can exacerbate their challenges or destroy their recovery efforts," says Jagoda Pike, President and CEO of Homewood Health. "Everyone at Homewood is profoundly proud to be able to support Canadians during this crisis. As always, and particularly during these deeply uncertain times, it is our goal to ensure that no one feels alone in their time of need."

The joint venture partners are pleased to be working alongside Greenspace Health, a Toronto-based leader in mental healthcare technology. Greenspace's technology will act as the central online portal, where Canadians can access the many resources and supports available in this stepped care solution, while regularly tracking the impact on their mental well-being. "This is an opportunity to bring a scientific and technology-driven approach to mental health services," says Jeremy Weisz, CEO of Greenspace Health. "Wellness Together Canada represents an amazing feat of collaboration, designed to provide the right supports to each individual at the right time." In addition, Wellness Together Canada will be working with many e-mental health platforms, available through this portal, to enable a robust stepped care solution for all Canadians.

Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone and Homewood Health, along with Greenspace Health, extend their deepest gratitude to Health Canada and the Government of Canada for their visionary investment and partnership to launch Wellness Together Canada.

About Wellness Together Canada: Wellness Together Canada is an innovative new joint venture between Canadian mental health leaders Kids Help Phone, Stepped Care Solutions and Homewood Health, and supported by Greenspace Health, to offer a full range of mental health support to people of all ages in every part of Canada. It is available in both English and French as an online portal/website and can be accessed at https://ca.portal.gs/. Wellness Together Canada is funded by Health Canada.

About Stepped Care Solutions: Stepped Care Solutions is a Canadian not for profit consultancy group that aims to promote mental wellness by transforming the mental health system. We collaborate with organizations and service users to improve access and deliver flexible service by providing a framework that organizes a wide range of care options. Stepped Care Solutions brings together health and industry partners to design convenient, effective, and innovative care models that meet the needs of all Canadians.

About Kids Help Phone: Kids Help Phone is Canada's only 24/7 national service offering professional counselling, information, referrals and volunteer-led text-based support for young people. Kids Help Phone's free, anonymous services are available in both English and French. Kids Help Phone is a registered Canadian charity, and raises the majority of revenue from individuals, foundations, corporations, and community fundraising. Visit www.kidshelpphone.ca for more information.

About Homewood Health: Homewood Health is a Canadian leader in the development and delivery of national, evidence-based mental health, trauma, and addiction treatment and services since 1883. Homewood's complete suite of services includes employee and family assistance programs, assessments, outpatient and inpatient treatment, recovery management, return to work and family support services, all tailored to meet the needs of individuals, clinical and institutional referrers, insurers and employers. Homewood Health's innovative approaches are redefining how Canadians access mental health and addiction treatment and support in order to help them live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives. Visit www.homewoodhealth.com for more information.

About Greenspace Health: Greenspace Health is a Canadian technology company that improves the way that mental healthcare is accessed, measured and delivered. Greenspace works with healthcare organizations and health systems to facilitate a better model for intake and triage into care and to more effectively measure an individual's progress in treatment, while generating valuable clinical outcome data. Greenspace is research-based and designed to help drive better mental health outcomes for all Canadians. More information can be found at: www.greenspacehealth.ca.

SOURCE Kids Help Phone

For further information: For more information, or to request an interview, please contact: Lindsey Coulter, Director, Strategic Communications & Community Engagement, Kids Help Phone, Lindsey.coulter@kidshelpphone.ca | 647-390-4841

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First of its Kind, Private Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Centre in Western Canada Opens on Vancouver Island

Victoria, BC - June 18, 2019 - Today marks the grand opening of Homewood Ravensview, the first and only private facility in Western Canada offering evidence-based, medically-led, inpatient, mental health, trauma and addiction services. With over 135 years of experience as Canada’s leader in the delivery of national mental health and addiction services, Homewood Health’s new facility located in North Saanich, just outside Victoria, BC, offers 75 beds and employs a world-class team of 50 professionals, including four on-site physicians and psychiatrists as well as 24-hour nursing. With its specialized programs for first responders, military, veterans, executives & professionals, adults, and young adults, Ravensview addresses an ever-growing need for services.

“Ravensview’s best-in-class treatment is delivered by a team of world class health care professionals and is steeped in Homewood’s 136 year history in delivering mental health and addiction services to Canadians,” says Jagoda Pike, Homewood Health’s President and CEO. “We’ve built programs that support people who are deeply impacted by mental illness and addiction in achieving their goals, whether it’s returning to work, to function, or to productive and happy lives.” Pike goes on to say, “in addition to working directly with individual patients, Homewood has worked for decades with Canadian employers and insurers to help them access good quality treatment resources to support a timely return to work for their employees and claimants.”

Each year, over 400,000 Canadians are off work due to mental illness. These cases are often more complex and typically have durations that are longer than physical health-related claims, resulting in significant human and economic costs impacting all Canadians. These cases carry the additional impact of adding weight to an already over-burdened public health system.  Canadian employees suffering from mental health, trauma, addiction and concurrent disorders remain off work for extended periods of time, waiting for access to assessment and treatment, with their conditions often worsening over time.

“Delivering innovative, evidence-based treatment, our programs are truly unique in Canada,” says Robert De Clark, General Manager at Homewood Ravensview. “Our Guardians program for first responders, members of the military and Veterans is designed specifically for the challenges these real life heroes face. We have our Cornerstone program for adults and the My Path program for young adults wrestling with mental health or addiction problems.  We’re also proud to launch the Vanguard program, the first of its kind in Canada, that meets the specific treatment needs of executives and professionals.”

In developing Ravensview programs, Homewood Health sought the input of researchers, clinicians, employers and insurers. “The diversity and quality of the treatment we provide will help a large number of clients get well and move forward with their lives,” says De Clark. “By providing Canada’s employers and insurers with additional, innovative options for care, we multiply the impact of treatment, benefiting not just the employee and their family, but the organization and ultimately the country as a whole.”

Ravensview is also Western Canada’s leading facility in the treatment of concurrent mental health and addiction disorders. “Those with substance use problems are up to three times more likely to have a mental illness,” says Dr. Michael Berry, Ravensview’s Clinical Director. “These concurrent conditions are complex and require experienced, medically-led treatment.  No other facility in Western Canada is equipped with the staffing complement and clinical expertise to treat a primary diagnosis of mental health with a secondary diagnosis of addiction.”

For all Ravensview programs, the full treatment plan includes psychiatric care, medical care, counselling and integrated therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy and cognitive processing therapy as well as music, horticultural and art therapy. The average length of inpatient treatment is typically 6 to 9 weeks, and one year of recovery management care at Homewood outpatient clinics across the country is included for all clients.

Ravensview accepts referrals from employers, insurers, medical and health care professionals, but a referral is not necessary for treatment and clients are typically able to start treatment within 24 hours of their first call.

Visit ravensview.com for more information.

Homewood Ravensview’s grand opening ceremony is taking place June 18^th at 1 p.m. The event will be attended by, and will feature remarks from: the Right Honourable David Johnston; the Honourable Bob Rae; Pauquachin Chief Rebecca David; Shelagh Rogers, Chancellor-University of Victoria; the Honourable Adam Olsen; and Jagoda Pike, President and CEO of Homewood Health.  All media welcome. Ravensview is a 30 minute drive from downtown Victoria located at 1515 McTavish Rd North Saanich, BC V8L 5T3.

About Homewood Health

Homewood Health is Canada’s leader in the delivery of national mental health and addiction services. With more than 135 years of experience, Homewood achieves outstanding outcomes through its national network of more than 4,500 employees and clinical experts. Homewood’s complete suite of services includes organizational wellness, employee and family assistance programs, assessments, outpatient and inpatient treatment, recovery management, return to work and family support services, all customized to meet the needs of individuals and organizations.

Media Contact:

Nichole Desrosiers Vice President, Marketing
ndesrosiers@homewoodhealth.com
403.617.6193

Homewood Health Invited to Participate in the 30th Annual Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine Scientific Conference

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: October 30, 2018 — In a four-part symposium held at the annual CSAM conference last week, clinicians from Homewood Health Inc. and research scientists from the Homewood Research Institute presented the latest science, outcomes and practices related to the treatment of co-occurring addiction and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The presentations ranged in topic from PTSD as a predictor of treatment completion, evidence-based practices for treating trauma and addiction to the connection between PTSD and addiction.

As a preeminent scientist in the fields of neurosciences, addiction and psychiatry, Dr. James MacKillop, McMaster University’s Boris Chair in Addiction Research, brings his extensive experience to Homewood Research Institute as a senior collaborating scientist. It is this collaboration that has provided Dr. MacKillop with access to Canada’s largest cohort of patients in treatment for addiction and/or post-traumatic stress at the Homewood Health Centre.

“Addiction and PTSD often occur together, causing debilitating consequences for those affected,” said Dr. MacKillop. “These effects carry forward to treatment outcomes, but we are making progress in developing new treatments for individuals suffering from both disorders.”

Each year, CSAM brings together researchers, educators and clinicians from across Canada and around the world and as with previous years, Homewood Health was a sponsor and presenter, and this year, hosted a private event for all attendees.

CSAM board member of three years and co-medical director at Homewood du Plateau in Montreal, Dr. Ronald Fraser sees immense value in scientists from across the country sharing findings and partnering with other organizations. “I am delighted by the attendance and quality of this year's conference,” stated Dr. Fraser. “CSAM plays a vital role in providing a venue for clinicians and researchers to exchange knowledge and support from organizations such as Homewood Heath allow CSAM to disseminate that knowledge and facilitate learning."

About Homewood Health

Homewood Health is the Canadian leader in mental health and addiction services. With more than 135 years of experience, Homewood achieves outstanding outcomes through its national network of more than 4,500 employees and clinical experts. Homewood’s complete suite of services includes organizational wellness, employee and family assistance programs, assessments, outpatient and inpatient treatment, recovery management, return to work and family support services, all customized to meet the needs of individuals and organizations. Homewood Health is redefining mental health and addiction services to help Canadians live healthier, more productive and more fulfilling lives.

Please visit HomewoodHealth.com for more information.

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Media Contact:

Nichole Desrosiers - VP of Marketing and Communications
ndesrosiers@homewoodhealth.com
403.617.6193