A family guide to concurrent disorders - CAMH Knowledge Exchange

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis project has been an amazing journey. To start with, we owe so much to the familymembers who participated. They were our teachers in many ways, and their generosityand commitment to this project has inspired our belief in the importance of partneringwith families.Elaine Mason of Elmgrove Outpatient Services co-ordinated the family project at ourstudy site in Brockville and continues to actively collaborate in our workshops and communityforums throughout the province.We are fortunate to work in an organization that has an explicit priority commitment toconcurrent disorders and to families. We have also benefited from the opportunity towork with talented and passionate colleagues who helped to sustain and expand thescope of our project. Christine Bois has been a true champion of concurrent disordercapacity building in Ontario. Monique Bouvier is co-ordinating an ambitious provincialdissemination effort, supported by a great team in CAMH’s provincial services. A specialthanks goes to editors Martha Ayim and Jacquelyn Waller-Vintar and designer Eva Katz.And finally we want to thank Caroline Hebblethwaite who managed the developmentand execution of the manual from the first family group meeting through to the finalproduction. She has been an extraordinarily inspiring guide—resourceful, generous,tireless, skilled and wise.