The Updater Newsletter

Welcome to the expanded issue of The Updater. This quarterly newsletter is targeted to the service provider group but focuses on information which can be made available to consumers and families. Click on the link below to bring up a pdf version of the newsletter.

The Updater - Winter 2009

• The Suicide Awareness and Prevention issue

The Updater - Spring 2009

• The housing issue

The Updater - October 2008

• What is the HSJCC?
• Objectives of the Court
• A “Readers Digest” History of the HSJCC
• Pre-Charge Diversion Support Coordination
• Bail Support Coordination
• Probation Support Coordination
• Mental Health Court Support Program—Wellington-Dufferin
• Mental Health Court Support Program—Waterloo Region
• Kitchener Mental Health Court Program Third Anniversary
• A Brief Introduction to the Recovery Approach
• Mental Health Court Support Program - Cambridge
• Veronique’s Story
• Relationship Within the HSJCC 9
• A Typical Day

The Updater - May 2008

• Crisis Lines
• Crisis Respite Residential Service
• Mobile Crisis Teams
• Crisis Service for Children and Adolescents
• The Walk
• Tackling the Hoarding/Diogenes Issues in Waterloo Region
• Homelessness Project, Waterloo Region
• The Crisis System Evaluation is Heading into the Home Stretch
• Changes to the RICP
• Update on the Emergency Mental
• Health Services at Guelph General Hospital
• Journey to Recovery: A Mental Health Guidebook for Families in Waterloo Region
• Suicide Prevention in Waterloo
• Service Resolution
• Resources

The Updater July 2007

• House of Friendship Addiction Services
• CAMH
• St. Mary’s Counselling Service
• Homewood Community Addiction Services (CADS)
• The Stigma of Parenting a Child with Substance Dependency
• Cognitive Distortions
• Dear Bandit
• Intensive Outpatient Program (I.O.P.)
• Stonehenge
• Stonehenge Therapeutic
• Resources
• Waterloo-Wellington- Dufferin Regional Crisis Update

The Updater - March 2007 - Inside

• Process Addictions 1-2
• Within Limits 3
• Waterloo Regional Withdrawal Management Centre
• Nicotine Dependency Quick Facts
• Dear Bandit
• New Mental Health Emergency Services Approved
• Waterloo, Wellington, Dufferin Regional Crisis Committee Updates
• Addiction Resources
• Do you or someone you know have an addiction

The Updater - December 2006 - Inside

• Recovery Values & Principals
• Vision & Mission for Intensive Case Management
• Gaining Control Over Problem Gambling
• Recovery Resources
• Mental Health Counselors and Family Health Team
• Recovery—Fishing for a Lifetime
• Waterloo, Wellington, Dufferin Regional Crisis Committee Updates
• Building Blocks of Recovery