Mental Health Collaborative

Mental Health Collaborative provides information virtually and in person to our broad audiences, ensuring that evidence-based information, related to mental health; substance use; mental disorders, and mental illness is grounded in research and available to the public. We strive to create consistency of messaging and language across the audiences we target.

This service is the umbrella under which a variety of other services are provided including:

• CES - Community Education Service facilitates virtual live educational sessions on a wide variety of child and adolescent mental health and health topics to parents, guardians, and other members of the general public.

• CHPS - Community Health Promotion Services provides evidence-based substance use prevention and mental health promotion services and resources in Calgary. Their focus is building protective factors and reducing risk factors associated with substance misuse and mental health disorders.

• MHL- Mental Health Literacy free, evidence-based resources customizable to the needs of educators and students. Tailored for educators, teachers who deliver the mental health curriculum, those working in youth-serving agencies, mental health professionals, health professionals and parents.
• MORE - Mental Health Online Resources for Educators free, on-line modules on child and adolescent mental health and substance use topics. Tailored for educators and school staff.
• CPD - Continuing Professional Development provides accredited on-line modules for health professionals on a wide variety of child and adolescent mental health topics. CME accredited.
• CanREACH Through an accredited 6-month mini-fellowship CME, CanREACH educates and empowers health care providers to assess and treat pediatric mental health concerns in the primary care home. CanREACH changes health care provider practices, benefiting patients and the larger health care system