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Mental Health Promotion For People With Mental Illness - A Discussion Paper

  • Bonnie Pape, Canadian Mental Health Association
  • Jean-Pierre Galipeault, The Empowerment Connection

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For Mental Health Promotion Unit of The Public Health Agency of Canada - April 2002

Please note that this document was published by Health Canada prior to the announcement of the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada on September 24, 2004. Any reference to Health Canada should be assumed to be to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

  • The Issue
  • Who The Authors Are
  • Acknowledgments

Part One: Concepts

  • Definitions
  • Mental Health Promotion
  • Mental Health and Illness and Related Terms

Existing Models

Models Pertaining to Health in General

  • Health Promotion
  • Population Health
  • Sense of Coherence
  • Psychological Well-Being

Models Pertaining to Mental Illness

  • The Two-Continuum Model
  • The Bio/Psycho/Social Approach to Mental Illness
  • The CMHA Knowledge Resource Base
  • The CMHA Community Resource Base
  • The Effort Spectrum in Mental Health:
  • Recovery
  • Resiliency

A Mental Health Promotion Model

Part Two: Strategies

  • Boundaries
  • Health Promoting Strategies
  • Creating Supportive Environments
  • Strengthening Community Action/Advocating for Change .
  • Building Individual Skills
  • Reorienting Health Services
  • Developing Healthy Public Policy

Program Examples

Creating Supportive Environments

  • Higher Education (CMHA National, 1993-2002)
  • Inclusion in Community (CMHA National, 1993)

Strengthening Community Action; Advocating for Change

  • Mental Health Consumers In Action project (National Network for Mental Health and the Self-Help Connection, Nova Scotia, 2000)
  • Consumer-Led Education and Action for Reform project, (CMHA NS Division,1995)

Building Individual Skills, Strengthening Community Action

  • Ontario Peer Development Initiative (1991 - present)
  • The Self-Help Connection, Nova Scotia (1987)

Reorienting Services

  • Salmon Arm, Adult Mental Health System Progress Report (CMHA BC Division,1998)

Creating Healthy Public Policy

  • The Mental Health Commission of New Brunswick
  • Early Intervention

Recommendations for the Federal Government

  • Creating Supportive Environments
  • Strengthening Community Action/Advocating for Change .
  • Building Individual Skills
  • Reorienting Health Services
  • Developing Healthy Public Policy

Conclusion and Moving Forward

  • Moving Forward

Appendix A

Tools And Strategies For Mental Health Promotion

  1. Consultation guide
  2. Evaluation Protocols
  3. Self-help/Mutual Aid Group Development and Clearinghouse Models
  4. Steps for Developing a Cross-Sectoral Community Inclusion Project
  5. Outline for a National Forum on Mental Health Promotion for People With Mental Illness
  6. Report Card/Discussion Guide on Mental Health Promotion

Appendix B

References