The Royal - Mental Health - Care & Research

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News

New insights on substance use health in the latest issue of Psynopsis, Canada’s psychology magazine

As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care, teaching, and research hospitals..

The Royal unveils bear carving by Koomuatuk “Kuzy” Curley

A striking carving of a polar bear was unveiled at the Royal Ottawa Mental..

A feather with sweetgrass, sage, cedar, and tobacco in a shell

Smudging and spiritual services at The Royal

Smudging is an Indigenous spiritual ceremony that involves burning sacred herbs..

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Dr. Louise Overington and Dale Patterson

A collaborative trauma-informed approach to transforming the SUCD inpatient spaces

Imagine this – as part of a grounding intervention in the Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders (SUCD) program at The Royal, a group facilitator asks clients to name three things they can see. One client responds: I see a beige wall, a corkboard with lots of papers on it, and another beige wall.