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CMHA recognizes Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, an annual event to increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment and recovery services. Gambling is a leisure activity that may occur over a continuum, ranging from casual social gambling, with no harm caused, to pathological gambling, with serious harmful consequences for the individual gambling and their loved ones….
Keep Talking: Bell Let’s Talk Day 2022
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Wednesday, January 26 and CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services is joining in to help drive meaningful progress in mental health. COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives, including our mental health. However, tools are available to support ourselves and each other. Since 2010, Canadians and people around the globe have joined…
Holiday Hours | 2021 -2022
Before visiting any location, please review holiday hours. 200 Queens, London: Closed December 27, December 28, and January 3 All services except RAAM are offered by appointment, both virtual and in-person. 200 Queens -RAAM Clinic: Closed December 27, December 28, and January 3 January 4 RAAM will be open all day. 534 Queens, London: Closed December 27, December…
CMHA Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services recognizes National Addictions Awareness Week
From November 21 – 27, CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services will join with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery organizations across the country to mark National Addictions Awareness Week. This years’ theme for National Addictions Awareness Week is Driving Change Together, emphasizing how Canadians can collaborate as a…
My Sisters’ Place and “This Is Not Home”
My Sisters’ Place has been part of a community-based research project that included six gender-specific low-barrier drop-in programs across Canada called This Is Not Home (TINH). The TINH project explored models of practice & service delivery used by gender-specific, low-barrier drop-in programs for women and gender-diverse people experiencing homelessness/housing precarity in Canada. The goal of the project was to gather…
Importance of housing for mental health highlighted on Oct 10
As individuals and organizations recognize World Homelessness Day and World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, we are reminding the community that housing is key to the recovery for many people with mental health and/or addiction issues. Individuals with serious mental health conditions or struggles with addiction frequently identify income and housing as the most important factors in achieving and…
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