The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, will establish national benchmarks for access to psychiatric treatment in rural and remote areas.
The Canadian Medical Association, in collaboration with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, will establish national benchmarks for access to psychiatric treatment in rural and remote areas.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to recommend the basket of medically necessary services required by mentally ill patients be reimbursed by federal/provincial/territorial health plans to support treatment and recovery.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to recommend the basket of medically necessary services required by mentally ill patients be reimbursed by federal/provincial/territorial health plans to support treatment and recovery.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian physicians and their organizations to work together to transform patient care for people with mental illnesses through a strategy, including but not limited to:
a) fighting the stigma that exists in our own profession and physician organizations;
b) advocating for parity of allocation of resources toward the continuum of mental health care and research;
c) promoting an evidence-based mental health system anchored on:
- strong primary care networks,
- community-based care,
- team-based and multidisciplinary care in a public system,
- adequate social policy supports such as housing and income, and
- the involvement of primary care and specialist physicians in the planning processes.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian physicians and their organizations to work together to transform patient care for people with mental illnesses through a strategy, including but not limited to:
a) fighting the stigma that exists in our own profession and physician organizations;
b) advocating for parity of allocation of resources toward the continuum of mental health care and research;
c) promoting an evidence-based mental health system anchored on:
- strong primary care networks,
- community-based care,
- team-based and multidisciplinary care in a public system,
- adequate social policy supports such as housing and income, and
- the involvement of primary care and specialist physicians in the planning processes.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to include in their curricula material related to the deleterious effect of negative stereotyping of Aboriginal peoples suffering from mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to include in their curricula material related to the deleterious effect of negative stereotyping of Aboriginal peoples suffering from mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
