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Older adults

Summary: Guidelines for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada

Purpose Mental health and well-being are as important in older age as in other times of life. That is one reason the Mental Health Commission ...
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Compendium of Good Practices for Improving Seniors Mental Health in Canada

Introduction In 2011, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) published Guidelines for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada (Guidelines). Since then, ...
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Transforming Healthcare Organizations

Working in healthcare comes with unique rewards and equally unique risks. Staff working in the healthcare sector are more likely to miss work due to ...
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Advancing the Evolution – Insights into the State of e-Mental Health Services in Canada

Purpose Despite the widespread prevalence of mental health problems and illnesses, it is estimated that fewer than one-third of Canadians affected by them will seek ...
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Scoping Review of Current Literature on Post-Secondary Mental Health

In the grey and institutional literature, a number of themes for improving post-secondary student mental health emerge: 1. There is a need to create a ...
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Measuring Progress: Resources for Developing a Mental Health and Addiction Performance Measurement Framework for Canada

Over the last few decades, more and more countries have come to recognize the immense impact of mental health problems and illnesses — including addiction ...
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A Clear Business Case for Hiring Aspiring Workers

Background The value of quality employment for the maintenance and improvement of mental health for all people is clear andwidely understood. Employment not only provides ...
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Leveraging Technology to Address Mental Health and Substance Use in Canada: Meeting Summary Report

Purpose People with lived experience of mental health and substance use, policy‑makers, researchers, and service providers, have identified the potential of technology-based interventions (TBI) to ...
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Sustaining Implementation of the Workplace Standard: One-year follow-up study with Case Study Research Project participants

On average, the 25 participating organizations sustained their level of implementation of the Standard overall, including each of the 5 Elements over the one-year follow-up, ...
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