Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder triggered by a traumatic event that caused intense fear, helplessness or horror. It can result from a trauma an individual experienced personally, such as rape, war, natural disaster, abuse, serious accident and captivity. Individuals can...
Knowledge Mobilization and Impact Resources from Research Impact Canada In September 2021, Ontario Shores became the first specialty mental health hospital to join Research Impact Canada (RIC) , a pan-Canadian network of 23 universities and non-academic institutions, committed to maximizing the...
Ontario Shores is a public teaching hospital and one of the four standalone specialty mental health hospitals in Ontario. We provide a range of specialized mental health services to those living with complex and serious mental illness. Driven by our core values of excellence, innovation, safety...
Our research spans a diverse range of specialities and populations with a specific focus on the management and prevention of serious mental illness. Adolescents The Recovery College at Ontario Shores is the oldest Recovery College in Canada. Recovery Colleges provide participants with access to...
Application of the Recovery College Model in the Post-Secondary Space The goal of the application of the recovery college model in the post-secondary space is similar to community-based recovery colleges. Post-secondary recovery colleges aim to empower young adults to become experts in their own...
Volunteer Services brings a wide variety of merchants to Ontario Shores throughout the year offering clothing, jewellery, gifts and accessories at great prices. Regular Vendor Days Vendor days are announced through internal newsletters as well as flyers posted throughout the hospital and are only at...
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Forensic consultation services are provided to all programs at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores). These services include clinical referrals and clinical inpatient services. Consultation services are also offered to jails, detention centres and other forensic programs...
All research conducted by researchers within Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) and Abilities Centre requires approval by the Joint Research Ethics Board (JREB). The JREB is responsible for overseeing all research studies, ensuring high scientific and ethical merit and...
At Ontario Shores we like to provide our employees with the tools/information they require to do their job successfully. We provide an extensive orientation program that consists of two full-days of General Orientation, basic Meditech 6.0 (our integrated electronic health record system) training and...
#MindVine is the media home of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores), a public teaching hospital which provides a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness. At its core, #MindVine encourages conversation...
The #MindVine Podcast features news, views and interviews related to mental health, mental illness and recovery. Hosted by Darryl Mathers, Communications Specialist at Ontario Shores, the podcast is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
The adolescent day treatment program at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) provides mental health and education services in a local community high school to support students as they transition into a community setting.
The Adolescent Eating Disorder Day Treatment (AEDDT) Program at Ontario Shores is a 16-week live-at-home eating disorders program which serves a maximum of 8 adolescents at a time. The program will run from Monday to Friday each week. Our program works closely with community providers to ensure...
We are always grateful to receive gifts-in-kind or gifts of service to enhance our events and campaigns, or to directly support patients on their mental health journey. Gifts-in-kind or service are a wonderful way to give in lieu of monetary donations. Some examples include (but not limited to)...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) 700 Gordon St, Whitby, ON L1N 5S9 In commemoration of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health and Ontario Shores is welcoming sponsors, supporters, and guests to...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Royal Ashburn Golf Club 995 Myrtle Rd. W, Ashburn Rd. Whitby Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) has been providing exemplary mental health care for more than 100 years. Our hospital provides a range of specialized assessment and treatment...