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Experiences of mental health issues
Recommendation 65:
Zero Ceiling is a promising practice that has integrated employment and housing to help bridge youth out of homelessness into a sense of purpose. They provide mental health support and a strong recreation component that helps youth thrive in wellness.
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Recommendation 27:
Youth should be provided access to free family counseling if they want to return home.
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Recommendation 98:
Women with lived experience need to be included in any collaborative initiatives around violence, mental health and substance use in the lives of women. (p.20)
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Recommendation 36:
We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to work with Aboriginal communities to provide culturally relevant services to inmates on issues such as substance abuse, family and domestic violence, and overcoming the experience of having been sexually abused.
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Recommendation 19:
We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal peoples, to establish measurable goals to identify and close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, and to publish annual progress reports and assess longterm trends. Such efforts would focus on indicators such as: infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life expectancy, birth rates, infant and child health issues, chronic diseases, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of appropriate health services.
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Recommendation 2:
We ask that the minister specify priorities, goals and objectives for police collaboration with community-based crisis response services, focusing on least restrictive, lowest cost strategies that start with the input of people with lived and living experience.
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Recommendation 1:
In order to ensure adequate and effective policing and law enforcement, the Ministry must have data to show how policing and law enforcement is performing related to mental health crises. If there is a crisis healthcare gap marked by police over-involvement in mental health crisis, it will appear as:
- High rates of police involvement in people accessing first-time mental health support
- High rates of arrest and/or incarceration of individuals with mental health challenges,
- High rates of police apprehending individuals for psychiatric evaluations in which the individual does not meet the criteria for hospital admission
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Recommendation 36:
Utilize First Nations healing knowledge and link this in with support to help youth get connected to the land, nature and community.
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Recommendation 3:
Upholding children’s rights requires the creation of an environment in which all children feel empowered to participate in legal proceedings that affect them, regardless of their circumstances
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Recommendation 363:
Treatment for Assaultive Men: Develop and implement domestic violence training for other treatment services that assaultive men are likely to access, including addiction services, aboriginal justice services, and mental health services. (p.2)
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