A Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Editorial Board

Paula Stewart, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada

Tom Lips, Healthy Communities Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada

Carl Lakaski, Healthy Communities Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada

Phil Upshall, The Moods Disorders Society of Canada

Contributors

Lyn Brousseau, Pharmacist, Manager, Drug Utilization and Mental Health, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Marc Hamel, Chief - Canadian Community Health Survey, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada

Joel Paris, MD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

George Tasca, PhD, Research and Clinical Coordinator of the Eating Disorders Program, Ottawa Hospital

Reviewers

Donald Addington, MBBS, MRCPsych, FRCPC, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Head, Calgary Health Region, Regional Clinical Department of Psychiatry

Pam Forsythe, MD, FRCPC, Community Mental Health Services, St. John New Brunswick, and Canadian Psychiatric Association

Francine Knoops, Director, Professional Affairs, Canadian Psychiatric Association

Stan Kutcher, MD, FRCPC, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University

Paul Links, MC, FRCPC, Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies; Professor of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Allison Malcolm, Healthy Communities Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada

Neasa Martin, Neasa Martin & Associates, Mental Health Professional and Consumer/Family Advocate

Bonnie Pape, MEd, MES, Director of Programs and Research, Canadian Mental Health Association National Office

Remi Quirion, Scientific Director, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

John Service, PhD, Executive Director, Canadian Psychological Association

Wendy Steinberg, MSW, Policy and Research Associate, Canadian Mental Health Association National Office

Gustavo Turecki MD, PhD, Douglas Hospital, McGill University

Production Team

Research, writing and production by:

Shirley Bryan, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada

Leslie Anne Campbell, Dalhousie University

Lori Dunbar, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada

Scott Ogilvie, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada

Paul Sales, Douglas Consulting

Paula Stewart, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada

Data analysis by Geoffroy Scott and Peter Walsh, Chronic Disease Prevention Division, Centre for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Control, Health Canada

Scientific and Multimedia Services, Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada

Paul Sales, Douglas Consulting, editing and layout

Special Thanks

We would like to acknowledge the special contribution by Phil Upshall of The Mood Disorders Society of Canada in championing this project and facilitating the dissemination of the report in Canada.

The Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Pfizer Canada Inc., and Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc. have generously contributed to the printing of the report.

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