A workshop in basic body awareness therapy (BBAT): A holistic approach on human movements used in physiotherapy and mental health care

Within mental health care, ‘person-centredness’ has been generally interpreted to convey a holistic approach with an attitude of respect for the individual and his/her unique experience and needs. Although it has been possible to demonstrate that professionals can acquire such skills through training, the impact on clinical outcomes has been more difficult to demonstrate in randomized controlled trials. Indeed what is becoming increasingly apparent in the literature is the need to acknowledge and address the degree of complexity that exists within the health care system that militates against achieving satisfactory implementation and outcomes from person-centred mental health care. In addressing this, we must develop and work with more sophisticated and three-dimensional models of ‘patient-centredness’ that engage with not only what happens in the consulting room (the relationship between individual service users and healthcare professionals), but also addresses the problems involved in achieving person-centredness through modifying the way that services and organizations work, and finally by engaging families and communities in the delivery of health care. A truly meaningful concept of ‘people-centredness’ encompasses how the views of the population are taken into consideration not only in healthcare but also in health and social care policy, and wider society too.

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Common Ground: The Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research ◽

10.3148/67.0.2006.s9 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 67 (S1) ◽

pp. S9-S13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Linda Dietrich

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Common Ground ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Steering Committee ◽

Health Initiative ◽

Wide Range ◽

Other Information

Background: As one of 12 participating national health associations, Dietitians of Canada (DC) endorsed the Charter Principles and Commitments created by the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative (CCMHI). The Chair of the DC Board of Directors signed the Charter, committing DC to work collaboratively to uphold the Principles and actively endorse the Commitments. Achievements: The Initiative's vision, making mental health care work – new places, new partners, new hope, provided the Steering Committee with a clear direction. The CCMHI Charter Principles cover promotion and prevention, a holistic approach, collaboration, partnership, respect, information exchange, and resources. In addition to the Charter, the CCMHI has produced a series of 12 toolkits and research papers. The toolkits are practical pieces that also contain ideas and other information. Dietitians of Canada has developed a toolkit that examines the dietitian's role in primary health care mental health programs. A set of reviews of the practice of collaborative mental health care in Canada covers a wide range of issues, from the attributes of effective collaborative care to a discussion of the barriers to collaboration. Conclusion: Communications between the 12 member organizations are ongoing, and the organizations await the establishment of the Canadian Mental Health Commission, which is expected to be up and running in fall 2006.

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Mental Health Care: A Collaborative, Holistic Approach

Holistic Nursing Practice ◽

10.1097/00004650-199901000-00012 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 78-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sue Ann Thomas ◽

Trudy Hargett

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Holistic Approach

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A Tribute to the Late William J. Curran

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1017/s1073110500004058 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 274-275

Author(s):

O. Lawrence ◽

J.D. Gostin

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Mental Illness ◽

United Nations ◽

Mental Health Care ◽

Harvard University ◽

Legal Medicine ◽

General Assembly ◽

International Institute ◽

University Professor

In the summer of 1979, a group of experts on law, medicine, and ethics assembled in Siracusa, Sicily, under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, to draft guidelines on the rights of persons with mental illness. Sitting across the table from me was a quiet, proud man of distinctive intelligence, William J. Curran, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine at Harvard University. Professor Curran was one of the principal drafters of those guidelines. Many years later in 1991, after several subsequent re-drafts by United Nations (U.N.) Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes, the text was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly as the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care. This was the kind of remarkable achievement in the field of law and medicine that Professor Curran repeated throughout his distinguished career.

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