Mental Illness Awareness Week 2016 focuses on learning about the:
• The signs and symptoms mental disorders and how to get help
• Overcoming stigma
• The impact of mental illness on lives, families, workplaces and society
See below for some research resources!
Farm to Cafeteria Canada
• The Benefits of Gardening and Food Growing for Health and Wellbeing
• http://www.farmtocafeteriacanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GrowingHealth_BenefitsReport.pdf
John Howard Society (Canada)
• Unlocking Change: Decriminalizing Mental Health Issues in Ontario
• http://www.johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Unlocking-Change-Final-August-2015.pdf
Library of Parliament Canada (Canada)
• Current Issues in Mental Health in Canada: The Economic Impact of Mental Illness
• http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/ResearchPublications/2013-87-e.pdf
MIND for better mental health (UK)
• How to Support Staff Who are Experiencing a Mental Health Problem
• http://www.mind.org.uk/media/550657/resource4.pdf
National Academies Press (US)
• Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change
• https://www.nap.edu/read/23442/chapter/1
Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health (Canada)
• Taking Action on Health Equity and Diversity: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Children, Youth and Families New to Canada
• http://www.excellenceforchildandyouth.ca/sites/default/files/policy_newcomer_cymh.pdf
Public Health Agency of Canada (Canada)
• Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System: Mental Illness in Canada, 2015
• http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/publications/diseases-conditions-maladies-affections/mental-illness-2015-maladies-mentales/index-eng.php
National Institute of Clinical Evidence (NICE) (UK)
• Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health: Clinical Management and Service Guidance
• https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg192?unlid=805628487201622535316
Statistics Canada (Canada)
• Health at a Glance: the Impact of Mental health Problems on Family Members
• http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-624-x/2015001/article/14214-eng.pdf
Time to Change (UK)
• 300 Voices Toolkit
• http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/sites/default/files/TtC A5 Booklet_0.pdf
World Health Organization (WHO)
• Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority World Bank Group/World Health Organization
• http://www.who.int/mental_health/advocacy/wb_background_paper.pdf
Search for even more resources at Portico: Canada’s Mental Health and Addiction Network
https://www.porticonetwork.ca/
and see the CAMH Library guide Mental Illness and Addiction: Information & Finding Help
http://guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/CAMH/MentalHealthInformationGuide