Fall 2015 Newsletter - Canadian Mental Health Association, Brant

Mental Health Matters
CANADIAN MENTAL
HEALTH ASSOCIATION,
BRANT COUNTY BRANCH
Official Publication of the Canadian Mental Health Association Brant County Branch
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Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 5- 11, 2015
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Mental Illness
Awareness
Week
1
Branch Contact 2
Information
Mental Health
Week
3
Ride Don’t Hide 4
Fairways for
Beautiful Minds
Project Semicolon
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Coffee Run Ride
World Suicide
6
Prevention Day
CMHA Brant
AGM
Shoppers Tree
of Life
Campaign
Relay for
Mental Health
Awareness
Stopping the
Stigma, A
Symposium on
PTSD, Oct 28
International
Survivors of
Suicide Day,
November 21
CMHA Brant
Board of
Directors
Programs &
Services
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What do you think of when you
hear that someone is experiencing a mental illness? Some people
feel concern, fear, or confusion.
Some even avoid those who
experience mental illnesses.
Although widely misunderstood,
mental illnesses are just like any
other illness: everyone deserves
care, help, and support.
What are mental illnesses?
Mental illnesses are health
problems that affect the way we
think about ourselves, relate to
others, and interact with the
world around us. They affect our
thoughts, feelings, and
behaviours. Mental illnesses can
disrupt a person’s life or create
challenges, but with the right
supports, a person can get back
on a path to recovery and
wellness.
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It’s important to understand that
there are many different types of
mental illness that affect people
in different ways. Within each
mental illness, people may have
very different symptoms and
challenges. However, symptoms
are just one piece. Access to
services, support from loved
ones, and the ability to participate in communities play a big
part in the way people
experience mental illnesses.
Culture, background, and
personal beliefs also shape the
way people understand mental
illnesses.
Some people don’t see the name
of a diagnosis as an important
part of their journey, while
others prefer the medical terms
to describe the illness. No matter
how people talk about their
experiences, they will likely need
to use medical terms if they seek
help in the health system. This is
just how the system works right
now—but it isn’t the only way to
talk about wellness.
Eating disorders Eating
disorders really aren’t about
food. They are complicated
illnesses that are often a way to
cope with difficult problems or
regain a sense of control. Eating
disorders may include seriously
restricting how much food a
person eats, bingeing, or purging
food. Anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa are examples of
eating disorders.
Different mental illnesses
Health professionals divide
mental illnesses into several
different groups based on signs
or symptoms. Common groups
of mental illnesses include:
Psychotic disorders Psychosis
is a health problem that affects
how people understand what is
real and what isn’t real. People
may sense things that aren’t real
or strongly believe things that
can’t be real. Schizophrenia is
one example of a psychotic
disorder.
Anxiety disorders Anxiety
disorders are all related to
anxiety. They may include
excessive and uncontrollable
worry, strong fears around
everyday things or situations,
unwanted thoughts, panic attacks,
or fears around a past scary
situation. Anxiety disorders are
the most common mental illnesses, and they can create barriers
in people’s lives. Panic disorder
and phobias are examples of
anxiety disorders.
Mood disorders Mood
disorders all affect a person’s
mood—the way they feel. This
can affect every part of a
person’s life. When someone
experiences a mood disorder,
they may feel sad, hopeless, tired,
or numb for long periods of time.
At times, some people
experience an unusually ‘high’
mood and feel powerful and
energetic, but this can also create
problems. Depression and
bipolar disorder are examples of
mood disorders.
Personality disorders
Personality disorders are
patterns of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviours that may last for a
long time and create challenges in
a person’s life.
People who experience personality disorders may have
difficulties developing healthy and
satisfying relationships with
others, managing their emotions
well, avoiding harmful behaviour,
and working toward important
life goals.
Personality disorders can affect
the way people understand and
view themselves and others.
Mental illnesses can be treated
effectively. The stigma and
discrimination attached to mental
illnesses however, presents a
serious barrier, not only to
diagnosis and treatment but also
to acceptance in the community
Source: www.cmha.ca
Welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of
Mental Health Matters
Through the distribution of this newsletter,
we strive to educate the community on new
initiatives in the area of mental health,
as well as provide updates within the
Brant County Branch.
Mental Health Matters is published by the
Canadian Mental Health Association,
Brant County Branch.
Layout and production by Lill Petrella,
Mental Health Promotion Manager
Any suggestions or comments about this
newsletter, can be directed to 519-752-2998,
ext. 112.
Please contact this number as well, if
you wish to be removed from our mailing list
MISSION STATEMENT
To promote a positive approach to mental
health among all people in Brantford and
Brant County, and to enhance the quality of
life of individuals living with mental illness and
their families, through leadership,
education, partnerships, advocacy,
empowerment and support.
VISION
A society which values human dignity and
enhances mental and emotional
well-being for all.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, Brant
County Branch is a charitable, non-profit agency
contributing to the mental well-being of the
community through education and support
services to persons with serious mental illnesses
and their families.
Contact us:
CMHA-Brant
44 King Street, Suite 203
Brantford, ON.
N3T 3C7
Phone: 519-752-2998
Fax: 519-752-2717
E-mail: mail@cmhabrant.on.ca
Website: www.brant.cmha.ca
CMHA Brant & Haldimand-Norfolk ; enhancing client care
through AMALGAMATION.
Branch Contact Information
Main Telephone #
519-752-2998
Name/Title
Management Team:
Michael Benin, Executive Director
Kirsten Brooks, Court Support Program Manager
Kim Dillon, Community Support Services Program Manager
Jodie Lockey, Manager, Clinical Services
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Richard Long, Supported Housing Manager
Lill Petrella, Mental Health Promotion Manager
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Administrative Team:
Kelly Capaldi, Administrative Assistant
Lynn Petrella, Secretary/Receptionist
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Linda Prokopiec, Secretary/Receptionist
Peg Purvis, Finance & Benefits Administration
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Nicole Roung, Secretary/Receptionist
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Community Support Workers:
Brent Campbell, Urgent Case Manager
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Matt Campbell, Intensive Community Support Worker
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Melissa Fudali, Intake/Intensive Community Support Worker
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Christine Gadsby, Intake/Intensive Community Support Worker
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Deborah Steckley, Intensive Community Support Worker
119
Charleen Rolston, Intensive Community Support Worker
105
Katrina Sparks, Intensive Community Support Worker
128
Donna Pankiw, Intensive Community Support Worker
107
Laura Wickson, Intensive Community Support Worker
111
Kristen Yinger, Intensive Community Support Worker
133
Mental Health Court Support Services:
Brent Campbell, Court Community Support Worker
127
Diane Hewat, Diversion Community Support Worker
120
Cindy Kemp-Wonzo, Court Community Support Worker
129
Charleen Rolston, Court Community Support Worker
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Peer Support Workers:
Elaine Karmiris, Peer Support Worker
124
Erika Melnyk, Peer Support Worker
118
Social Recreation Workers:
Brent Goodnough, Life Skills Worker
131
Elyse Shrubb, Social Recreation Worker
113
Amy Stevenson, Social Recreation Worker (mat. Leave)
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Supported Housing:
Catherine Bomberry, Supported Housing Worker
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Jennifer Taylor, Supported Housing Worker
132
Marie Weatherbee, Supported Housing Worker
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Vocational Support Workers:
Sheila Robertson, Vocational Support Worker (SEI)
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Laura Wickson, Vocational Support Worker (Works for Me)
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2015
Mental Health Week
Hats off to the 2015 Mental Health Week Planning
Committee for all their hard work in putting on all
the great community events that happened during
Mental Health Week!
Thank you to the 2015 Mental Health Week
Planning Committee &
Representatives/Participating Agencies
Committee Chairperson:
Lill Petrella, Canadian Mental Health Association,
Brant County Branch
Sarah Sweiger, Brant County Health Unit
Leigh Savage, Brant FACS
Jacquie McLaren, BHNCD School Board
Paul Sanderson, Contact Brant
Joanne MacNeil, Family Counselling Centre of Brant
Matt Joniec, Fat Panda Studios
Stephanie Drewery, GRCHC
Heather Carter, Grand Erie Board of Education
Martha Rybiak, H.O.P.E.
Sarah Precious, HopeMore
Youth Prevention Initiative
Judy Baillie, Ontario Early Years
Stephen Wdowczyk, Renegade Network Media
Terra Manuliak, Sexual Assault Centre
Randy Roberts, SHARC
Charity Hill, Six Nations Child & Family Services
Bill Baker & Rob Milmine, St. Leonard’s
Christina Ferrell & Christine Pearce,
Woodview Mental Health & Autism Services
Others, whose assistance during the week deserve
honourable mention as well include, the Polish Hall,
Pearl Street, Brantford Arts Block, Inside Brant &
Rogers Community 20, Jane Angus, Randy Papple,
Holly McDonald, Danielle DuSablon, the 2015
S.T.R.I.V.E. Award recipients.
The Mental Health Week Planning Committee held
a wrapup meeting in June to begin working on yet
another awesome week of great events for Mental
Health Week 2016, May 5 to May 8th , 2016.
If anyone would like to join the Mental Health
Week Planning Committee, please call 519-7522998, ext. 112. The meetings are held once
monthly from 1 -3 p.m. at Woodview located on
643 Park Road North, Brantford.
Here are the dates for the 2016 Mental Health
Week Planning Committee:
 Thursday, January 14, 2016 1-3 at Woodview,
643 Park Road North Brantford
(Lower Level Meeting Room)
 Thursday, February 4, 2016 1-3 at Woodview,
643 Park Road North Brantford,
(Lower Level Meeting Room)
 Thursday, March 3, 2016 1-3 at Woodview,
643 Park Road North Brantford,
(Lower Level Meeting Room)
 Thursday, April 14, 2016 1-3 at Woodview,
643 Park Road North Brantford,
(Lower Level Meeting Room)
 Thursday, June 2, 2016, Wrapup Meeting
(time and location TBA)
Follow and like the work of the Mental Health
Week Planning Committee, on Brant’s Mental
Health Awareness Facebook page.
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June 21, 2015
Over 31,000 raised! See you again on June 26, 2016
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Fairways Fore Beautiful Minds - August 8, 2015
Thank you to Kayla Carlin, who organized the
2nd Annual Fairways Fore Beautiful Minds
Charity Golf Fundraiser on Saturday, August 8th.
The inspiration behind this event was to keep the
memory of Kayla’s Uncle Barry alive. The event
raised a total of $4,600., earmarked for Mental
Health Promotion initiatives at CMHA Brant, to
continue providing events and activities aimed at
creating an awareness of mental illness and
reducing its stigma
Kayla Carlin( second from the left) and friends of the
Fairways Fore Beautiful Minds Golf tournament fundraiser
Project SemiColon, Kreative Khaos, August 12, 2015
A special thank you to Dave McCabe and
Kreative Khaos.
A total of $1,360. was raised at their
Project Semicolon event!
Thanks to everyone for all your support of this event. It was greatly appreciated!
Kreative Khaos is still taking orders for
semicolon tattoos to continue raising funds
for CMHA Brant.
So if you weren’t able to great to get yours
done on August 12 th, you’ re still in luck.
Kreative Khaos is located at 300 Colborne
St East, Brantford. Contact number is
519-758-8242
Dave McCabe of Kreative Khaos
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OCTOBER
2015
Coffee Run Ride, August 15th a great success
A Special thank you to Doug Hunt, Brent Goodnough, Participation House,
Kim Taplay and the rest of the Coffee Ride Planning Committee, Starbucks,
the Brant Naval Club for their hospitality and donation, all riders, prize
donors, sponsors and countless others for making this event a great success!
A total of $6,000. was raised for CMHA Brant and Participation House.
See you next summer!
World Suicide Prevention Day, September 10, 2015
A special event was held at the Boys and
Girls Club of Brantford the evening of
Wednesday, September 10th to mark
World Suicide Prevention Day.
This event was hosted by HopeMore
Brant and the Brant Suicide Prevention
Committee.
Presentations were made by agency reps,
family members and Phil McColeman, MP
for Brant. The evening ended with a
candle-lighting ceremony at 8 p.m. ,in
remembrance of those lost to suicide.
Sarah Precious, HopeMore
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CMHA Brant Annual General Meeting, September 22, 2015
Kirsten Brooks,
receiving 10 Years of Service
Award
Richard Long,
receiving 10 Years of Service
Award
Charleen Rolston,
receiving 10 Years of Service
Award
Catherine Bomberry & Lynn Petrella receiving their
15 Years of Service Awards
The CMHA Brant Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday,
September 22nd at the Northridge Golf Club.
The following staff were presented with their Years of Service
awards:
CMHA Brant Board President Deb Coady & CMHA Haldimand
Norfolk Board President, Burns McLeod provided an overview of
the amalgamation process to date and answered questions of
clarification
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Mike Benin introduced the 2015/2016 Board of Directors as
follows: Deb Coady, Wendy Pomponio, Leigh Savage, Mark
Solomon, Steven Sumsion, Wayne Walker, Ashley Waters,
Linda Wood.
Kelly Capaldi 25 Years of Service
Catherine Bomberry, 15 Years of Service
Lynn Petrella, 15 Years of Service
Kirsten Brooks, 10 Years of Service
Diane Hewat, 10 Years of Service
Richard Long, 10 Years of Service
Charleen Rolston, 10 Years of Service
A total of 100 volunteers were recognized and presented with gifts
of appreciation.
OCTOBER
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Thank you to Shoppers on Stanley!
The National Tree of Life campaign
September 20th until October 9, 2015
In support of Shoppers Drug Mart's ongoing
commitment to women's health, the 14th annual
Tree of Life campaign kicked off on September
18, 2015 and ended on October 9, 2015 The
national, four-week campaign has raised more
than $23 million dollars in the past, for
select charities across Canada.
“Tree of Life
The campaign provided customers and
employees with the opportunity to purchase
and personalize a "Tree of Life" icon; a "leaf" for
a loonie, a "butterfly" for $5., an "acorn" for
$10. and a "cardinal" for $50. The icons are
prominently displayed on the Tree of Life in all
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participating stores and 100 per cent of campaign
proceeds are donated to local charities selected
by Shoppers locations.
The Shoppers location on Stanley street selected
CMHA Brant as their charity of choice, once
again for 2015 their store's Tree of Life program
in support of women’s mental health.
On Saturday, September 26 to conclude the
month-long Tree of Life campaign, the Shoppers
on Stanley Street held a book sale fund-raiser.
We thank the staff of Shoppers on Stanley for
recognizing and acknowledging the important
work we do at CMHA Brant!
Relay for Mental Health Awareness, October 4, 2015
Thank you to Deb Steedman for all her efforts A total of 31 people walked and passed the
in planning and organizing the Relay for Mental relay in different sections throughout
Health Awareness on Sunday, October 4,
Brantford,
2015.
Approximately $1,000. was raised for CMHA
The purpose of the event, held to kick off
Brant.
Mental Illness Awareness Week, was to unite
people with a common goal to create
Deb is committed to holding the 2nd annual
awareness and eliminate stigma of mental
Relay for Mental Health Awareness next yet,
illness
with plans to make it bigger and better.
It was also an event to remember and honour Well done Deb :)
loved ones, friends, co-workers, who have lost
their struggles to mental illness.
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International Survivors of Suicide Day, November 21, 2015
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is held the second last Saturday in November.
This year, International SOSL Day will be on Saturday, November 21, 2015
Survivors of suicide loss gather at hundreds of simultaneous events around the world every year on International
Survivors of Suicide Day, to connect with others who have survived the tragedy of suicide loss.
For many loss survivors, attending a Survivor Day event is the first time they realize they are not alone. Just hearing
the stories—from people at all stages of healing—can be helpful. The gathering also provides participants with a
chance to share their own stories with those who understand firsthand the challenges of living in the aftermath of a
suicide loss.
For more information on International Survivors of Suicide Day, visit the website at http://www.survivorday.org/
The Suicide Prevention Network of Brant is currently working on a video for survivors of suicide loss, which will
contain information on resources in the Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk areas. For more information on the work of
the Suicide Prevention Network of Brant, go to http://www.hopemore.ca/
The Suicide Bereavement Support Group of Brant meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Hankinson
House Hospice on Grey Street, Brantford. For more information about the group, contact 519-752-2998, ext. 112.
Click here for the group flyer http://brant.cmha.ca/files/2012/07/2015-Suicide-Bereavement-Support-Group-Flyer.pdf
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Canadian Mental Health
Association, Brant County Branch
CMHA Brant Programs
& Services
2015/16 Board of Directors
Community Support Services
Contact Us
Counselling
Deb Coady, President
Wendy Pomponio
Leigh Savage
Mark Solomon
Steven Sumsion
Wayne Walker
Ashley Waters
Linda Wood
Canadian Mental Health
Association, Brant County
Branch
Family Support Program
44 King Street, Suite 203
Brantford, ON
Life Skills Groups
Mental Health Court Support Services
N3T 3C7
Phone: 519-752-2998
Fax: 519-752-2717
Mental Health Promotion
Peer Support Program*
Social Recreation Program
E-mail:
Supported Housing Program
mail@cmhabrant.on.ca
Vocational Support Services
Website:
www.brant.cmha.ca
*seconded from H.O.P.E.
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