Supporting & Advancing Recovery in Mental Health Care

OCE Advancing Health Partnering ForumMay 8, 2015

Mental Health Facts

Mental Health Facts

• Of those who need mental health services in Canada actually receive them1/3

• Of Canadians aged 15-24 die by suicide annually. It is the second leading cause of death for the age group.1/4

• Of childhood cases of mental health problems can be addressed through early diagnosis and interventions. 70%

• Children in Ontario have a serious mental illness.500,000• Of adults don’t know the signs of significant mental

health problems in children and youth.40%

Open Minds, Health Minds: Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health & Addictions Strategy

1.• Improve mental health and well-being for all Ontarians

2.• Create healthy, resilient, inclusive communities

3.• Identify mental health and addictions problems early

and intervene

4.• Provide timely, high quality, integrated, person-directed

health and other human services

Mental Health Innovation Bootcamp

One of our biggest challenges is that mental health and addictions services are fragmented, spread across several ministries and offered in a variety of care settings.

Critical Issues Facing Mental Health Organizations

Early intervention & assessment

Coordination of services &

communication is challenging

Patients owning their own illness

Problem Statement

There is no standardized way to collect, maintain, and

share patients’ recovery goals to support their treatment

What is Recovery in Mental Health?

How can we standardize collection & sharing of the patient’s recovery goals to

support treatment?

Patient & Recovery

Goals

Hospitals

Community Supports

Primary Care

Natural Supports

Contacts

Simone PapernickPatient Care Manager, Mental Health ProgramMackenzie HealthSimone.papernick@mackenziehealth.ca

Sanaz RiahiDirector, Professional Practice & Clinical InformationOntario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciencesriahis@ontarioshores.ca