Common Ground: The Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative

Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
12 February 2007

Abstract

Background: As one of 12 participating national health associations, Dietitians of Canada (DC) endorsed the Charter Principles and Commitments created by the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative (CCMHI). The Chair of the DC Board of Directors signed the Charter, committing DC to work collaboratively to uphold the Principles and actively endorse the Commitments.
Achievements: The Initiative's vision, making mental health care work – new places, new partners, new hope, provided the Steering Committee with a clear direction. The CCMHI Charter Principles cover promotion and prevention, a holistic approach, collaboration, partnership, respect, information exchange, and resources. In addition to the Charter, the CCMHI has produced a series of 12 toolkits and research papers. The toolkits are practical pieces that also contain ideas and other information. Dietitians of Canada has developed a toolkit that examines the dietitian's role in primary health care mental health programs. A set of reviews of the practice of collaborative mental health care in Canada covers a wide range of issues, from the attributes of effective collaborative care to a discussion of the barriers to collaboration.
Conclusion: Communications between the 12 member organizations are ongoing, and the organizations await the establishment of the Canadian Mental Health Commission, which is expected to be up and running in fall 2006.

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Historique: Étant l'une des 12 organisations membres en matière de santé, les Diététistes du Canada (DC) ont appuyé les principes et engagements de la Charte élaborée par l'Initiative canadienne de collaboration en santé mentale (ICCSM). La présidente du Conseil d'administration des DC a signé la Charte, engageant ainsi les DC à travailler en collaboration pour défendre les principes et approuver activement les engagements.
Réalisations: Le projet de l'Initiative – donner aux soins en santé mentale de nouveaux milieux, de nouveaux partenaires, un nouvel espoir – a fourni au Comité directeur une orientation claire. Les principes de la Charte de l'ICCSM prônent la promotion et la prévention, une approche holistique, la collaboration, le partenariat, le respect, l’échange d'information et l'allocation de ressources. En plus de la Charte, l'ICCSM a produit 12 trousses et des articles scientifiques. Les trousses sont des outils pratiques qui renferment aussi des idées et d'autres renseignements. Les DC ont conçu une trousse qui met en valeur le rôle du diététiste dans les programmes de soins de santé primaires en santé mentale. Des articles sur les soins de santé mentale dispensés en collaboration au Canada traitent d'une vaste gamme de sujets allant des caractéristiques de la collaboration efficace en matière de soins jusqu’à un exposé des obstacles à la collaboration.
Conclusion: Les discussions entre les 12 organisations membres sont en cours et celles-ci attendent la création et la mise en oeuvre de la Commission canadienne de la santé mentale prévues pour l'automne 2006.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Volume 67Number S1September 2006
Pages: S9 - S13

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Version of record online: 12 February 2007

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Linda Dietrich, MEd, RD
Dietitians of Canada, Toronto, ON

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