[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: [New post] Clearing the air on the basic status of mental health and addictions care in Canada

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[image: Site logo image] Bill Dare posted: "What ever your view on the
weakness’, strengths and follies of adult psychiatry, David Gratzer’s
https://davidgratzer.com/ article  A crisis of neglect: How society can
help those with mental illness address’ the current status of care
services, the need " Social & Health Practice Ottawa
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Clearing
the air on the basic status of mental health and addictions care in Canada
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Bill Dare

Jul 16

What ever your view on the weakness’, strengths and follies of adult
psychiatry, *David Gratzer’s* https://davidgratzer.com/ article  *A crisis
of neglect: How society can help those with mental illness *address’ the
current status of care services, the need to address the social
determinants of health, along with involuntary treatment initiatives for
mental health and addictions in Canada.

Its all been said before but to his credit the doctor’s plain speaking
assessment brings us to the basics of adult mental and addictions health
care.  This article makes it less easy for the neglect to be nudged aside
by government news releases of their newest programs.  But what made me sit
up was his concluding section, it shifts our view from an individual’s
recovery to what surrounds them in their community.

… Dr. Thomas Insel, a psychiatrist, led the U.S. National Institute for
Mental Health (NIMH), the largest funder of mental-health research in the
world, for 13 years. He’s advised American presidents and overseen
US$20-billion of funding. He marvels at the incredible advancement in
scientific knowledge when it comes to mental disorders. But he also sees
deep problems. In a recent conversation, he explains: “In the years I was
at NIMH, the suicide rate in the United States went up 30 per cent, and
overdose death went up 300 per cent. The numbers of people with serious
mental illness who were working, who were housed, who were not
incarcerated, all those numbers went down, not up.”

How to address our current problems? He talks about the advice he received
from a psychiatrist who works with the homeless. “‘If you really want to
make a difference, stop thinking about diagnosis and symptoms, start
thinking about recovery.” He said, ‘it’s simple. It’s just the three P’s.’
And I thought: Prozac, Paxil or psychotherapy. He said, ‘No, it’s people,
place, and purpose. Social support, a decent environment with housing and
food and things that help people to prosper, and people will have to have
something to live for.’” …

*Here is the article*:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-crisis-of-neglect-how-society-can-help-those-with-mental-illness/

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