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MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACYADVOCACY
Andy CoxAndy CoxMental Health AdvocateMental Health Advocate
IWK’s Mental Health Advocate?IWK’s Mental Health Advocate?
-Brief history-Brief history -What I do-What I do -How-How
Why Mental Health Why Mental Health Advocacy?Advocacy?
““I was told to just listen. It is not your job to get I was told to just listen. It is not your job to get you better” -patientyou better” -patient
““They (the clinicians) told me that I donThey (the clinicians) told me that I don’’t have t have capacity to make treatment decisions…I capacity to make treatment decisions…I wondered what the hell that meant – Iwondered what the hell that meant – I’’m stupid?m stupid?”” -patient-patient
““We just assumed that we were not suppose to We just assumed that we were not suppose to give our opinion about our daughtergive our opinion about our daughter’’s illness and s illness and treatment.treatment.”” -parent -parent
““My school said that I have to repeat my My school said that I have to repeat my grade because I was in the hospital too grade because I was in the hospital too long.long.”” –youth –youth
““How come my class didn’t welcome me How come my class didn’t welcome me back with balloons like the kid with back with balloons like the kid with cancer?” -youthcancer?” -youth
““My group home wonMy group home won’’t take me back. I t take me back. I need a homeneed a home””
-youth d/c from mental health -youth d/c from mental health inpatient inpatient unitunit
““How do I get him help?How do I get him help?””
-family-family
““I had a six month wait to get mental I had a six month wait to get mental health services, the ER would not admit health services, the ER would not admit me even though I felt like killing myself, me even though I felt like killing myself, and now that I have services I spend 10 and now that I have services I spend 10 minutes a month with a clinician to go over minutes a month with a clinician to go over my medication.my medication.””
-youth-youth
Types of AdvocacyTypes of Advocacy
Legal AdvocacyLegal Advocacy
Social Advocacy Social Advocacy
Individual AdvocacyIndividual Advocacy
Crisis AdvocacyCrisis Advocacy
Informal/Natural AdvocacyInformal/Natural Advocacy
Formal AdvocacyFormal Advocacy
Collective AdvocacyCollective Advocacy
Systemic AdvocacySystemic Advocacy
Types of AdvocatesTypes of Advocates
Self-advocatesSelf-advocates
Consumer Group (or peer) advocatesConsumer Group (or peer) advocates
Family as advocatesFamily as advocates
Citizen advocatesCitizen advocates
Staff as advocatesStaff as advocates
Boards as advocatesBoards as advocates
Substitute decision-makers as Substitute decision-makers as advocatesadvocates
Lawyers as advocatesLawyers as advocates
IWK ProgramsIWK Programs Central Referral Central Referral 902.464.4110902.464.4110
Mobile CrisisMobile Crisis 429-8167 (1-888-8167) 429-8167 (1-888-8167)
Mental Health Crisis TeamMental Health Crisis Team
Inpatient Unit 4SouthInpatient Unit 4South
Community Mental HealthCommunity Mental Health
Maritime Psychiatry (sub-specialty mh services)Maritime Psychiatry (sub-specialty mh services)
Residential (ACT, Compass)Residential (ACT, Compass)
Day Treatments (Child and Family, Adolescent)Day Treatments (Child and Family, Adolescent)
ICBTTICBTT
Choices: Outpatient, Day Tx, Residential TxChoices: Outpatient, Day Tx, Residential Tx
Complex Case ManagementComplex Case Management
Child Welfare Mental Health TeamChild Welfare Mental Health Team
Reproductive Mental HealthReproductive Mental Health
Forensic ServicesForensic Services
Mental Health Commission of Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)Canada (MHCC)
PARTNERS FOR MENTAL HEALTHPARTNERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH