Author : Soma Ganesan,Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Mentally ill
ISBN : 1897268114
Establishing Collaborative Initiatives Between Mental Health and Primary Care Services for Ethnocultural Populations by Soma Ganesan,Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative Pdf
This document is part 4 of a series of twelve toolkits. This toolkit has been developed to assist health care providers, managers, consumers and community services interested in developing and implementing collaborative mental health care initiatives, primarily through the integration of specialized services in primary health care settings. It offers practical advice on different aspects of establishing a successful collaborative initiative from identifying need to evaluation and includes checklists, work pages and resources. It may be used by individuals or groups interested in starting an initiative "from scratch" or wishing to change or expand an existing initiative. It is not intended as a guide to clinical practice or management. It has has eight companion toolkits, each of which looks at issues to consider when planning, implementing and evaluating collaborative mental health care initiatives involving eight specific populations: Aboriginal peoples, children and adolescents, ethnocultural communities, rural and isolated communities, seniors, individuals with serious mental illness, individuals with substance use disorders, and urban, marginalized populations.