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Advancing Community-Based Collaborative Mental Health Care Through Interdisciplinary Family Health Teams in Ontario

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
29 January 2009

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Collaborative mental health care is a widely advocated model of community-based mental health care delivery. Previous work suggests that several contextual factors, such as the lack of stable funding for non-physician providers, have prevented widespread implementation of this model in Ontario. The introduction of interdisciplinary Family Health Teams (FHTs) as part of Ontario's primary health care renewal strategy presents an opportunity to overcome some of these barriers. This case study of emerging FHTs examines how contextual factors influence the mix of providers and quality of collaborative mental health delivery in FHTs. The findings inform policy-makers of opportunities to further develop community-based collaborative mental health care.

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Les soins concertés de santé mentale sont un mécanisme de prestation de soins de santé mentale grandement recommandé. Les travaux effectués par le passé montrent que plusieurs facteurs contextuels, telle l'absence de financement stable pour les prestataires de soins qui ne sont pas des médecins, ont nuit au bon développement des programmes en Ontario. Dans le cadre de la stratégie de réorganisation des soins de santé primaires de l'Ontario, la mise sur pied d'équipes Santé familiale interdisciplinaires permet d'offrir des soins concertés de santé mentale dans plusieurs collectivités. L'étude de cas des nouvelles équipes Santé familiale permet de déterminer le rôle des facteurs contextuels dans la diversité des prestataires et la qualité des soins concertés de santé mentale. Les résultats de l'étude permettent d'informer les décideur(e)s des possibilités concernant l'implantation dans la collectivité de soins concertés de santé mentale.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 27Number 2September 2008
Pages: 55 - 73

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Version of record online: 29 January 2009

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Gillian Mulvale
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Ursula Danner
Health Services and Policy Research, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Dianna Pasic
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

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