PAST EVENT
The Heads Together Think Tank initiative is an opportunity for individuals and their families to have a say in developing an integrated provincial service delivery plan that addresses mental health, addictions, and brain injury. Your lived experience is critical in developing adequate services.
The Heads Together Think Tank is the initiative of the Constable Gerald Breese Centre for Traumatic Life Losses (CGB) and generously funded by the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and Vancouver Foundation.
The increased number of brain injuries resulting from overdoses is concerning. These individuals are often younger and may require a higher level of care. Communities need to be able to respond.
People are able to do the work of healing when the community they live in is strong and can provide the services they need. In turn, the more a person thrives, so too, will the community.
This event opens the conversation on what is needed to strenghten communities on all levels to address the intersections of mental health, addictions, and brain injury with the development of an integrated provincial service delivery plan which considers disparities between the quality, options, and accessibility of services and supports across the health authorities.
Please join us so your voice is heard!
Dr. John Higenbottam is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist who has held senior clinical leadership positions in British Columbia including Vice President, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vice President, BC Rehab and Vice President, Riverview Hospital.
John has also held several academic positions, including Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Victoria, Associate Dean and Chair, Psychology at Douglas College. He is currently Faculty Emeritus, Douglas College and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC. John is also Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health which has become an important venue for Canadian mental health research.
John is Chair, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Réadaptation Psychosociale Canada (PSR/RPS Canada) and Chair of its BC Chapter. PSR Canada is Canada’s major organization promoting Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) practices as essential to recovery and mental health system reform. BC and served for two terms as Chair, Canadian Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH), Canada’s major alliance of 19 national mental health organizations. He is also a Director, BC’s Community Action Initiative.
John also served two terms as a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Service Systems Advisory Committee. While on this committee, he co-led a major national study and report on mental health housing, Turning the Key.
John’s major clinical and research interests are in developing, implementing and evaluating effective, recovery oriented services for people with complex needs.
Join us to hear the concerns of Dr. Elizabeth Plant regarding overdose survival and brain injury. Dr. Plant’s current roles include the Cowichan District Addiction Medicine Consult Service (AMCS), AMCS Community, outreach at the overdose prevention site, and developing substance use supports for youth. She has completed her addiction medicine fellowship with the British Columbia Centre for Substance.
What you can expect?
Real Conversations Leading to Real Solutions.
4 Virtual Events. Each with a specific focus and goal. We are looking to bridge the gaps in services for mental health, addictions, and brain injury throughout the province to inspire real change.
We want to open the conversation to see what is working provincially, what isn’t working, and where do we need to shift. What are the next steps to integrating services? Your input is needed!
Full series details HERE
JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!
We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives, and are dealing with various commitments around family, time, money and work. Digitally, you’ll have the speakers, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.
LISTEN. ANSWER. ASK. CONNECT!
You’re not watching – you’re PARTICIPATING! Through our easy online webinar system, you can engage with other viewers, participate in polls & discussions, and even ask questions during question periods. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation, but it IS an opportunity.
30 DAYS TO REVIEW AS NEEDED!
No need to stress – you’ll have 30 days to review the whole broadcast – go over parts you missed, look closer at slides or materials, hear that big mind-bomb again and again… and have every opportunity to deepen the integration of this offering.
NO FANCY TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED
There’s nothing to install, nothing to download, nothing to figure out. Here’s what you need to participate and have a great viewing experience!
> a modern internet browser (we recommend Chrome or Firefox)
> a reliable internet connection (hardwired is better than wifi)
> earbuds, headphones or good computer speakers
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