Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard (credentials at the time of initial development in 2018):
Steve Lurie (co-chair)
Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association, Toronto Branch, Adjunct Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Robert Zipursky (co-chair)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Elgin Barrett
Lived Experience Advisor
Jonathan Bertram
Physician, Addictions Medicine, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health and Bowmanville Family Health Organization
Yvette Brook
Executive Director, Patient/Client and Family Council, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Patricia Cavanagh
Head, Outpatient Services, Complex Mental Illness, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Krista DePooter
Occupational Therapist, Assertive Community Treatment, Providence Care
Michael Dunn
Director of Quality Improvement, Canadian Mental Health Association
Julia Fineczko
Lived Experience Advisor
Phillip Klassen
Vice-President, Medical Affairs, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Terry Krupa
Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University
Paul Kurdyak
Director, Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation Research Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Gord Langill
Director of Program and Services, Canadian Mental Health Association–Haliburton, Kawartha
Kwame McKenzie
Medical Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Chief Executive Officer, Wellesley Institute, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Kayla Nicholls
Manager, Programs, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Sheryl Pedersen
Lived Experience Advisor
Donna Pettey
Director of Operations, Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch
Carol Riddell-Elson
Lived Experience Advisor
Sylvain Roy
Neuropsychologist, Inner City Family Health
Abraham Rudnick
Professor of Psychiatry, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Vice-President of Research and Chief of Psychiatry, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Chief Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
Frank Sirotich
Director of Community Support, Research and Development, Canadian Mental Health Association
Stephanie Skopyk
Nurse Practitioner and Clinic Lead, Nurse Practitioner–Led Clinic, Canadian Mental Health Association Durham
Melinda Wall
Clinical Manager, Mental Health Outpatient Department, Peterborough Regional Health Centre