9th Annual Mental Health Conference
Youth Violence “Mental Health Issue or Criminal Behaviour?” - A Public Health Discussion for Prevention
An educational forum was presented by George Brown College’s Centre for Preparatory & Liberal Studies in partnership with the
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on Wednesday, February 27, 2008.
Presentations from the conference are now available
About the conference
This year's theme was Youth Violence "Mental Health Issue or Criminal Behaviour?" - A Public Health Discussion for Prevention.
It explored how youth violence is a multifaceted problem that grows over the lifetime of a child as a result of many influences. The
risk factors contributing to violent behaviour in the community are poor individual social skills, experiences of loss and devaluation. George
Brown and CAMH recognize that service providers and practitioners struggle to respond to these challenging conditions when providing services
that include primary and secondary prevention.
For adolescents, the strongest predictors of youth violence have to do with interpersonal relations. Lack of positive social ties
with adults and involvement with antisocial peers (gang membership) are clearly associated with youth violence. Poor academic performance
and dropping out of school are also strongly associated.
This conference provided a frame of reference for youth violence that was useful to individuals, agencies and the broader social service
attendees. As well, a special youth panel discussed their views and recommendations.
The forum took place at:
George Brown College
(St. James Campus)
Centre for Financial Services Education (FS),
290 Adelaide Street East, Room 406
Toronto, Ontario
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Agenda
Mental Health Conference Agenda and information about
the speakers
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For more information, contact:
Christine Ovcaric
Phone 416-415-5000 ext. 2562
Email
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Presentations
Thanks to the generous permission of our conference
panelists, their PowerPoint presentations are available.
Please ensure that you credit the author when citing their work. (Note:
all presentations are in PDF format)
Dr.
Lindley Bassarath, Psychiatrist, Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health
Dr.
Scot Wortley, Criminologist, University
of Toronto
Dr.
Sherri McKay, Psychologist, Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health
Donna
Alexander, Therapist, Substance Abuse
Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth
Donna Reid, Professor, George Brown Child and Youth
Worker Program
Manjit
Jheeta Manager, Community Safety Secretariat,
City of Toronto
Lew
Golding, Manager, Substance Abuse Program
for African Canadian and Caribbean
Archive
Find out more about previous
Mental Health Conferences at George Brown College
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Revised:
January 20, 2009
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