Policy Positions

CMHA, Ontario has a respected history of leadership and involvement in promoting mental health, of identifying and formulating policy directions to support persons with mental illness and their families, and of advancing the delivery of community mental health services.

This section of our website provides policy positions prepared by CMHA, Ontario.

To locate historical policy documents prepared by CMHA, Ontario, contact us at info@ontario.cmha.ca.

You can also find related information on CMHA, Ontario submissions responding to policy directions under development by decision-makers.

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1Mental Health Promotion in Ontario: A Call to Action

We have evidence on what leads to positive mental health. Now is the time to take action to decrease the burden of mental illness and assist Ontarians to maintain and improve their mental health.

Saturday, November 15, 2008 

2Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Co-Existing Chronic Physical Conditions and Mental Illnesses

This paper presents a very short summary of the issues related to co-existing physical and mental health conditions described in our discussion paper ("What is the Fit Between Mental Health, Mental Illness and Ontario's Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention and Management?") and outlines 13 recommendations, directed to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the Ministry of Health Promotion, the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), public health units, mental health service providers and other health care professionals, to initiate action to address co-existing chronic physical and mental health conditions.

Friday, August 22, 2008 

3Strategies for Reducing Poverty in Ontario

Poverty has a devastating impact on quality of life and compromises one's ability to secure stabilizing resources needed to maintain positive mental health. Moreso, people with serious mental illness are disproportionately affected by poverty. Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario recommends a comprehensive and coordinated set of strategies to address the pivotal causes of poverty and support the recovery of persons with mental illness. Reducing poverty and taking action to prevent deprivation in essential resources must be a priority in Ontario.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 

4Conducted Energy Weapons (Tasers)

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario is concerned about the use and safety of conducted energy weapons (commonly known as Tasers), as well as the propensity of law enforcement officials to deploy them on people experiencing a mental health crisis or demonstrating signs of emotional distress. This paper gives an overview of the issue, and outlines CMHA Ontario's policy position on conducted energy weapons and makes recommendations regarding their use.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 

5Caring Together: Families as Partners in the Mental Health and Addiction System

A report by the Family Mental Health Alliance, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs, which identifies both the contributions and needs of families. The report makes recommendations for developing policies, services and initiatives that enhance the contribution of families and offer families greater support.

Thursday, November 16, 2006 

6A Strong Provincial Focus for the Addictions and Mental Health Sector in Ontario

A paper prepared jointly by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, and the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs.

Thursday, July 28, 2005 

7Consumer/Survivor Initiatives: Impact, Outcomes and Effectiveness

Consumer/Survivor Initiatives (CSIs) play a critical, yet undervalued, role in Ontario’s mental health system. This paper shows that CSIs are active in communities across Ontario, illustrates how evidence-based research has proven their value and effectiveness, demonstrates that CSIs face significant challenges related to insufficient recognition and inadequate funding, and makes recommendations that will address these challenges and will ensure a continuing role for CSIs within a transformed health care system in Ontario.

Thursday, March 31, 2005 

8Home Care Sector and Mental Health Project Report

The Home Care Sector and Mental Health Project is a collaborative initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association National Office (CMHA National), CMHA Ontario and Health Canada. One of six projects funded through VOICE in Health Policy, this project engaged diverse stakeholders from across the country in a consultation process designed to develop a set of policy options for the Federal Government around the integration of home care and community mental health.

Saturday, September 25, 2004 

9Un nouveau regard sur le rétablissement

Dans plusieurs provinces et territoires, le rétablissement est devenu le principe directeur du réseau de la santé mentale. Alors que la littérature se réfère régulièrement à un ' modèle ' de rétablissement, aucun modèle défini n'est en application.

Monday, April 07, 2003 

10Recovery rediscovered

In Ontario, nine regional implementation task forces have adopted recovery as the guiding principle for the reform of the mental health system. While recovery literature refers repeatedly to a recovery 'model,' there is currently no defined model in practice. This paper, 'Recovery rediscovered,' offers 30 recommendations for both quantitative and qualitative changes in the mental health system.

Friday, March 28, 2003 

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