This document provides a summary of the 2010 annual year in review presentation conducted by Dr. Stan Kutcher, the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, on February 10, 2011

1. 2010 Year in Review
Sun Life Financial Chair
in Adolescent Mental Health

2. The Team
Dr. Stan Kutcher Katie Radchuk
Chair Research Associate
Magda Szumilias
Amy MacKay
Research Associate
Administrative Assistant
Yifeng Wei
Jacquie Potvin-Boucher Research Coordinator
Project Manager & Transitions Coordinator Jessica Wishart
Christina Carew, ABC Youth Outreach Coordinator
Public Affairs Advisor
Dr. Iliana Garcia – Ortega Summer Interns
Research Coordinator
Dr. David Gardner Asraa Al-Mosawie
Consultant Research Assistant
Holly Huntley
Alan McLuckie
Research Assistant
Research Coordinator
Mina Hashish
Andrea Murphy, PharmD Youth Program Coordinator
Research Associate Courtney Heisler
Jeff O’Neill Research Assistant
Projects and Networks Coordinator Stella Ducklow
Artist in Residence

3. Knowledge Pathway Model

4. 2010 Priorities
School Mental Health Initiatives
Primary Care Training Programs in Mental
Health
Building Awareness of programs and projects of
the SLFC

5. Build understanding and
support for
School Mental Health
initiatives

6. Mental Health and High School Curriculum
October launch in Ottawa
Guide and resource disk available
in French and English
Purchase via print-on-demand for
interested parties
RCT in Ottawa, additional
evaluation being conducted in
Hamilton, Vancouver and
Kingston

7. Pathways to Care Model
• Implement mental health curriculum in Grade
10 classroom
• Provide teacher training session
• Provide student service providers training
session
• Provide GPs with intervention strategies
• Upgrade knowledge of mental health
professionals
• Establish consistent and sustainable referral
mechanism

8. Pathways to Care Model
Pilot Locations: Forest Heights School (Bridgewater, NS), St. Mary’s Bay
Academy and École secondaire de Clare (Digby, NS)

9. Published Work and Presentations
Topic: School Mental Health
Kutcher S, Wei Y. (2010). Comprehensive School Mental Health, an Integrated
Pathway to Care Model. Presentation at the Sixth World Conference on the
Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders,
Washington DC, USA: 16-20 November.
Wei Y. Kutcher S, (2010). Comprehensive School Mental Health: An Integrated
Pathway to Care Model. Presentation at the 15th Annual Conference on
Advancing School Mental Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico: 7-9 October.
Wei, Y., Kutcher, S. (2010). Comprehensive school mental Health: an integrated
pathway to care model. Presentation at the 19th World Congress of the International
Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP). June 2-6.
Beijing, China.
Kutcher, S., Wei, Y. (2010). Mental health and the school environment: secondary
schools, promotion and pathway to care. Presentation at the 19th World Congress of
the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
(IACAPAP). June 2-6. Beijing, China.

10. Published Work and Presentations
Topic: School Mental Health
Wei Y, Kutcher S, Szumilas M. Comprehensive school mental health: an integrated
pathway to care model for Canadian secondary schools. Under review by McGill
Journal of Education, 2010.
Szumilas M, Kutcher S, LeBlanc JC, Langille DB. Use of school-based health centers
for mental health support in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry,
55(5):319-328 (2010).
Improving Student Mental Health: How do we get there? Presentation at the American
Psychiatric Foundation: Advisors Summit “Driving the National Dialogues on Student Mental Health.
Washington, DC: October 28, 2010.
School Mental Health: Development and Evaluation of a national Secondary School
Mental Health Curriculum. Canadian Psychiatric Association 60th Annual Conference. Toronto,
ON: September 23, 2010
Integrated Pathway to a School Mental Health Model for Canadian Health Care.
Canadian Psychiatric Association 60th Annual Conference. Toronto, ON: September 23, 2010

11. Building capacity and
improving care in
Primary Care

12. Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of
Adolescent Depression
Program available in
English and Spanish
Working with PAHO to
implement Spanish version
English version to be
launched via a mdcme.ca
with MainPro and
MainCert credits

13. Adolescent Mental Health Training
Youth Care Worker
Training
Frontline Training
for Health Care
Workers

14. Published Work and Presentations
Topic Area: Psychological Debriefing
Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., Szumilas, M. (2010).
Psychological debriefing in reducing the risk for
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in schools:
to use or not to use. Presentation at the 19th
World Congress of the International
Association for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP),
June 2-6. Beijing,
Wei Y, Kutcher S, Szumilas M. Effectiveness on
mental health of psychological debriefing for
crisis intervention in school settings. Accepted
by Educational Psychology Review, 2010.
Szumilas S, Wei, Y, Kutcher S. Psychological
Briefing in Schools: To Use or Not to Use. ,
published at www.cmaj.ca on January 4, 2010.

15. Building Awareness

16. teenmentalhealth.org

17. Curriculum Microsite

18. Evergreen Youth Mental Health Framework
Unique bottom-up, expert-linked
policy development process
Wiki-writing, global first in
health policy development
To be launched by the MHCC in
Spring 2011

19. Evergreen Publications and Presentations
Kutcher, S. & McLuckie, A., for the Child and Youth Advisory Committee, Mental
Health Commission of Canada (2010). Evergreen: A child and youth mental health
framework for Canada. Calgary, AB: Mental Health Commission of Canada
McLuckie, A. & Kutcher, S. (2010). Evergreen: Towards a Child and Youth Mental
Health Framework for Canada. Outcomes from the 2nd National Invitational Symposium
on Child and Youth Mental Health. Canada’s Children - Child Welfare League of Canada,
Spring, 16(4), 15-23.
Kutcher, S., McLuckie, A., & Wishart, J. (2010). Towards a child and youth mental health
framework for Canada. Paper presentation for the Sixth World Conference on the promotion of
mental health and prevention of mental and behavioral disorders. Nov. 17-19, Washington, D.C.
Kutcher, S., McLuckie, A. & Wishart, J. (2010). The evergreen project: A national and
international collaboration towards a child and youth mental health framework for
Canada. Paper presentation for the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual
Meeting, Oct. 26-31, New York, NY

20. Evergreen Publications and Presentations
Kutcher, S. & McLuckie, A. (2009). Evergreen: Towards a child and youth mental
health framework for Canada. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 18(2), 89-91.
McLuckie, A., Kutcher, S., Mulvale, G., & Leung, B. (2009). Evergreen: Towards a
child & youth mental health framework for Canada. Poster Presentation for the
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres Annual Meeting Oct.18-21., Halifax, NS.
McLuckie, A. Kutcher, S. & Davidson, S. (2009). Evergreen: Child and Youth
Framework for Canada. Into the Light: Transforming Mental Health In Canada. Nov., 29-
Dec. 1. Vancouver, BC.
Mulvale, G., Kutcher, S., & McLuckie, A. (2009). The Framework for a Mental
Health Strategy for Canada and the Evergreen Framework. 2nd National Invitational
Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health “Getting in the Right Door at the Right Time”.
Nov.19 & 20, Ottawa, ON.

21. Support After Youth Suicide
Booklets onsite in more than 60
organizations in NS
Media coverage includes: CTV,
Doctors NS, CBC, Haligonia,
Chronicle Herald, Metro, News
95.7, Breakfast TV
Currently being translated into
French, Arabic and Mandarin

22. Understanding My Medications Series
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INFORMATION, AND ABOUT WHO YOU CAN TALK WITH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR
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IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THE ADULTS IN YOUR LIFE ALSO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND
YOUR RIGHTS. ASK QUESTIONS. YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR BODY AND YOUR
HEALTH. IT’S YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT MEDICATIONS.
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23. Taking It Global: Guide to Action

24. Youth Advisory Committee
End-to-end development of a stigma fighting commercial

25. Guide to Series with
Accompanying Animations
Guide to Understanding Major Depressive Disorder
Guide to Understanding Panic Disorder

26. High Five: Mental Health Information for Coaches
Development of mental
health component to
national accreditation
program for recreational
leaders working with
youth ages 6-13.

27. Media Engagement 2010
Featured in: Today’s Parent, National Post, Globe and Mail,
Halifax Metro, Chronicle Herald, Chronicle of Neurology and
Psychiatry, Dal Medical News, Headlines, Moods Magazine,
Canadian Family Magazine,Toronto Star, Parentcentral.ca,
Psychology Today, Doctors Nova Scotia, BP Magazine Canada,
National Union of Public and General Employees, Branding Out
Featured On: CBC Cross Country Check-up, CBC The Current,
News 95.7, CKDU, CBC As It Happens, CIUT, CBC Information
Morning, CTV National News, Breakfast TV, CBC News, CTV
Live at Five, Haligonia.ca

28. Future Endeavors

29. School Mental Health
Academy for School Mental
Health (July 2011)
Working with Portugal to
implement Pathways to Care
model
Work to adapt Pathways to Care
model for China
Integration of High School and
Mental Health program in Nova
Scotia curriculum

30. School Mental Health
Thematic Classroom with
Taking It Global
School Mental Health
Framework
Revised School Mental
Health Curriculum Guide
NS Province wide controlled
trial for Pathways to Care

31. Primary Health Care
Identification, Diagnosis
and Treatment of Anxiety
Disorders, ADHD,
Psychotic Illnesses,
Substance Misuse and
Abuse and Eating Disorders
Offer training programs
online in English, Spanish,
French, Mandarin and
Arabic by the end of 2015

32. Primary Health Care
Frontline training for suicide
intervention
Clinical tools continue to
expand in number of
languages available
Nurse education on
Psychotropic use in treatment
of mental disorders

33. Awareness
Guide to Understanding
Brain Injury
My Parent has a Mental
Illness series
Normal Adolescents Program
Art and the Brain at AGNS
(Sept 2011)
Transitions Version 2

34. Our Chair Advisory Board
• Judy Beamish
• Judy Bell • Kelly Meighen
• Barbara Broom • Susan Mercer
• Heather Christian • Ann Power
• Cheryl Copage • Dr. Herb Orlik
• Andy Cox • Linda Smith
• Tim Crooks • Aidan Stokes (Chair of the
• Dr. Nick Delva Advisory Board)
• Roberta Duchesne • Caryll Tawse
• Barb Haley • Wanda Thomas Bernard
• Kathryn Weldon Foundation • Carol Young
• Dr. Pat McGrath
• Kelly Meighen

35. Our Education Advisory Board
• Rola AbiHanna, Nova Scotia Department of • Shelley LeBlanc, Ecole Beaubassin
Education, Student Services • Lachie MacIntosh, Halifax Regional
• Alexis Allen, Nova Scotia Teachers Union School Board
• Alexa Bagnell, Maritime Outpatient • Susan Noiles, Nova Scotia Teachers Union
Psychiatry, IWK Health Centre • Ann Power, Nova Scortia Department of
• Anne Blackwood, Nova Scotia Department Education, Student Services
of Education, English Program Services • Dionne Reid
• Lance Bullock, Halifax Regional School • Jenn Stevens
Board • John Stone
• Heather Christian, Nova Scotia Health • Faye Trim, Halifax Regional School Board
Promotion and Protection • Morris Green, Nova Scotia Department of
• Lisa Doucet, Tri-county Regional School Health Promotion and Protection
Board • Terry Bartlett-Visser, Roots of Empathy,
• Roberta Duchesne, Captial District Health Halifax Regional Municipality
Authority • Tara Moore, Nova Scotia Department of
• Michelle Estekantchi Education, Schools Plus
• Natalie Flinn, Nova Scotia Department of

36. Our Youth Advisory Board
• Emily Atkinson
• John Bermingham
• Taylor Crosby
• Elizabeth Ewert
• Marika Forsythe
• Nicole Gabriel
• Kathleen Gallant
• Mina Hashish
• Joel Maxwell
• Michael Smith
• Karl Yu

37. Major Funding Partners

38. Thank you for your
continued support