Full Name
Dr. Althea Monteiro
Speaker Bio
Dr. Althea Monteiro is a Registered Psychologist with a scope of Practice in Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychology. She is currently a Calian contractor providing telepsychology to active military members across Ontario.
Dr. Monteiro has held a number of leadership positions that included being the team lead for the neurobehavioral unit at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, psychology lead at the Mt. Sinai Function and Pain Program and Professional Practice Lead, Psychology at WSIB.
Dr. Monteiro has most recently been a speaker with regards to the impact of racism on the mental health of military service members, with a specific focus on both individual and system issues with racism and responses to racism within military culture. She has been a facilitator in a series of summits looking at address operational stress injuries in firefighters. She has assisted in development of telemedicine protocols for the Canadian Armed Forces. She has provided on training on practical strategies to support military with mental health conditions returning to work.
Dr. Monteiro has provided training and teaching in a variety of settings including Military Health Service Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Mt. Sinai, University Health Network, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, York University, Guelph–Humber Psychology program, WSIB, and other third party conferences, with her focus primarily occupational mental health from individual and systems perspectives, building resilience, and the cross cultural expression of psychopathology and cross-cultural considerations for treatment. Dr. Monteiro has also developed several psychology practice protocols, ranging from telemedicine, operational stress injuries, assisting international students adapt to Canadian culture, and reducing the incidence of problematic behavior on inpatient wards.
She has provided the clinical expertise in shaping the enactment of the PTSD presumptive legislation in Ontario. She was part of the team who developed the community psychology network in partnership with the Ontario Psychological association to ensure injured workers are provided with expedited evidence based care locally.
Dr. Monteiro has maintained a longstanding research interest in how culture and psychopathology.
Dr. Monteiro has held a number of leadership positions that included being the team lead for the neurobehavioral unit at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, psychology lead at the Mt. Sinai Function and Pain Program and Professional Practice Lead, Psychology at WSIB.
Dr. Monteiro has most recently been a speaker with regards to the impact of racism on the mental health of military service members, with a specific focus on both individual and system issues with racism and responses to racism within military culture. She has been a facilitator in a series of summits looking at address operational stress injuries in firefighters. She has assisted in development of telemedicine protocols for the Canadian Armed Forces. She has provided on training on practical strategies to support military with mental health conditions returning to work.
Dr. Monteiro has provided training and teaching in a variety of settings including Military Health Service Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Mt. Sinai, University Health Network, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, York University, Guelph–Humber Psychology program, WSIB, and other third party conferences, with her focus primarily occupational mental health from individual and systems perspectives, building resilience, and the cross cultural expression of psychopathology and cross-cultural considerations for treatment. Dr. Monteiro has also developed several psychology practice protocols, ranging from telemedicine, operational stress injuries, assisting international students adapt to Canadian culture, and reducing the incidence of problematic behavior on inpatient wards.
She has provided the clinical expertise in shaping the enactment of the PTSD presumptive legislation in Ontario. She was part of the team who developed the community psychology network in partnership with the Ontario Psychological association to ensure injured workers are provided with expedited evidence based care locally.
Dr. Monteiro has maintained a longstanding research interest in how culture and psychopathology.
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