The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

new centre at the Uniâ€" A:;ersity of Waterloo ill increase the range of psychological services available in the triâ€"city area and facilitate the developâ€" ment of innovative, new research on mental health. The UW Centre for Menâ€" tal Health Research will include both clinical servicâ€" es and research, making UW‘s clinical psychology program one of only two in Canada offering onâ€"site clinical training in a t °> CC CECdt and h ions w34 ) __"___ ‘oms in their operation webnsite. mmw waterio« 1000 P20EC WT expenience more pitalizations would range Emplovee illness and _ monpandemic ca University of Waterloo introduces new Centre for Mental Health Research new centre at the Uniâ€" research setting. It will be improvements in treatment _ phases will depend on the â€" shiaz.. o _ versity of Waterloo â€" the only program to Pully _ ACTOSE Tha mures.. will increaca tha _.__ RHNSn 1 NIght now, Nolan said, the avian flu has potential to Three such pandemics occurred in 1918, 1957 ang 1968, the most serious being the one in 1918. Right now, Nolan said e en oo tm long overdue," she said dur ing a recent interview: Nolan said the challenge in planning for a pandemic is not knowing when it will Strike. T: he Public Health offi j I cer tor the Region of j Waterloo warns the world is long overdue for an \influenza pandemic Not that Dr. Liana Nolan is hoping for one "We haven‘t had one tor awhile, which means we‘re B2 ( is1 Region health unit planning for overdue flu pandemic sSo TS D well as research on new and effective means of treatâ€" ment. This will increase the availability of assessment and treatment at the local level and will lead to new research into the develâ€" opment and persistence of mental illness in children, adolescents and adults. as research setting. It will be the only program to fully integrate clinical research and training into the course curriculum. "Many businesses have contingency plans." she said. "But they are up against other challenges * Nolan said many busiâ€" nesses, including the region, have plans for power black arise A tool kit for maintaining business continuity has been prepared by the Region of Waterloo, which will _ help companies through the process of iden tifying essential services, dclvrmmmg required staffing levels, staff skill sets, and opportunities to reloâ€" cate staff when vacancies The necome a pandemic The flu has infeete number of humans as slowly spread its |\ around the world centre will promote ancies . as and fully _ across the Way outs d a _ issues it‘s Di The nature and services offered 100 adults dumié the phase of the centre‘s d opment. In fllll‘ll za. most com monly known as the flu, is a contagious virus which cirâ€" culates on a yearly basis causing seasonal outbreaks. Most healthy people will recover from the flu, but the elderty, youth and already ill people will experience more out of August 2003, Nolan said the region relied on emergency plans which they had created for the Y2K Bug When computers changed dates from 1999 to 2000, many people expected them to fail, which could have caused widespread systems failures across the world. No such incident occurred. The U During the country the first ‘s develâ€" scope of in later power black ests of three new faculty members Second, the centre will contribute to the quantiny and quality of practinoners across the country. The very best graduate students will be attracted by one of the few programs that includes a clinic featuring independâ€" ent, facultyâ€"run research programs. As a result, the program‘s graduates will be better prepared to service phases will depend expertise and researc It is estimated if 15 per cent of the population of the Region of Waterioo was to be infected with the flu, there could be anywhere from 99 to 311 deaths Hosâ€" An influenza pandemic accumn when a strain of the flu virus changes in compo yimon. according to the tegronal handout. and becomen highh contagrous Because the human popula on is not immune to the new virus, it wall affect more people. causing more illness and death y a result. influenza is conidered a public health threat serious health tonn. whuch can be fatal As a result in e and research interâ€" three new faculty alth comphieca service sometime~ on the _ clients in with researchers at hospitals and clinics for research colâ€" laboration,* explained Christine Purdon, director of the UW Centre for Mental Health Rexearch. must rely developing .md‘runnm their programs of research. "Without the centre, w 8 "We wouldn‘t know how vevere the pandeme is unnl it armived." she addext Nolan warmed businewe~ wall need to plan for disrup ons in their operation. Emplovee illness and Finalh. the Nodimiey ton extimate of 4537733 people. and reflect the entuire duration of the pan demr Anvichere tram 130.000 hospit, would be expectext these numb hased on the "O0s trom 283 to 1045 pwt and hoapitals wou! clegred vith anmhere B 1O 449 unin\ An attack rate of 3 cent could see wny w trom over 200 to e death\ Third. it mill allow for UW on our contacts practices across expected numbers are the 2004 popula & tate of i) per wee amamwhere 200 to over 200 rom 20000 to prtal asits 5 panvents a would be we trom i9 se en oo laborations., and not just within the department of psychology and the univerâ€" sity. Once clinical faculty have the resources required to recruit. assess and treat individuals with mental health problems on a larger seale. they can establish sigâ€" nificant partrership roles in the development of national and international studies The centre will begin aperating shorth and hopes to find a home by fall 2007 wall increase Nolun added that at the wime time more emplovee and customers are all imereised demand tor their semce mill be added "Lets ask ourschen theww tough questions now." she ward. "It\ the tresponsible thing to do" In the event of a pan demic. the region will be providing information via the local media and rh .02 \For mast huge ampuct the high lev, tecaimn supply cha tupted and also be it abwmentex to 33 pe *CM ol & pan he region will be & information via media and their wnw waterloore research col she met that .Ib\(’ll ie