Lyn Watkin-Merek, RN, has worked at the former Addiction Research Foundation and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) for over 23 years as a nurse, discharge planner, assessment worker, therapist, senior therapist and - for the past 10 years - in management. She was the manager of the Structured Relapse Prevention programs and the Youth Program. She is currently a manager in the Law and Mental Health Program where, beside her management duties, she facilitates relapse prevention programs for clients with severe mental illness who are also involved in the criminal justice system. Lyn has co-authored the book Structured Relapse Prevention: An Outpatient Counselling Approach (1996) and manuals for the Back on Track remedial measures program for impaired drivers (2000). Lyn recently returned to school to complete her post-graduate nursing degree.