The Royal is upgrading our Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology to better support your mental health care.
COVID-19 Q&A:
I’m a caregiver of someone with mental health concerns and I’m having a hard time taking care of myself.
Answer:
When it comes to mental illness, it is difficult to fix what we can’t see.
Unlike cancer or diabetes – where a tumor is visible, or a simple blood test can map patient’s symptoms to their blood sugar levels – depression has traditi
On April 6, The Royal established C-PROMPT to temporarily provide support and mental health care services to individuals with urgent mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It has been six months since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in Canada. There is no question that the past months have challenged us as individuals and as a community. Here at The Royal, they have also brought out the best in us.
OTTAWA — Today, The Royal announced the biggest individual donation in its history — $6 million from an anonymous donor, earmarked to accelerate the future of mental health research and discovery.
What do leisure activities have to do with our mental health? As it turns out, everything. Whether it’s volleyball, floor hockey, journaling, or art, there is a well-established link between recreation and mental health.
The Royal is pleased to announce that Dr. Simone Vigod of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto is the 2021 winner of The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research.
What is the best way to study resilience to childhood trauma among Inuit? What does “success” look like in the face of trauma?
Dr. Northoff joins 50 leaders recognized for outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.
In Canada, 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness every year.
As mental health stigma continues to dissipate, more and more people are reaching out and seeking help.
What is the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Canadian medical residents? Thanks to a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), we might be one step closer to answering this question, and developing an improved response to meet the mental health needs of this unique group.
The Royal is proud to announce the launch of engagecaregivers.ca, a new platform intended to support more meaningful engagement of caregiver advisors by health organizations across Canada.
Dr. Zachary Kaminsky is the newly appointed DIFD Mach-Gaensslen Chair in Suicide Prevention Research at The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research.
In 2014, Dr.
We at The Royal are all accountable for delivering excellent person and family-centred care based on the ever-evolving needs of the communities we serve.
Ottawa (Ontario), December 12, 2017 — ‘Tis the season for influenza and gastroenteritis (“stomach flu”).
Dear Supporter,
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety, it’s connection.” – Johann Hari
Ottawa is the nation’s capital and the fourth largest urban region in Canada. Home to over 1.4 million people, 66 per cent of residents live in Ottawa with the rest in neighbouring municipalities.
This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the Recovery Program at The Royal, and it happens to coincide with a movement in mental health care towards recovery-oriented care and services.
The Recovery Program is for people who have a primary psychotic disorder or significant experience with psychosis.
Imagine this – as part of a grounding intervention in the Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders (SUCD) program at The Royal, a group facilitator asks clients to name three things they can see.