Special Projects

CRCT Web Site

The new CRCT web site, which went 'live' in early June 2005, is a special project of CRCT Health Promotion Program. The web site attempts to meet the information needs of consumer/survivors, family members, service providers and others. It makes available information about mental health-related news, events, resources, and programs in a timely manner.

If you have any comments or suggestions for the web site, you may contact CRCT's Web Site Content Manager Glen Dewar using the email form accessed through the "feedback or corrections" link in the lower right corner of all pages on the CRCT web site.

Navigating Mental Health Services Guide

Navigating Mental Health Services in Toronto is a comprehensive guide to the services and supports available to service users in Toronto. It is a helpful resource for people with lived experience of mental health, family members, and service providers.

You'll find an abundance of useful information, including:

What is mental health;
What are the different types of mental illnesses;
What are the different treatment options;
What services and supports exist;
Rights and responsibilities;
Mental illness and the criminal justice system.

Free copies of the guide are available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Afghan Languages (Dari and Pashto), Farsi, Spanish, Somali, Tamil and Urdu

The guide is also available for viewing and/or downloading on our Web site, www.crct.org. It is in Adobe Acrobat format.

If you would like to receive a copy of "Navigating Mental Health Services in Toronto", please fill out the order form here and fax it to 416 482 5237 or call (416) 482-4103 ext. 100 to place an order.

Hearing Voices Group Using CBTp Tools & Principles

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) is a 16-week, 2 hour weekly group sessions for 6-8 voice-hearers distressed by their voices.

Goal

To empower participants by providing psycho-education, normalizing information, and instruction in self-management strategies in order to reduce distress associated with hearing voices, as well as demystify and destigmatize the experience of hearing voices.
The goal is not necessarily to eliminate the voices.

To view a colour flyer for CBTp in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format click here. For more information or to register, please call Deqa Farah at 416 482 4103 extension 223

The Culturally Competent Mental Health Service Delivery Project (CCMHP)

is a three-year partnership project to address the gaps in access to culturally competent and language appropriate mental health services for the Afghan, Pakistani and former Yugoslavian communities in Toronto. The project serves clients from these communities who are dealing with mental health issues from resettlement stress to serious mental illness.

Clients access the service through the settlement agencies where the mental health workers provide service. The project is in partnership with the following agencies, Community Resources Connections of Toronto (CRCT), Canadian Mental Health Association-Toronto (CMHA), The Afghan Women's Counseling and Integration Community Support Organization, South Asian Women’s Centre, Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services.

For Information Contact:

Community Resource Connections of Toronto (CRCT) Telephone: (416) 482-4103 Ext 223

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Toronto Branch Telephone: (416) 289-6285 Ext 285

Mental Health Worker for the Afghan Community: Telephone: (416) 588-3585 ext: 225

Mental Health Worker for the Former Yugoslavian Communities: Telephone: (416) 233-0055

Mental Health Worker for the Pakistani Community: Telephone: (416) 537-2276 Ext: 28

Cultural Competence Training

The workshop will give participants the tools and skills to integrate mental health assessments and healing interventions which allows for mental health workers to deliver services in a culturally competent setting. It will focus on perceptions of mental health and illness from various worldviews and components of a cultural competence service delivery. The overall goal of the workshop is for participants to become aware of the impact of culture on mental health service delivery and gain skills in becoming culturally competent workers.

For further information, contact: Deqa Farah 416-482-4103 ext. 223

Contact CRCT:

366 Adelaide St. East Suite 230,
Toronto, Ontario M5A 3X9

Tel: (416) 482-4103 Fax: (416) 482-5237
E-mail: crct@crct.org

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