Our history
The Toronto Early Intervention in Psychosis Network began in late 2005 following release of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's (MOHLTC) Program Policy Framework for Early Intervention in Psychosis Programs and the MOHLTC's funding of several early intervention in psychosis programs across the City of Toronto.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Mental Health Association, Toronto Branch (CMHA), as Toronto's first early intervention in psychosis service providers, were asked by the MOHLTC to collaborate to convene a city-wide network of early intervention in psychosis programs. Network participants were to work together to ensure delivery against the MOHLTC's Program Policy Framework directions in relation to the identification, treatment and support of people experiencing early psychosis and their families.
All of the newly funded specialized early intervention in psychosis programs joined the Network. Toronto's general hospital mental health programs were also invited to join the Network in recognition of the significant number of people experiencing early psychosis and their families being seen by these programs through their Emergency Departments, inpatient mental health services and outpatient mental health programs, and several of them did. The Network quickly added consumer and family representatives to ensure that the voice of consumers and families was included in all Network activities.
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