This Hybrid Mental Health Conference is tailored to improve your capacity to deliver culturally safe and supportive care to Black youth patients experiencing mental health issues. This conference is tailored to benefit a diverse range of healthcare professionals, including but not limited to Family Doctors, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nurse Practitioners.
The training will concentrate on providing participants with specialized strategies for handling a substantial number of Black youth patients facing mental health difficulties or psychosis.
Learning Objectives
- Primary care providers and front-line health healthcare workers will enhance their capacity to provide culturally safe & affirming care to Black youth experiencing mental health and substance use challenges
- Primary care providers and front-line health healthcare workers will build knowledge in navigating the Ontario healthcare system by increasing awareness of resources and care pathways available to Black youth
- Primary care providers and front-line health healthcare workers will increase their ability to screen and support Black youth experiencing mental health and substance use challenges
Accreditation
The University of Toronto's Continuing Professional Development has awarded the Black Physicians Association of Ontario Mental Health CPD with the following credits:
- Royal College Maintenance of Certification Section 1: 5.5 hours
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Samra Sahlu is an adult psychiatrist who splits her time between Saskatchewan and Tkaronto. She was born and raised in Treaty 4 Territory, and completed her medical school and residency training in psychiatry at the U of S. She completed the Diversity Leadership Fellowship through the American Psychiatric Association, where she served on the Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities. She has practiced psychiatry in hospital, outpatient, ER, and corrections settings, and her professional interests include advocacy, mentorship, cultural psychiatry, transgender/ gender diverse care, community engagement, and collaboration with the arts. She is proud to be part of the SAPACCY (Substance Use Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth) team at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Mobile Crisis Team supported by TAIBU CHC in Scarborough. She commutes back to Saskatchewan to provide gender-affirming psychiatric care.
