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Frayme of Mind Webinars

Frayme's webinar series Frayme of Mind pulls together research, service and lived experience expertise from our network on various topics in YMHSU in an engaging and interactive way through webinar panels and presentations. Look out for upcoming topics or watch any of the past webinars on demand.

FRAYME OF MIND WEBINAR SERIES:
It isn't New: The Role of Psilocybin and Ketamine in Youth Mental Health Treatment
August 5, 2021
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01:23:38
Psychedelics such as psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and Ketamine have long been excluded from mental therapeutic treatments due to stigmatization and lack of understanding. In recent years however, researchers and scientists have begun to unearth new discoveries and research in relation to the effectiveness of these substances in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. Participants in this webinar will: -Hear an intro to research on the use of psychedelics in treatment of mental illness -Listen to the lived expertise of a youth who has used ketamine to treat depression -Learn about systemic barriers and enablers for the use of these substances
FRAYME OF MIND WEBINAR SERIES:
Harnessing Lived Experience in Program Design
January 21, 2021
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1:14:29
Person-centered design grounded in lived experience has the potential to effectively address many of the challenges of providing responsive, accessible services to effectively meet a range of mental health and substance use needs. This webinar will tell the stories of two initiatives that have leveraged the perspectives and expertise of those with lived experience to guide the design of mental health resources and supports that align the needs of service users to an appropriate and empowering systemic response.
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Support in practice: Harm reduction in youth mental health and substance use services
November 26, 2020
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1:16:36
The current overdose crisis and the new reality of cannabis legalization are underpinning a drive to re-examine the range of practices around substance use and their implications for YMHSU services. Given the acute extent of the overdose crisis, some stakeholders, including people with lived and living experience, have highlighted the critical need to increase community capacity to provide compassionate, non-judgmental harm reduction services. Through a webinar led by youth experts at Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), attendees will be able to learn practical strategies for integrating harm reduction approaches into their services, as well as learning about the broader context of advocacy to reduce harms by removing criminal penalties surrounding drug use in Canada.
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Enhancing Outcomes in Virtual Care: Stepped Care and Measurement-based care approaches
September 24, 2020
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1:14:43
This webinar will focus on the intersection of measurement-based care (MBC) and stepped care approaches in the context of delivering virtual services. Hosted in partnership with Greenspace and Stepped Care Solutions, this webinar will examine how MBC and stepped care approaches can be implemented to create customized, effective and engaging youth mental health and substance use (YMHSU) services. Webinar learning objectives: Understand the basic conceptual and practice-based elements of measurement-based care and stepped care approaches to providing virtual mental health supports. Explore how real-time data collected through measurement-based care platforms can increase client engagement and help create customized care pathways that enhance client outcomes Discover how this combination of approaches is currently being used to support Canadians’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gaming my way to recovery - Understanding how to integrate video game technologies into youth mental health services
May 28, 2020
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1:17:12
Research in e-mental health is growing rapidly (Lal & Adair, 2014; Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2014, 2017), likely faster than its uptake in clinical settings. In light of this, there is a need for specific knowledge synthesis activities that can provide clear recommendations on how a specific technology can be effectively adopted and integrated into existing youth mental health services. Gaming my way to recovery is a Frayme sponsored research project that aims to answer this need by exploring how video game technology and interventions can be integrated into the current evolution of youth mental health services. This webinar will discuss how to overcome the current research-practice gap in video game-based interventions through knowledge synthesis by understanding where, when, how, and for what video game technologies can best be implemented into integrated youth services for mental health and substance use, and in doing so support their transformation. Learning objectives: Access the existing evidence and gaps on the use of digital game interventions within the context of mental health services for youth. Identify evidence-based digital game interventions that can support the prevention and treatment of different mental health conditions in youth. Identify steps and mechanisms to engage youth in knowledge synthesis projects.  Discover how playing video games, and having fun, can help young people gain new skills, support their mental wellbeing and overcome the stigma of mental illness.

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