Mental Health News You Can Use

03/31/2026

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03/29/2026

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03/26/2026

PSYCHOLOGY COLLEAGUES, ALLIED PARTNERS & MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

This is a reminder that the Council of the CPBAO will be meeting this Friday March 27. Agenda items include continued discussion of recently approved changes that reduce training and accreditation standards. One such change reduces supervised clinical training hours by 75 percent.

These are significant changes with direct implications for professional preparation and public safety. All Ontarians should be concerned about these changes.

Please join and observe the Council meeting. Active observation by registrants and the public is an important part of ensuring transparency and accountability in decisions of this significance.

Meeting Details:
March 26 for a Special Board Meeting to elect the next Vice-Chair, followed by the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting on March 27.

Both meetings will be available to watch online only. Access the livestream and meeting materials here 👉

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03/21/2026

Sometimes you just need this

03/19/2026

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03/18/2026

WHY CHANGES IN
ONTARIO PSYCHOLOGY
SHOULD CONCERN EVERYONE
Standards. Safety. Access.

It should be deeply concerning and here is why.

All Ontarians have mental health, whether it is currently compromised or not. We all deserve and should expect that a province once recognized as a leader in psychological standards of care does not move toward becoming one of the lowest in the country.

The Ontario Psychological Association has informed solutions that both protect the integrity of the profession and expand access to care.

All Ontarians deserve a public regulator that is transparent and demonstrates that it has carefully considered the nearly 10,000 responses submitted during public consultation, particularly when those responses raise significant concerns about reductions in training and accreditation standards.

Ontarians, including psychologists, must be able to have confidence in their regulator. If many of its own registrants do not, it raises a critical question of how the public can trust it?

Why should this matter if you are not an Ontarian Resident?

Because what happens in Ontario could becoming to other provinces. It already has to Alberta and the NWT.

Would you want to see a physician whose training hours were reduced by 75%? I know I wouldn't.

03/18/2026

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Advocacy plays a vital role in shaping mental health policy. Ensuring psychological expertise informs public decision-making helps build systems that are effective, sustainable, and centered on wellbeing. Psychology belongs at the policy table. ...

03/16/2026

03/13/2026

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03/10/2026

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03/09/2026

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MDO offers - WRAP® is a 10 weeks self-management recovery program designed to decrease symptoms, increase personal responsibility and improve the quality of life for people who experience psychiatric symptoms. This self-designed plan teaches you to use simple, safe, personal skills, supports, and strategies to reduce or eliminate symptoms. It also includes plans for responses from others when you cannot make decisions, take care of yourself or keep yourself safe. WRAP is not meant to replace, but to complement, professional health care support and medication.
Note: The course and training materials are free.
To register go to www.mooddisordersottawa.ca

03/08/2026

These are the women that introduced me to feminism during a summer grant in 1985 at the Pictou County Women's Centre.

Dam, I'm glad I met them.

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