| Mental Health Issues Affecting Immigrants and Refugees in Canada Report of the Canadian Task Force on Mental Health Issues Affecting
Immigrants and Refugees Background - Executive Summary - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2-6 - Chapter 7-9 - Chapter 10-11 - Chapter 12 Conclusion & Appendices Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Canadian Task Force on Mental Health Issues Affecting Immigrants and Refugees. After the door has been opened: mental health issues affecting immigrants and refugees in Canada: report of the Canadian Task Force on Mental Health Issues Affecting Immigrants and Refugees. Also published in French under the title: Puis... la porte s'est ouverte. Co-published by Health and Welfare Canada. Bibliography: p. ISBN: 0-662-16394-X 1. Immigrants - Mental health - Canada. 2. Immigrants Mental health services - Canada. 3. Refugees - Mental health - Canada. 4. Refugees -Mental health services Canada. 5. Mental health policy - Canada. 1. Canada. Multiculturalism. IL Canada. Health and Welfare Canada. III. Title. IV. Title: Mental health issues affecting immigrants and refugees in Canada. RC451.4.E45C36 1988 362-84 C88-099413-4 Copyright: Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1988 Contents Letter of Transmittal Task Force Members Executive Summary Part 1: Introduction Part II Prevention Chapter 1. Attitudes of Canadian Society Chapter 2. Settlement and Social Support Chapter 3. Official Language Education Chapter 4. Employment Part III. Remedial Measures Chapter 5. Formal Mental Health Care Chapter 6. Mental Health Care Outside the Formal Network Chapter 7. Training for Service Providers Chapter 8. Ethnic Practitioners Part IV: Special Needs Chapter 9. Children and Youth Chapter 10. Women Chapter 11. Seniors Chapter 12. Victims of Catastrophic Stress Part V: Conclusions and Recommendations Appendices: Appendix one Glossary of Terms Appendix two Written Submissions Appendix three Oral Presentations Appendix four Additional Consultations Appendix five Works Cited Figures and Tables Unless otherwise indicated, all figures are based on statistics provided by Employment and Immigration Canada. The Task Force wishes to acknowledge the helpful and generous assistance of this ministry.
CANADIAN TASK FORCE ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES The University of British Columbia May 1, 1988
Dear Ministers: We are pleased to submit the report of the Task Force on Mental Health Issues Affecting Immigrants and Refugees. As required by our terms of reference, we have examined and assessed the world research literature on this topic as well as unpublished reports by groups working in Canada; have received submissions, both oral and written, from service agencies, ethnic organizations and training institutions across Canada; and have made recommendations which will help to provide comprehensive, effective and sensitive approaches to meeting the needs of newcomers. The Task Force acknowledges its gratitude to Dr. Merry Wood, Research Coordinator, for her invaluable assistance, and to Ms. Susan Johnston, Ms. Jeannine Hurd, the University of British Columbia Department of Psychiatry, and the Canadian Mental Health Association for providing support without which the project could not have been carried out. Perhaps most of all, we are grateful to the hundreds of individuals, agencies and organizations who shared their information and experience with us. Canada continues to receive immigrants and refugees in order to meet national goals and because we are a humanitarian society. As a caring society, we must recognize that our responsibilities do not end when we open our doors to newcomers. The attached report describes how we can ensure the mental health of newcomers and thus enable them to become healthy, contributing members of Canadian society. Sincerely,
Morton Beiser, D. MB:spj Sponsored by: Secretary of State-Multiculturalism and Health and Welfare Canada
Task Force Committee Chair: Morton Beiser, M.D. Research Coordinator: Merry Wood, Ph.D. Members: John Berry, Ph.D. Granville daCosta M.D. Winifred Milne, M.S.W. Anna Maria Fantino, M.Ed. Soma Ganesan, M.D. Christina Lee, Ed.D. Michel Tousignant, Ph.D. Josephine Naidoo, Ph.D. Raymond Prince, M.D. Ernesto Vela, M.Sc. Background - Executive Summary - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2-6 - Chapter 7-9 - Chapter 10-11 - Chapter 12 Conclusion & Appendices
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