Out of the shadows at last transforming mental health, mental illness and addiction services in Canada : the final report of The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Canada Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. (Author). Kirby, Michael J. L. (Added Author). Keon, Wilbert Joseph, 1935- (Added Author).

Summary: People who are living with mental illness and addiction must be accorded respect and consideration equal to those given to people affected by physical illness. The Committee has sought to make this one of the guiding principles that underpin its entire report. In particular, the Committee believes it is extremely important to stress the significance of what are called the social determinants of health in understanding mental illness and in fostering recovery from it. This report focuses on facilitating the recovery of people living with mental illness and addiction. Recovery is not the same as being cured. For many affected individuals, recovery constitutes living a satisfying, hopeful, and productive life even with the limitations caused by mental illness; for others, recovery means the reduction or complete remission of symptions related to mental illness.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (112 p.) : digital file.
Publisher: [Ottawa] : The Committee, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 29, 2006). Chair: Michael J.L. Kirby; Deputy Chair: Wilbert Joseph Keon. "May 2006."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Vision and principles -- Legal issues -- Toward a transformed delivery system -- Children and youth -- Seniors -- Workplace and employment -- Addiction -- Self-help and peer support -- Research -- Telemental health in Canada -- The federal direct role -- First Nations and Inuit -- Federal offenders -- Canadian forces -- Veterans -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- Immigrants and refuges -- Federal public service employees -- Aboriginal peoples of Canada -- Mental health promotion and illness prevention -- National mental health initiatives -- Emmy's story -- The way it is -- The way it should be -- Appendix A: Table of contents of the main report "Out of the shadows at last".
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web (or Internet).