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Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: What …

(5 days ago) Many of the individuals encountering the criminal justice system who are also struggling with mental illness have been failed by other community supports (no housing, no employment opportunities, no readily accessible treatment providers), and then they are thrown into a system that is ill-equipped to … See more

https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-content/uploads/drupal/2020-08/mental_health_and_the_law_evidence_summary_report_eng.pdf

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How social justice and mental health interconnect News …

(8 days ago) WEBIt is tragic that social injustices create suspicion, perpetual self-questioning, despair, and a sense of isolation that can be very difficult to bear, and even loss of life. Social injustices …

https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/how-social-justice-and-mental-health-interconnect

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Brief Mental Health as a Human Right: CMHA’s Vision

(5 days ago) WEBDec 10, 2021. In 2021, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) launched a nationwide strategic plan that articulates its new vision: a Canada where mental health …

https://cmha.ca/brochure/brief-mental-health-as-a-human-right-cmhas-vision/

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Integrating equity and social justice for indigenous …

(5 days ago) WEBThe link between systemic racism towards Indigenous peoples and health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada is well …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-021-01475-6

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Social Determinants of Mental Health: Where We Are and …

(3 days ago) WEBConsidering mental health, the social gradient impacts both risk of disorder and access to services, and consequently improved outcomes. Food insecurity and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181118/

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Mental health services in Canada: Barriers and cost …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Government of Canada’s 2017 $5 billion investment to support increased access to mental health services 1 underlines the importance being placed on the …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0840470420933911

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Justice Canada providing funding to support mental …

(5 days ago) WEBThe training is designed to address jury needs and deliver mental health support directly to jurors in court. A Jury Duty Peer Support group will also be established, providing mental health support, …

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/08/justice-canada-providing-funding-to-support-mental-health-within-the-justice-system.html

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People with mental illness face barriers in justice system, say Sask

(4 days ago) WEBA 2020 report from the Mental Health Commission of Canada found 73 per cent of federally incarcerated men and 79 per cent of women met the criteria for one or …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/justice-system-needs-better-support-mental-illness-1.6909425

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Mental Health in the Context of Canada’s Youth …

(4 days ago) WEBThe goal of this article is to examine several aspects of the intersection be-tween mental health and youth justice in Canadian youth justice policy and practice from a …

https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/98692/1/Mental%20Health_TSpace.pdf

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Ageing and Mental Health in Canada: Perspectives from Law

(Just Now) WEBAn Overview of Mental Health Law and Policy in Canada. Mental health laws and services are provincially regulated through 13 different mental health acts …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12062-022-09389-z

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Towards a Social Justice Framework of Mental Health Recovery

(6 days ago) WEBAbstract. In this paper we set out the context in which experiences of mental distress occur with an emphasis on the contributions of social and structural factors and …

https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SSJ/article/view/1067

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Realizing Human Rights and Equity in Mental Health

(4 days ago) WEBIn the project, Realizing Human Rights and Social Justice in Mental Health we gather information about the lived experiences of coercion and discrimination in mental health …

https://www.socialjusticeinmentalhealth.org/

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Mental Health and Justice - CMHA Toronto

(7 days ago) WEBUndertaken in collaboration with the Mental Health and Justice Safebed Network, CMHA Toronto is leading this evaluation study of short-term residential crisis facilities in …

https://cmhato.org/about-us/our-research/mental-health-and-justice/

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Black youth face barriers in mental health care access: experts

(2 days ago) WEBFante-Coleman, who is speaking at the Saturday conference, said a Canadian study from 2015 showed Black-Caribbean children and youth waited an …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-youth-canada-mental-health-care-access-barriers-1.7194322

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Critical Clinical Social Work and the Neoliberal Constraints on …

(1 days ago) WEBDespite a strong history of social justice–based social work professional education in Canada, there has not been an intentional integration of direct critical …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049731520984531

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Approaches to Addressing Serious Mental Illness in the Canadian

(2 days ago) WEBIndividuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI) are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Key priorities of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s …

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2023-r001/index-en.aspx

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Current Issues in Mental Health in Canada: The Federal Role in …

(1 days ago) WEBTHE FEDERAL ROLE IN MENTAL HEALTH LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT 2 PUBLICATION NO. 2013-76-E areas, including determining fitness to stand trial under the Criminal …

https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/bdp-lop/eb/2013-76-eng.pdf

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Mental Health Promotion - Canada.ca

(7 days ago) WEBPHAC defines positive mental health as "the capacity of each and all of us to feel, think, act in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face. It is a …

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/mental-health/mental-health-promotion.html

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Services 4 — Realizing Human Rights and Equity in Mental Health

(Just Now) WEBRealizing Human Rights and Social Justice in Mental Health is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded research project documenting service …

https://www.socialjusticeinmentalhealth.org/about/

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Social Justice and Women’s Health: A Canadian Perspective

(2 days ago) WEBThe importance of social justice in the field of health has been expressed by Canadians.1 There is an assumption that applying the values and principles of social justice to …

https://cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/diff/ace-women-health/ACEWH_social_justice_womens_health_canada.pdf

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Q&A: Lawyers, judges and law professors share personal struggles …

(9 days ago) WEBThe lawyers come from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and the authors touch on a variety of mental health challenges ranging from depression and …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/q-a-lawyers-judges-and-law-professors-share-personal-struggles-with-mental-health-1.7209795

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Mental health and addictions - justice.gc.ca

(7 days ago) WEBThose suffering from mental illness and addictions are overrepresented in the Criminal Justice System. Often these individuals face other issues that make them …

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/photo/video9.html

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The Impact of Social Justice Issues on Mental Health - NAMI-DAC

(4 days ago) WEBSocial justice issues can have a significant impact on an individual’s mental health. When people are marginalized or discriminated against due to their identity, it …

https://nami-dac.org/the-impact-of-social-justice-issues-on-mental-health/

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When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

(7 days ago) WEBIt was 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2019, in the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison a few hours south of Chicago. Mr. Johnson, 21 and serving a …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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About Adverse Childhood Experiences Adverse Childhood …

(1 days ago) WEBMental health problems. Canada, and the United States. 8. Outcomes. ACEs and associated social determinants of health, such as living in under-resourced …

https://www.cdc.gov/aces/about/index.html

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Dozens more Alberta schools to have mental health support …

(6 days ago) WEBProvince announced $148M over 2 years for CASA Mental Health. The province announced $40 million on Friday to create dozens more mental health support …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-mental-health-classrooms-casa-1.7200767

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New $305 million Austin State Hospital unveiled The Texas Tribune

(2 days ago) WEBState leaders on Wednesday unveiled a new $305 million hospital, part of an $2.5 billion overhaul of the state’s aging psychiatric hospital system. Austin State …

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-psychiatric-hospitals-mental-health/

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BEAM's Black Healing Remixed is back, LA! - ABC7 Los Angeles

(9 days ago) WEBIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Month ABC7 Eyewitness is highlighting the work of BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) in Los Angeles …

https://abc7.com/post/beam-black-healing-remixed-mental-health-family/14821008/

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I learned to push through pain watching my stoic dad on the farm.

(7 days ago) WEBBecky Zimmer is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the University of King's College in Halifax. She grew up on a farm near Annaheim, Sask. …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-farmer-health-1.7199814

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