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Aboriginal Mental Health: ‘What Works Best’ 2001 — Mental health services and programs must be supported by a reform process which recognizes the unique needs of First Nations and other Aboriginal people.
Accountability and Performance Indicators for Mental Health Services and Supports 2001 — This document was prepared for the Federal/ Provincial/Territorial Advisory Network on Mental Health (ANMH). The ANMH has been concerned with promoting evidenced-based decision-making as a key principle in mental health reform.
A Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada 2002
Best Practices: Evidence-Based 2013 — The TDMHSAS through its Best Practices Guidelines supports an evidence-based orientation to practice and expressly adopts the definitions, guiding principles and assumptions promulgated by the APA Task Force on EBPCA and summarized below.
Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment and Management 2009 — The guideline on Borderline Personality Disorder, commissioned by NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) and developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, sets out clear, evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for healthcare staff on how to treat and manage borderline personality disorder.
Branching Out: Greenspace and Conservation on Referral 2009 — There is considerable evidence to suggest that access to, and utilisation of, greenspace can promote and maintain mental health ... The psychological benefits of greenspace have been examined across a range of dependent variables, including psychological restoration of stress, physiological measures, measures of affect (including anger, aggression, and fear) and measures of depressive and anxious symptomotology.
Branching Out Resource Guide Greenspace And Conservation On Referral 2009 — Branching Out is a project offering ecotherapy on referral for people experiencing mental health problems in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. ... Research has shown that natural green spaces boost peoples’ wellbeing and self-esteem by offering a calming and restorative environment.
Collaborative Mental Health Care in Canada — A series of ten papers commissioned by the CCMHI were published that outline the current state of collaborative mental health care from a variety of perspectives.
Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice For Children & Adolescents: a systems approach to enhancing care 2008 — The practice of the psychologist providing EBP to children and adolescents must include partnerships with other providers, cultural responsiveness, a developmental approach, and a socioecological framework.
Don't mind me: adults with mental health problems: a guide for donors and funders 2006 — There are a host of opportunities for donors to help people experiencing mental distress. NPC focused on the following priorities: preventing mental ill health; tackling stigma and discrimination; helping with employment and work-related activity; and improving health services for people with mental health problems.
Emergency Mental Health Educational Manual 2000 — This manual contains the core information necessary for healthcare providers and frontline responders to work within the context of mental health emergencies. Key topics include: management of psychiatric emergencies, psychopharmacology in emergency psychiatry, emergency management of substance abuse related disorders, the confused older adult in the emergency department, legal guidelines, suicide risk assessments, aggressive behaviour risk assessments, and how to understand developmental issues when working with individuals with personality disorders.
Evidence-Based Practice in Rehabilitation: Concepts and Controversies 1996
Evidence Based Practices: Clinical Tools and Interventions
Evidence-based Psychological Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Literature Review 2010 — systematic review of the literature examining the efficacy of a broad range of psychological interventions for the ICD-10 mental disorders has been undertaken to support the delivery of psychological services under government mental health initiatives. Delivery of evidence-based psychological interventions by appropriately trained mental health professionals is seen as best practice
Guide to Services for Young People with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities and Mental Health Problems/ Challenging Behaviour: Technical Document - Chapter 4.6 Literature Review – Learning Disability and Mental Health Services 2007 — The literature has well established that young people with learning disabilities are increasingly likely to develop mental health problems during adolescence, with anxiety, depression, phobias and behavioural difficulties being prominent at this stage of life (Emerson, 2002). However, what is not so well established is the assessment and management of mental health problems in an individual complicated by symptoms of severe learning disability.
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Children’s Mental Health 2005 — Despite widespread acknowledgement that health practitioners need to be informed of the best currently available research evidence, implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) can be a challenge in real-world settings. Considerable recent literature has examined EBP. However, few studies have investigated the implications of EBP for interdisciplinary children’s mental health teams. This report focuses on implementing EBP in children’s mental health.
Improving the Health of Canadians: Exploring Positive Mental Health 2009 — Mental health is generally agreed to be more than just the absence of a mental illness.1 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.
Key Performance Indicators. for Australian Public. Mental Health Services. SECOND EDITION 2011 — This report outlines a performance framework and set of key performance indicators for use in Australia’s public sector mental health services that aim to support benchmarking and guide quality improvement at the level of the mental health service organisation.
Knowledge Exchange for Mental Health 2013 — The purpose of this report is to present an overview of the mental health strategies introduced in recent years by provincial and territorial governments. The document briefly describes the major philosophical and conceptual underpinnings that comprise the foundation of these mental health strategies.
Knowledge Transfer and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Children’s Mental Health 2005 — Children’s Mental Health Ontario is very pleased to take this important first step toward understanding the barriers and facilitators that come into play in the implementation of evidence-based practices in children’s mental health centres in Ontario.
MANUALS FOR EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS 1998
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Mental Health Policies and Programs in Selected Countries 2004 — Canada: The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Interim Report on Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction
Mental Health Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability 2010 — Book - sample chapter. This book is concerned with the evolution of services to meet the mental health needs of people with intellectual disability (ID)
Mental Health Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities July 2011 — We found strong agreement that for services to be good, staff need to have a real interest in the people they support. Staff need good supervision and on-going training and they need to be treated well themselves and protected from lots of paperwork and big workloads.
People with learning disability and mental health, behavioural or forensic problems: the role of in-patient services 2013 — This report sets out the different types of specialist in-patient services that are currently provided, and describes the sort of difficult and challenging circumstances in which such services can be an appropriate intervention for a person with intellectual disability.
Proposed Model for the Delivery of a Mental Health Service for Children with Intellectual Disability 2011 Ireland — This report was completed by the Faculty of Learning Disability Psychiatry to outline current mental health service provision for children in the moderate to severe/profound range of intellectual disability in Ireland and to make recommendations for future service developments.
Psychiatric Survivor Oral Histories: Implications for Contemporary Mental Health Policy 2001 — This study allows psychiatric survivors to describe in their own words their experiences with psychiatry. Because most of the study's participants have more or less "recovered," their stories can tell us much about what is effective and what can be improved in contemporary mental health policy.
Quality indicators for international benchmarking of mental health care 2006 — Objective. To identify quality measures for international benchmarking of mental health care that assess important processes and outcomes of care, are scientifically sound, and are feasible to construct from preexisting data.
Report of the 2005 Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice — Evidence-based practice in psychology is therefore consistent with the past twenty years of work in evidence-based medicine, which advocated for improved patient outcomes by informing clinical practice with relevant research
Research Review of Best Practices for the Provision of Youth Services 2002 — This report identifies elements of “best practice” in service delivery for high-risk youth. “Best practices” are based on the results of a review of current literature related to evidence of program model’s effectiveness. The report also addresses barriers to service delivery affecting the high-risk youth population.
Review of Access to Mental Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Ireland, 2007) — This report contains: A review (type and quantum) of currently available services for persons with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric illness and/or challenging behaviour in Ireland
Shared Decision-Making in Mental Health Care Practice, Research, and Future Directions 2011 — Gives an overview of shared decision-making (SDM), an intervention that enables people to actively manage their own health. Examines research on the effects of SDM in general and mental health care and includes recommendations for advancing SDM in practice.
Strategies to Provide Evidence Based Programs to Improve the Mental Health of Children Involved in Non-Specialty Sectors 2009 — Any Comprehensive approach to children’s mental health must consider all services systems that touch children’s lives especially those like child welfare that provide services to children with high rates of emotional and behavioral disorders. This paper will review what is known about efficacious parent-focused interactions that can improve the lives of children in child welfare and explore possible reasons why such interventions are rarely used by child welfare agencies. Data from a pilot study suggests key features for increasing the implementation of efficacious practices to improve children’s mental health.
The CPA Presidential Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice of Psychological Treatments 2014 — The primary objective was to present an overarching methodology or approach to thinking about EBP so that psychologists can provide and implement the best possible psychological treatments. To this end, our intention for this document was to provide a set of guidelines and standards that will foster interest, encourage development, and promote effectiveness in EBP.
Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic) 2004 — For many studies in the medical literature, clinician readers will be interested in the extent of agreement among multiple observers.
TOWARD RECOVERY & WELL-BEING A Framework for a Mental Health Strategy for Canada 2009 — The development of a mental health strategy is one key vehicle for addressing this situation. In the broadest sense, the mental health system should encompass all those activities that help ensure that everyone living in Canada has the opportunity to achieve the best mental health possible and that they are able to take advantage of that opportunity.
Towards an Understanding of Evidence-Based Practice 2008 — The general aim of the present paper is to offer the reader an overview of the current state of affairs of the evidence-based practice literature which will culminate into areas for future research and professional debate.
Traditional Medicine and Restoration of Wellness Strategies 2009 — This paper will review literature on the topic of traditional medicine and indigenous knowledge as protective factors for at risk Aboriginal populations and communities.
“The Matrix” A Guide to delivering evidence-based Psychological Therapies in Scotland March 2011 — The Matrix is a guide to planning and delivering evidence-based Psychological Therapies within NHS Boards in Scotland. It provides a summary of the information on the current evidence base for various therapeutic approaches, a template to aid in the identification of key gaps in service, and advice on important governance issues.