Community mental health in Canada : theory, policy, and practice

Davis, Simon 1956- (Author).

Summary: "When it was first published in 2006, Community Mental Health in Canada was hailed as a much-needed critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada. Comprehensive in scope, its coverage included: The prevalence and impact of mental illness in Canada; The complementary and conflicting interests of stakeholder groups, such as mental health professionals, clients, families, governments, and drug companies; Strengths and limitations of models of care and practice approaches; Current and developing initiatives in treatment, rehabilitation, housing, and criminal justice programs; The clinical benefits and costs of particular interventions; The legal and ethical basis of mental health practice. This much-awaited new edition of the book has been substantially revised and expanded to include: A deeper discussion of stigma, the recovery vision, the pharmaceutical industry, the assessment process, and mental health law; New topics, such as the two-continua model of mental health/mental illness, rural mental health, and prevention and health promotion; Recent developments stemming from recommendations of the 2006 Senate report on mental health, including the creation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada in 2007 and its influential national mental health strategy released in 2012. This book fills a gap in the literature in its analysis of both clinical mental health practice and the structural context within which it is situated. Accessibly written and highly informative, it is an indispensable resource for students, practitioners, and policymakers, as well as service recipients, their families, and interested members of the public". -- Book sleeve.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774826990 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: xxiii, 520 pages ; 23 cm.
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Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [448]-500) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Frames of reference -- Mental illness and mental health -- Explanatory models -- Models of care -- Priorities and needs: Who is being helped? -- Determining program eligibility -- Help-seeking and perceived need -- Illness burden and prevention -- The impact of mental illness -- The aging population -- Interventions -- Challenges -- Stigma -- Self-stigma and identity -- Public attitudes -- Violence and mental illness -- Stigma from health professionals -- Anti-stigma initiatives -- The recovery vision -- Measuring and evaluating recovery -- Concerns and critique -- Culture -- Demographics -- Culture and mental health -- Immigration -- Aboriginal peoples -- Culturally sensitive services -- Practitioners, clients, and family members -- Practitioners -- Practitioner duties -- Professional imperialism? -- Clients -- Families -- The drug companies -- Profits and costs -- Disease mongering? -- Product promotion -- Evidence base -- Responses -- Reforming mental health: Deinstitutionalization and beyond -- The asylums -- Deinstitutionalization -- Challenges and responses -- The political profile of mental health -- The Kirby report and the mental health commission -- The evidence base and "best practices" -- Evidence from experimental designs -- Evidence from research in the field -- Evaluation research and performance indicators -- Recovery-oriented research -- Participatory research -- Knowledge exchange -- Best practices revisited -- The continuum of mental health services -- Family doctors and shared care -- Gaining access to services: "no wrong door" and centralized intake -- Case management -- Crisis response -- Early intervention programs -- Programs for persons with co-occurring disorders -- Rural mental health and telehealth -- Day hospitals -- Assertive community treatment -- Acute home-based treatment -- Hospital programs -- The non-profit sector -- Housing -- Homelessness -- "Housing first" -- Mental health housing models -- The interface with the criminal justice system -- Criminalization -- The role of the police -- Diversion -- Fitness to stand trial -- Bail and probation -- Court programs -- The forensic system -- Assessment and diagnosis -- Clinical assessment -- Suicide assessment -- Violence risk assessment -- Functional and needs assessment -- A strengths perspective -- Assessments through a cultural lens -- Diagnosis and the DSM -- Medical management -- Lab tests -- Psychotropic medication -- Other physical treatments -- Educational skills training, and cognitive-behavioural approaches -- Education and skills training -- Group delivery -- The trans-theoretical model and motivational interviewing -- Cognitive-behavioural therapies -- Service provision -- Occupation -- Personal life -- Employment -- Peer initiatives -- Mental illness in the workplace -- Education -- The legal and ethical context of mental health practice -- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Provincial mental health acts and involuntary hospitalization -- Competency and adult guardianship -- Mental disorder and the criminal code -- Ethical decision making -- Afterword: Lessons learned and future challenges -- References -- Index.