The Mental Health Moment with Dr. Paul Kurdyak

Is data the cure for Canada’s mental health crisis?  In this episode, we pull back the curtain on systemic failures and explore how combining data with lived experience could finally drive real change. Join us as we unpack what it will take to truly transform the system. Our Guest:Dr. Paul Kurdyak joined ICES in April 2009 where he leads the Mental Health and Addictions research program. He is a senior scientist with the Institute of Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Chair, Addictions and Mental Health Policy at CAMH and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Since 2020, he has held the role of Vice President, Clinical, with the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence at Ontario Health.Dr. Kurdyak studies clinical epidemiology and health service utilization. His work provides better understanding for the determinants of and barriers to treatment for mental illnesses; explores the relationship and interaction between chronic medical and mental illnesses; and develops methodology expertise in observational research design as it relates to the study of mental health epidemiology.Read the research from Dr. Kurdyak: Mental Health DashboardPayment incentives for community-based psychiatric care in Ontario, CanadaDisparities in access to early psychosis intervention services EPISODE CREDITS:Produced, edited and mixed by Will Mcintyre, Richard Villeneuve and Pop Up PodcastingArtwork designed by Stella-Luna HaMusic licensed through Melodie MusicLINKS:Be sure to follow and tag ICES on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. To find out more about our organization, visit us at ices.on.ca