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

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