Executive Summary
Mental Health is an area of increasing importance throughout the lifespan across the globe. The Mental Health Community is a space to share resources & connect with others interested in improvements within this area. This article contains links to all our current mental health content and will be updated as new information becomes available. You can use it as a starting place to access other articles, tools and case studies, or you can use the search box by typing in keywords associated with content you are looking for.
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Mental Health and the Determinants of Health
- Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts
- Sex, Gender, and Health
- What are the Determinants of Health?
Anxiety & Depression
- Effectiveness, Feasibility, and acceptance of care management for depression in patients and clinicians
- Antidepressant Skills at Work & Workbook
- Youth Mental Health: Anxiety and Depression Tool
Stress Reduction
- Not Myself Today®
- Healthy Break Activities
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at Hines & Associates
- 5 Healthy Ways for Medical Students to Reduce Stress
Knowledge Translation & Research
- Knowledge Translation Planning Tools for Addiction and Mental Health Researchers
- Profiling Innovative Networks in Chronic Pain & Youth Mental Health
Senior Care
- Report on the Social Isolation of Seniors
- Seniors: Loneliness and Social Isolation
- Social Isolation Among Seniors: An Emerging Issue
- Using a Supported Self-Directed Care Model to Assist At-Risk Informal Caregivers in Improving Toronto Seniors’ Well-Being
Mental Health in the Workplace
- Employers' Guide to a Mentally Healthy Workplace
- Implementing the National Standard on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Roundtable Discussion — Advancing Workplace Mental Health in Healthcare Settings
- Psychological Health & Safety: An Action Guide for Employers
- Guarding Minds @ Work Initial Scan & Survey
- A Mentally Healthy Workforce – It’s Good for Business
- Improving Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace: Critical Analysis and Pragmatic Options
- Healthy Living Program at American Express Canada Creates a Culture of Wellness & ROI
- Workplace Wellness Toolkit
- Worksite Wellness Resource: Creating a Healthier Worksite
- The Business Benefits of Employee Wellness Programs
- The Six Dimensions of Wellness Model
- Markham Stouffville Hospital's Wellness @ Work Pilot Fosters a Healthier Workplace
Medication & Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long Term Care
- Reducing Inappropriate Use of Benzodiazepines and Sedative-hypnotics Among Older Adults in Hospitals
- Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines Improves Care for Patients at Ontario Shores
- How Can Unnecessary Health Care Utilization be Eliminated?
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) KIT
Mental Health in Primary Care & Emergency Medicine
- Integrating Mental Health Services into Primary Health Care
- Clinically Informed Consensus Guidelines for Improved Integration of Primary Care and Mental Health Services in California
- Keeping Your Patients Safe: A Guide to Primary Care Management of Mental Health and Addictions-related Risks and Functional Impairments Tool
- Mental Health and Primary Care Policy Framework
- Improving the Integration of Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care at the Macro Level
- Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Emergency Departments
Safewards
- Norbury House PICU Reduces Conflict and Containment Using SafeWards
- Safewards: a new model of conflict and containment on psychiatric wards
Nursing
- Core Communication Skills in Mental Health Nursing
- Workplace Health, Safety and Well-being of the Nurse
Integration Models
- Evolving Models of Behavioral Health Integration
- Sensory Modulation in Acute Mental Health Wards: A Qualitative Study of Staff and Service User Perspectives
- Integrated Models of Primary Care and Mental Health & Substance Use Care in the Community: A Literature Review & Guiding Document
- How Can Healthcare Be Better Integrated Across Boundaries?
- HERO Health and Well-being Best Practices Scorecard
- M.O.V.E. (Mind Over Violence Everywhere) Workshop Model
Mental Health and Technology
- E-Mental Health in Canada: Transforming the Mental Health System Using Technology
- Using Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Scarborough Hospital to Deliver More Patient-Focused Care
- Evidence Brief: Peer-to-peer social media and impact on health behaviour change in teens and young adults
- Advancing Patient Recovery through an Integrated Electronic Medical Record
- Emerging Idea: Health Out Loud Mobile Health Project Promotes Mental Health Awareness
- Emerging Idea: Ontario's First Mobile Health Unit for Adolescent Health
A number of additional resources may be of interest in our Opioid Crisis Management Community and Care Integration Community.
