Ontario Psychological Association (OPA)
21 St Clair Ave E # 403 M4T 1L8 Toronto, ON, Canada

New Podcast Out Now!! On this episodes, Dr. Douglas sits down with Dr.Dawn Decunha, a leading voice in the area of Psychedelic Integration. https://www.buzzsprout.com//8478490-episode-6-psychedelic- #OnPsych #Podcast #Psychology #PsychedelicIntegration

The City of Toronto, 211 Central - Findhelp and the Ontario Psychological Association are pleased to announce the continuation of our partnership to ensure Toronto's frontline workers get the #MentalHealth support they need. Read More: bit.ly/FrontLine_Help #MentalHealthWeek

The @CityOfToronto, @211Central and the Ontario Psychological Association (@ONPsych) are pleased to announce the continuation of our partnership to ensure Toronto's frontline workers get the mental health support they need. Read more: https://bit.ly/FrontLine_Help #MentalHealthWeek

How are we going to accommodate the exponentially growing need? The answer is to invest in impactful mental health services Dr. Jason Ramsay #MentalHealthIsHealth https://www.thespec.com//the-covid-19-pandemic-will-overwh

Providers will have to gird themselves to support an influx of patients who will need strategies to tolerate the many unknowns related to their condition. Sufferers will need targeted treatments for the neurocognitive and psychological side-effects, including PTSD writes OPA’s president-elect, Dr. Julie Goldenson. https://www.thespec.com//we-need-to-prepare-ourselves-for- #covid19 #mentalhealthmental

"When we see people who are protesting against wearing masks and not following social distancing rules and we know that the hospital is already at capacity, it definitely leads to disenfranchisement and worry Dr. Rodrick Lim, pediatric emergency doctor https://www.ctvnews.ca//burnout-warning-from-frontline-hea

New Podcast Alert! Listen to our very first episode of ON Psych w/ host Dr. Jonathan Douglas. We look at the impact COVID-19 has had on school aged children w/ guest Maaike Canrinus. ow.ly/X4io50Cv90a #OnPsych #Psychology #Ontario

Opinion: "Access to a psychologist shouldn't be a luxury. Let’s hold this government accountable for providing timely access to appropriate psychological care in the public system". https://montrealgazette.com//opinion-access-to-a-psycholog

OPA is grateful to have received support from the Canadian Red Cross & the Government of Canada. We are proud to continue working alongside our COVID-19 partners to ensure frontline & essential workers in need of mental health support are quickly connected to the care they need #onpoli #cndpoli Ontario 211 211 Central - Findhelp Michael Tibollo Christine Elliott FordNation Steven Del Duca Think Research SilverSearch by Strata Health Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO), Ontario College of Family Physicians John Tory City of Toronto - Your Local Government France Gélinas Healthy Canadians Patty Hajdu Justin Trudeau

New program promises better mental health support for OPP officers

Un nouveau partenariat améliore l'accès aux services de santé mentale pour le programme de bien-être en santé mentale Encompas. https://www.newswire.ca//un-nouveau-partenariat-ameliore-l #SanteMentale #Police #OnFr

New partnership improves access to mental health services for Encompas Mental Health Wellness Program. Read more: https://www.newswire.ca//new-partnership-improves-access-t #mentalhealth #police Michael Tibollo Christine Elliott Sylvia Jones FordNation Dalton Associates Ontario Provincial Police Association

Thank you @globeandmail for covering this important topic. Ontario’s Essential workers & their children can connect to a psychologist at no cost during #COVID19 by calling Ontario 211, their Family Health Team, family physician or nurse practitioner through our unique partnerships with the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO), the Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario (NPAO), the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) & Ontario 211 https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-as-they-brace-fo/

How has COVID-19 impacted Canadians’ mental health? The Conference Board of Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada have partnered to explore the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. https://www.conferenceboard.ca//how-has-covid-19-impacted-

We are proud to continue working with Ontario 211, the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP), the Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario & the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) ensure all essential workers & their children get to access psychological services when they need it. Thank you for covering this story Windsor Life Magazine https://windsorlife.com/?p=3728 #COVID19

How has COVID-19 impacted Canadians’ mental health? The Conference Board of Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada have partnered to explore the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. https://www.conferenceboard.ca//how-has-covid-19-impacted-

Now more than ever, Ontario’s school children need access to special education & mental health support. All boards should be mandated to have an adequate school psychologists to student ratio. Lets ensure assessments, learning recommendations & treatment are provided quickly.

Dr. Sylvain Roy speaks to Ontario Liberal Party / Parti Libéral de l'Ontario Leader Steven Del Duca about mental health care in Ontario and the impact of COVID-19 on Ontarians. He discussed the new partnership between OPA and Ontario 211, Ontario College of Family Physicians - OCFP, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) & Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontario which is helping front-line & essential workers and their families connect to psychologists at no cost during #COVID19 via OPA's Disaster Response Network.

Dr. Sylvain Roy, OPA Past-President, speaks to CTV Ottawa Morning Live about a new initiative that is offering free psychological services to Ontario's essential workers on the front-lines of this pandemic. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1978846 If you are struggling call 2-1-1, your family physician, nurse practitioner, or Family Health Team to get connected to a psychologist during COVID-19.

Grant Nickals speaks with Dr. Liliana Tarba (Disaster Response Network Lead) about the announcement for more #mentalhealth support for frontline workers without coverage. How does it work, why is it important, & how to take the first steps? https://muskokaradio.com//free-mental-health-support-for-f Ontario 211

We’re committed to helping Ontario frontline workers get the mental health support they need. If you are doing essential work but don't have coverage, help is available at no cost. Contact @211Ontario by dialling 2-1-1. More info: https://bit.ly/2XUCjNH

Nous sommes engagés à soutenir la santé mentale des travailleurs de première ligne en Ontario. Vous travaillez dans un milieu essentiel et n’avez pas d’assurance? Obtenez de l’aide gratuitement en composant le 2-1-1. En savoir plus sur Ontario 211 : https://www.211oncovid19.ca/fr/nouvelles/

People from #NorthernOntario deserve quality mental health care, when they need it. Dr. Jennifer Felsher spoke to Timminstoday.com to highlight a new & free service that connects frontline & essential workers to psychologists during COVID19. Call 2-1-1. https://www.mytimminsnow.com//frontline-workers-offered-fr Gelinas France MPP Guy Bourgouin, MPP/Député Mushkegowuk-James Bay/Baie-James Victor Fedeli Michael Gravelle MPP Thunder Bay-Superior North Sol Mamakwa MPP for Kiiwetinoong Michael Mantha Algoma-Manitoulin Judith Monteith-Farrell Greg Rickford Ross Romano John Vanthof, Timiskaming-Cochrane Jamie West Sudbury Thunder Bay, Ontario Sudbury Timmins, Ontario

Our members want to thank the essential workers putting themselves at risk to serve the rest of the province. So, alongside Ontario 211 we're making mental health supports available to more essential workers who don't have coverage. Read more: https://bit.ly/2XUCjNH

Pour aider les travailleurs essentiels qui s’exposent à des risques pour servir la population ontarienne, nous collaborons avec Ontario 211 pour faciliter l’accès au soutien en santé mentale pour les travailleurs qui n’ont pas d’assurance. En savoir plus : https://www.211oncovid19.ca/fr/nouvelles/

Working on the frontlines through #COVID19 can be stressful. We're expanding our partnership with Ontario 211 to make mental health supports available to more essential workers who don't have coverage. Read more: https://bit.ly/2XUCjNH

Travailler en première ligne pendant la #COVID19 peut s’avérer stressant. Nous étendons notre partenariat avec Ontario 211 pour soutenir la santé mentale des travailleurs essentiels qui n’ont pas d’assurance. Pour en savoir plus : https://www.211oncovid19.ca/fr/nouvelles/

Great leadership! Congratulations to Sanya Sagar, Dr. Josee Jarry, Healey Gardiner, Ashley Howard, and Noam Simon for getting this project underway. One of the reasons I want to be a psychologist is to help people, said Sanya Sagar, 31, a University of Windsor graduate student who initiated the project. Here we are, at the perfect time to help people. People really need it right now. The Caring For Our Caregivers project, which launches next week, is meant to help staff ...at Windsor Regional Hospital and Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare as they continue their efforts on the front lines of the battle with COVID-19. https://windsorstar.com//university-of-windsor-psych-proje

MP says we need to take action now to lessen possible mental health effects of COVID-19 Just as we were able to predict the trajectory of infection... so too can we predict & take action towards bettering our mental health outcomes... https://www.country94.ca//green-mp-calls-for-action-on-me/ #onpoli #cndpoli

Dr. Jonathan Douglas joins Breakfast Television to talk about anxiety being felt as the economy reopens. He talks about how to re-enter the world in a state of crisis and how to manage your anxiety during this time. Breakfast Television (Citytv Toronto)

COVID-19 has impacted our College & University students, many with #MentalHealth challenges, in unprecedented ways. Students’ ability to pursue their training to become psychologists was also affected. We're proud to partner with Get A-Head to support students: https://www.geta-head.com/opa-press-release #onpoli #COVID19 #Psychology #VirtualCare Michael Tibollo Christine Elliott FordNation