Taking the next step forward : Faire un pas vers le futur : bâtir un système de services en santé mentale et en toxicomanie adapté aux besoins des adultes émergents

Despite this, there has been a striking lack of attention directed toward building the capacity of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Addictions Services (CAMHAS) and the Adult Mental Health and Addictions Services (AMHAS) to support transitions. [...] And the adult system, unless you are in REFRAMING THE PROBLEM: A SYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE one of the narrow categories, The view that CAMHAS and AMHAS can address the issues of young people by is not including the kinds of developing “transfer” protocols to support their movement from the jurisdiction of a things transition aged youth child and adolescent service provider to an adult mental health pro [...] This section offers a high-level overview of the evidence, the program responses on the ground, youth and family perspectives, vulnerable populations, and the degree of alignment between what EA need and what the adult system has to offer them. [...] Taking the Next Step Forward | 17 THE CASE FOR ENHANCED SYSTEM DESIGN, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES The problem of how to Effective and evidence-based service responses to address the mental health needs of improve the experiences EA are not evident in the Canadian context, except in the case of first episode or early of young people with psychosis programs. [...] The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has developed three significant and (Deschenes, 2010) relevant documents, Evergreen: A Child and Youth Mental Health Framework for Canada (Youth Advisory Committee of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2010), Making the Case for Peer Support (Hagan, Cyr, Mckee, & Priest, 2010), and the Guidelines for the Practice and Training of Peer Support (Sund