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Author Davis, Simon, 1956-

Title Community mental health in Canada : theory, policy and practice / Simon Davis
Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 362 pages)
Contents 1 The impact of psychiatric disorders; 2 Nature and nurture: explanatory models in psychiatry; 3 Mental disorders: classification and criteria; 4 Stakeholders; 5 Deinstitutionalization and regionalization; 6 "Best practices" and evidence-based interventions; 7 The system: mental health programs in Canada; 8 Housing; 9 The interface with the criminal justice system;10 Assessment and medical management;11 Education, skills training, and cognitive-behavioural approaches; 12 Rehabilitation and recovery; 13 The legal and ethical context of mental health practice; 14 Diversity and cultural competence
Summary Annotation In Canada, at least 5 percent of the population suffers from a serious, persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While recent years have seen many changes and improvements in the way we respond to the needs of mentally ill persons, there remain divisions of opinion among stakeholder groups about the way mental health services are delivered. Community Mental Health in Canada offers a timely, critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada, looking at where we have come from, the current situation, and where we may be heading. Concise, yet comprehensive, coverage includes: - the prevalence and impact of mental illness in Canada - the complementary and conflicting interests of stakeholder groups, such as mental health professionals, clients, families, government, and drug companies - current and developing initiatives in treatment, rehabilitation, housing, and criminal justice programs - the clinical benefits and costs of particular interventions, among them pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioural treatments - the recovery model - diversity and cultural competence - the legal and ethical basis of mental health practice, particularly as it applies to the use of coercion and involuntary treatment Community Mental Health in Canada fills a gap in the literature in its analysis of both clinical mental health practice as well as the structural context within which it is situated. An indispensable resource for students, practitioners, and policymakers, it also is essential reading for all those interested in how services are provided to our most vulnerable citizens
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-356) and index
Notes English
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Subject Community mental health services -- Canada
Mental health policy -- Canada
Mentally ill -- Care -- Canada
Medical policy.
Mental illness.
Health Policy
Mental Disorders
mental disorders.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
Mental illness
Medical policy
Community mental health services
Mental health policy
Mentally ill -- Care
SUBJECT Canada https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002170
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006445099
ISBN 077481280X
9780774812801
9780774855075
077485507X
1282741039
9781282741034
9786612741036
6612741031