Clearing a path to mental health:
How can we improve access to effective mental healthcare services?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 6 p.m.
O Patro VYS
356 Mont-Royal East, Montreal, Quebec
Please RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
One in five people will suffer from some form of mental illness during their lifetime, but how many of them will get the help they need? Many obstacles can block the path to accessing effective mental healthcare services. The lack of public funding for common treatments, the lack of integration among mental healthcare services and the stigma surrounding mental illness are just some of the barriers that people must break through to access mental healthcare services.
How can we better identify and eliminate these barriers? How do these obstacles differ according to the type of mental illness? What can we do to empower people to seek out treatment? How can we help people navigate the complex maze of mental healthcare services? And how can we eliminate the stigma that many people, including healthcare providers, associate with mental illness? Join us to share your thoughts and hear what experts in health services and mental health research have to say.
This free event is presented by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Experts:
Mr. Guy Latraverse
President
Revivre
Dr. Alain Lesage
Psychiatrist, Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin
Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and University of Montreal
Dr. Louise Nadeau
Full Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Montreal
Dr. Eric Latimer
Researcher
Douglas Institute
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
McGill University
Moderator:
Mr. André Picard
Public health reporter, The Globe and Mail
(Presentations will be in French only)
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