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Experiences of mental health challenges
Recommendation 9:
Require advanced training in working with people with mental health disabilities for all Mental Health Liaison Officers as well as staff working on mental health and no-violence units, in segregation, and as members of ERTs as a prerequisite for performing these roles. Require regular refresher courses.
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Recommendation 206:
Replace the deemed consent provisions of the Mental Health Act and the consent override provisions of the Healthcare (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act and the Representation Agreement Act with a legislative mechanism that protects and respects the patient’s autonomy in making healthcare decisions and allows the patient to include trusted family members and friends in their treatment and recovery process.
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Recommendation 4:
Relevant public bodies should continue to build additional affordable housing that offers a flexible and progressive range of supports, specifically designed for people with mental health or substance userelated disabilities. For example, a person should have the option to move from a group home with onsite staff to an apartment managed by a local mental health non-profit as their health and if they chose to do so.
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Recommendation 187:
Reframe mental health and addictions services so they mirror Indigenous women’s social and economic realities and aspirations towards healing.
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Recommendation 2:
Recognize that while anti-Chinese and anti-Asian racism happens to anyone who is perceived to be from such a group, adopt a targeted approach based on intersectional equity, to ensure those who are most vulnerable are protected. Evidence from our data suggests specific attention needs to be paid to: seniors, those with limited English fluency, low income individuals, women, frontline workers, individuals without permanent immigration status, LGBTQ+ community members, those facing mental health issues and others.
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Recommendation 64:
Provide youth with personalized support to transition back into the work-place and transition off of government benefits in a stable way. Youth will need support stabilizing mental health and substance use to be successful in future employment opportunities.
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Recommendation 34:
Provide youth with in-house mental health and cognitive assessments, so they are able to access CLBC and other supports in a timely manner.
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Recommendation 38:
Provide health-care and law enforcement professionals with regulated mental health crisis and de-escalation strategies to better support youth.
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Recommendation 87:
Provide funding to allow federal prisoners to be accommodated at provincial psychiatric hospitals when they require this level of care.
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Recommendation 9:
Provide funding for case managers and peer navigation staff in community organizations that serve people with mental health and substance use-related disabilities and complex issues such as homelessness to help them gain access to the system. Trained people with lived or living experience should fill these roles wherever possible to ensure low barrier, empathetic and responsive services.
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