Changing directions, changing lives : Changer les orientations, changer des vies : sratégie en matière de santé mentale pour le Canada

At the same time, our knowledge of how best to meet the needs of people living with mental health problems and illnesses increases by the day, as does the recognition that everyone can aspire to better mental health and well-being and to a life of meaning and purpose. [...] The six Strategic Directions are as follows: 1. Promote mental health across the 4. Reduce disparities in risk factors and lifespan in homes, schools, and work- access to mental health services, places, and prevent mental illness and and strengthen the response to the suicide wherever possible. [...] The Strategy calls for: •. people living with mental health prob- on improving outcomes, and to lems and illnesses and their families correct years of underfunding of to become more engaged in the mental health; planning, organization, delivery and •. senior executives in both the public evaluation of mental health services, and private sectors to create work- treatments and supports; places that [...] The goal of promoting mental health and preventing mental illness is straightforward: to increase the number of people who enjoy good mental health and reduce, to the great- est extent possible, the number of people whose mental health is poor, who experience the symptoms of mental health problems or illnesses, or who die by suicide. [...] The Psychological Health and Safety Standard that is being developed for The costs of not addressing mental health Canadian public and private sector work- issues in the workplace are significant: places will provide guidance for changing mental health problems and illnesses how mental health and mental illness typically account for approximately 30 are approached in the workplace and per cent of