PSYB32H3 Study Guide - European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Canadian Alliance, Comorbidity
Document Summary
Anti-stigma campaigns: reduction of the stigma of schizophrenia is the focus of a worldwide campaign by the. World psychiatric association: preventive intervention aimed at reducing stigma in high school students involved a video based active learning program that chronicled the challenges of actual people with schizophrenia. Canadian perspective 1. 4: canadian national committee for mental hygiene (cncmh) precursor to the cmha. Hincks suffered from major depression in uni. The objectives of the cncmh: psychiatric examination and care of those who were in the war, post-war psychiatric screening of immigrants, adequate facilities for diagnosis and treatment of mental disease, adequate care of the mentally deficient, prevention. Mental health services are tied closely to the health care system. In the developing world more than 75% suffer from mental disorders and receive no treatment less than 2% of limited health funds are spent on mental health. Canadians are better off than americans in all major health indicators.
