Table of Contents
- 1 What are some of the resources available for mental health issues?
- 2 What are some resources for mental and emotional health?
- 3 What is a mental resource?
- 4 Which of the following is a good resource for information on mental health?
- 5 What do mental health resources do?
- 6 Why are mental health resources important?
- 7 Where can I find support for mental health services?
- 8 How can we improve access to mental health services in Canada?
What are some of the resources available for mental health issues?
Mental Health Resources
- Emergency help.
- Types of providers.
- Finding therapy.
- Online and phone.
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Support groups.
- Local services.
- Inpatient and hospital care.
What are some resources for mental and emotional health?
Emotional Health: Where to Find Help
- The National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists (NACBT)
- American Psychological Association.
- American Psychiatric Association.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Clinical Social Work Association.
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.
- Mental Health America.
What are 3 reliable resources for help with mental and emotional disorders?
Reliable Mental Health Information Sources
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Find Youth Info.
- MedlinePlus (U.S. Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealthandbehavior.html.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
What does virtual care include?
Virtual care is a broad term that encompasses all the ways healthcare providers remotely interact with their patients. In addition to treating patients via telemedicine, providers may use live video, audio, and instant messaging to communicate with their patients remotely.
What is a mental resource?
Mental Health Resources (MHR) is a progressive, nonprofit organization that offers community-based mental health and substance use disorder services to adults recovering from serious mental illness.
Which of the following is a good resource for information on mental health?
Mayo Clinic — Mental Illness The Mayo Clinic, the largest medical practice and research group in the world, provides reliable physician-backed information about mental illness definitions, causes, symptoms, prevention, treatment and support.
What are Virtual health Systems?
Virtual healthcare refers to the use of technology, including telephones, video, mobile apps, text-based messaging, and other communication platforms for the delivery of health services to a patient outside of a health system.
What are some examples of telemedicine?
Telemedicine refers to the use of information technologies and electronic communications to provide remote clinical services to patients. The digital transmission of medical imaging, remote medical diagnosis and evaluations, and video consultations with specialists are all examples of telemedicine.
What do mental health resources do?
These professionals provide individual and group counseling in various settings, including hospitals, clinics, and private practices. Counselors can help with anxiety, depression, and other general mental health conditions. Some specialize in areas such as addiction, trauma, and relationship counseling.
Why are mental health resources important?
Providing Help Mental health services also reduce the risk of chronic diseases related to stress, anxiety and substance abuse. Most importantly, mental health services save lives, while improving the outlook for people who may feel hopeless and lost.
What are virtual medical visits?
Telehealth, or virtual visits is helping make access to health care more convenient. People can see and talk to a doctor through their smartphone, tablet or computer, meaning they don’t have to go to a doctor’s office or sit in a waiting room. Instead, they can visit with a doctor from the comfort of their own home.
What is virtual care management?
Virtual care management is a part of telehealth. It describes remote, real-time, online visits that occur between healthcare providers and patients. It’s essentially the same ways in which doctors and patients communicate in person now, but instead conducted over the Internet.
Where can I find support for mental health services?
Centralized information, intake and scheduling. Access CAMH makes it easy to find support – simply call 416-535-8501, option 2. For mental health services, a referral form needs to be completed by a healthcare provider. For addictions services, patient can self-refer. Family members play an essential role the recovery of a loved one.
How can we improve access to mental health services in Canada?
Working with provinces, territories, and stakeholders, this investment will be used to create digital platforms and applications, improve access to virtual mental health supports, and expand capacity to deliver health care virtually, including projects to reach vulnerable Canadians.
How can we improve the quality of mental health services?
Through secure web conferencing, professionals are able to connect remote care settings with experts in major health centres, as exemplified by the ECHO mental health programs run by CAMH. Further, health care providers are working to develop a range of applications for mobile use, which can be utilized to supplement professional treatment.
How will this investment help people with mental health issues?
This investment will: help Canadians safely engage with their regular health providers and specialist health services through telephone, text, or video-conferencing; support access to mental health supports and reliable health information in a safe and secure manner, which will reduce the pressure on our health system;