Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 1000 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H4, Canada.
Provincial System Support Program, CAMH, 33 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S1, Canada.
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Apr;59(3):421-427. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01050-5.
Community reentry from prison is a challenging process, especially for persons with lived and living experience of mental health concerns. Access to appropriate community-based care for those leaving prison is a key part of improving health equity for this population. Our work to develop a cross-Canada inventory of active community mental health and substance use services for criminal justice-involved persons represents a valuable example for others hoping to conduct projects that are similar in nature and scope. We describe the strengths and limitations of our health equity-informed, multi-pronged approach to service inventory development, highlighting the importance of considering and addressing search- and stakeholder-related biases. Investment of time and resources is critical to ensuring comprehensive and inclusive identification of community-based mental health services and meaningful resource development.
社区重返监狱是一个具有挑战性的过程,特别是对于那些有精神健康问题的人来说。对于那些离开监狱的人来说,获得适当的基于社区的护理是改善这一人群健康公平的关键部分。我们为开发一个跨加拿大的、面向刑事司法涉案人员的活跃的社区心理健康和物质使用服务目录所做的工作,为其他希望开展类似性质和范围的项目提供了一个有价值的范例。我们描述了我们的健康公平知情、多管齐下的服务目录开发方法的优势和局限性,强调了考虑和解决搜索和利益相关者相关偏见的重要性。投入时间和资源对于确保全面和包容地确定基于社区的心理健康服务以及有意义的资源开发至关重要。