Canadian Mental Health Model

Mental health is a term used to describe a person’s psychological state in regards to their emotional and behavioural performance. Those considered with good mental health are thus satisfactory in their psychological state and are able to function normally without any emotional or behavioural barriers. Likewise, those with poor mental health or those diagnosed with other mental illnesses and disorders are at an unsatisfactory state and are unable to function as optimally as those with good mental health. Mental health may also encompass neurological, mental and addiction disorders. Currently, there are over 450 million people suffering from mental health disorders,

Mental Health America contributes to the successful management of health care resources. Mental Health America wants our nation’s schools, businesses, health care systems to have knowledge and resources they need to respond to the mental health of their constituencies and achieve their missions. Americans to afford prescription drugs and treatment for there diseases.

Good health is both physical and mental combined, when one of the citizens have become ill it is my duty to identify whether it is physical or mental and make the choice of which process to follow, guiding them to make the best decision for themselves ensuring they have the right information about the illness, treatment and options around the care in the community. It is also my duty to contact a citizens Community mental health team (CMHT) if they are displaying signs of relapse because, as experienced, if a citizen is relapsing then their decision making is impacted and can often put themselves at risk due to their vulnerability; therefore it is important that all professionals involved in their treatment, plan for the citizens to

Numerous people suffer from mental illness’ around the world, for instance, it is estimated that 1 in 5 Canadians will experience at least one mental illness in their lives. Being one of those millions, Jenny Lawson was diagnosed with both, depression and social anxiety, at an early age of 28. after she had left her job at Human Resources for a small corporation when she was pregnant with her child. Consequently, this lead to

The Canadian Mental Association says in any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. Among people that have died from suicide, it’s been estimated that 90% were experiencing a problem with mental health or illness. Yet nearly 60% of people under 25 who’ve receives treatment for mental illness report facing stigma and discrimination. Both of which been shown to be serious barriers to

- This is the step people with mental illness first go to. This is the easy way to find mental health and wellbeing information, as well as support and services.

Mental health disorders are highly prevalent in most of the countries and account of a large proportion of disease burden. In recent years, many countries have made the prevention of mental health disorders top priority, given the economic burden associated with the mental health disorders. Canadians seeking assistance for mental health problems face lengthy waiting lists for all most all mental health services. This contributes to over-crowding in emergency rooms and to resources wasted when problems become worse or people wait for service not appropriate to their needs. Delay in to service have had led to costly no-shows in many community mental health service providers and family service agencies. With limited resources mental service providers

Many know that Canada has a universal health, but they don’t fully understand the aspects of their health care system and how it works for them. Canada’s health care system is based around the Canada Health Act and aims to provide care for all medical necessary health services. With it being a universal health system it allow all citizens access to health care and that also means that it is publicly funded system. There has been many challenges that Canada has faces with the universal health system, but are continuing to find ways to improve their system for their citizens. As with any other countries health system there are pros and cons. Canada has found a system that work for them and they citizen and are continuing to ensure that their

The Canada Health Act is a federal legislation enacted in 1984, delineating the terms of the Canadian universal health care system and what provinces must comply with in order to receive federal funding. It is important to point out that, although some of the funding and policies regulating the nation’s health care are provided by the federal government, it does not constitute a one-size-fits-all approach. Each of Canada’s ten provinces has the authority to regulate health care within their own jurisdiction; therefore, what’s efficient in one section of the country is not necessarily how things are done on the other side of the country. This essay focuses on general applicable principles which have been common denominators when it comes to discussing Canada’s health care system.

Policies have an important role in regulating and shaping the values in a society. The issues related to mental health are not only considered as personal but also affecting the relationships with significant others. The stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health can be traced to the lack of legislation and protection of rights (Rodriguez del Barrio et al., 2014). The policy makers in mental health have a challenging task to protect the rights of individuals as well as the public (Swigger & Heinmiller, 2014). Therefore, it is essential to analyse the current mental health policies. In Canada, provinces adopt their own Mental Health Acts (MHA) to implement mental health services. As of January 15, 2016, there are 13 mental health acts in Canada (Gray, Hastings, Love, & O’Reilly, 2016). The key elements, despite the differences in laws, are “(1) involuntary admission criteria, (2) the right to refuse treatment, and (3) who has the authority to authorize treatment” (Browne, 2010). The current act in Ontario is Mental Health Act, 1990.

Whether a country has a well-established social welfare and a complete health care system is an important symbol to illustrate its peace and well development. Canada 's health care system is considered as one of the best health care systems in the world. This system based on the people- oriented medical insurance concept. The starting point is to cure the sickness and to save the patient, regardless of their economic capacity. Also the Medical insurance has a lifetime effect and is completely transferred with person’s place of residence.

Mental health is defined as an individual’s optimal care in managing the stress of everyday life, through their own unique approach and can efficiently and successfully make vital contribution within the community they live in (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, 2013). Since a break in a person’s optimal mental state affects not only the individual but society, it is important to understand what it means to have a break in one’s state of mental health and the different categories that is associated with mental illness. Focus will also be paid to why there is a need for the reformation of the mental health act in Canada; the social determinants that is associated with mental health and their contribution to society’s health’s. Finally, focus also need to be placed on how mental health is being promoted to society the stigma generally associated with it.

Access to mental health care is not as good as than other forms of medical services. Some Americans have reduced access to mental health care amenities because they are living in a countryside setting. Others cannot get to treatment for the reason of shortage of transportation or vast work and household tasks. In some areas, when a

Community mental health is a prominent area of social work both in Canada as well as in India even though there are remarkable differences and similarities. The use of services and the factors determining the mental health usage too are different according to the culture, geography, sociological aspects, communities involved, immigrant population as well as differences in ethnicities. In Canada each province has different system for the community services but the sector is publically funded. There is variation in the intensity of community service uses due to various reasons and the non-European community uses the services the least in Canada (Whitley, Kirmayer, & Groleau, 2006). As an experienced helping professional from India, I experience numerous challenges when practicing my profession especially in community mental health service sector. The reorientation in social work knowledge which I learned from Canada is special when bench marking with the Indian social work education. Anti-oppression is redefining the entire perception and it is

Department of Health (2014) has recently applied focus towards the promotion of mental health as a key initiative for healthcare to resist discrimination against individuals and groups with mental health issues and promote social inclusion.