eMentalHealth.ca: Overview for Potential Partner Agencies

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eMentalHealth.ca Overview for Potential Partner
Agencies
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The Problem
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Mental health problems are

• A massive burden
• Directly related to
• 75 of short term disability claims
• 79 of long-term disability claims
• gt 3B direct economic costs to employers
• Staying _at_ Work Survey (Sept 2005)
  http//www.watsonwyatt.com/canada

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The human cost?

• Immeasurable.

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To get help you need to know where to go

• Unfortunately, the average person doesnt know
  where to go
• Stigma makes it even harder to ask where to go
• And even if they ask someone (even their family
  physician), there is no guarantee that person
  knows where to go either!

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The Solution (Where Your Agency Can Play a Key
Role!)
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The Solution eMentalHealth.ca

• A platform that lets you know
• Where to go for help in your local area (i.e.
  mental health resources)
• When mental health events are happening (events
  calendar)
• What (i.e. plans are underway to have mental
  health information)

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eMentalHealth.ca Help is Just a Few Clicks Away
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Who Are We

• Joint venture / initiative with
• Dr. Michael Cheng (Childrens Hospital of Eastern
  Ontario)
• Crossroads Childrens Centre
• Publicly / privately-funded
• Non-profit, charitable initiative

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Our Team includes

• Core Management Team
• Michael Cheng, Co-Founder of eMH and
  Psychiatrist, Childrens Hospital of Eastern
  Ontario
• Amy Martin, Co-Founder of eMH, Crossroads
  Childrens Centre
• Michael Hone, Crossroads Childrens Centre
• Volunteer Advisory Panel
• Cynthia Clark, Vanessa Woods, Jennifer Forbes,
  Ivan Valdivia
• Volunteer Content Management Team
• Kevin P., Lalande C., Kim S., Anne K., etc
• Our Amazing Web Developer

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Our Partners
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Innovative Features of eMentalHealth
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Innovative Features

• eMH is a knowledge exchange system that lets
  local agencies disseminate their own community
• mental health resource directory
• all ages, public and non-public resources
• mental health events calendar
• mental health news
• mental health information

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eMentalHealth.ca Help is Just a Few Clicks Away
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Browse Local Resources by Categories
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Detailed Page
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Innovative Features

• Once youve found the resource, you can
• PRINT IT OUT or
• EMAIL IT to your patient, client, friend

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Online Events Calendar

• Whats going on in the community?
• Workshops/Seminars
• Conferences
• Courses/Programs
• Special events
• Etc

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Mental Health News

• View news that is
• Local
• Provincial
• National

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So what is our Secret?
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Secret 1 We Use Open Source Software
What is Open Source software?
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Open Source is Free

• Open Source is a free platform that allows you to
  develop software that is not owned by any company
  
• Thus, we can share it without additional,
  commercial licensing cost!

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We Use Open Source Software

• As opposed to traditional, expensive, commercial,
  proprietary software
• Which you cannot give away freely or share freely
  with others because that would be piracy

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eMH as a Bookshelf

• eMH is a like free bookshelf with shelves for
  Ontario and the rest of Canada
• So far, it has books on the Ontario shelves, and
  a small number of books on all the other
  provincial shelves
• We are looking for communities to fill all the
  shelves

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Secret 2 Distributed Content Management

• Traditional databases require large commitment of
  IT and human resources

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Secret 2 Distributed Content Management

• Advances in technology allow for Distributed
  Content Management
• Database management is shared at all levels with
  the help of
• eMH Head office
• Local partners in each of the local communities
• Website visitors

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Does Distributed Content Management Work?

• Worlds largest encyclopedia is built entirely by
  distributed content management
• Acknowledged by even major medical journals as
  being a valid, accurate resource

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How It Works for eMH
? Community Database Created
? Anyone submits new info, or suggests edit
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? DatabaseUpdated!
?eMH editors/partners approve, reject or edit
submission
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Summary of Our Secret

• Databases are expensive
• Thus we use Open Source
• Databases require excessive effort to maintain
• Thus we use Distributed Content Management

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Expansion Across Canada

• Our database has capacity for every community in
  Canada
• But we need local partners!

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Who has funded us to date?

• Startup grants from
• Community Foundation Ottawa (for Resource
  Directory)
• Community Project Ottawa (for Events Calendar)
• Currently time-limited funding from
• Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and
  Youth Mental Health
• CHEO Psychiatry Associates

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Testimonials

• it is difficult for parents to access what
  mental health services are available A good
  start has been made through their e-mental
  health website www.ementalhealth.ca. It is
  recommended that this Canadian best practice be
  funded to expand this portal service across
  Canada.

Leitch, K., (2008). Reaching for the Top A
Report by the Advisor on Healthy Children and
Canada's Youth
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Local Partners Wanted!
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Would you be interested in

• Wouldnt it be great if your community could have
  free and accessible access to information about
• Mental Health Resources
• Community Mental Health Events
• Mental Health Topics and Conditions
• Mental Health News
• Wouldnt it be even better if your organization
  could be the one doing this?
• If so, then read on

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What about 211?
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Complements Other Databases such as 211

• One size does not fit all
• It is impossible for one database alone to meet
  everyones needs
• There will always need to be general and
  specialized databases

General
Specialized
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How eMH complements 211

• Even with 211 or local Blue Books
• Mental health service providers still make their
  own specialized lists
• Even with eMH
• Sub-specialized mental health groups still make
  their own lists
• Autism Lists
• ADHD Lists, etc

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Summary
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Summary

• eMH helps Canadians get connected to mental
  health information and resources
• Our innovative, open source and distributed
  content management system means it can be
  inexpensively deployed to communities across the
  country
• Partnership with eMentalHealth is an easy way to
  help your community and bring prestige and glory
  to your organization

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So one day, anywhere in Canada
Wow! I didnt know itd be this easy to get help
Ill give them a call
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Because its easier to get help if you know where
to find it.
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Thank you for your time!
Feel free to contact us via www.ementalhealth.ca
if you have any further questions!