It’s Really About Wellbeing’

A Canadian Investigation of Harm Reduction as a Bridge Between Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15440686
AutoresMary Bartram (0000-0003-2548-5852, McGill University, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume19
Fascículo5
Páginas1497-1510
Data de publicação2020-02-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1557-1874 • E-ISSN: 1557-1882
EditoraSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11469-020-00239-7
PMID34790080
OpenAlexW3007920825
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas13

Recovery is a key concept driving system transformation in both the addiction and mental health sectors, with shared roots in advocacy and a shared focus on hope in the face of stigma, self-determination and meaningful lives. Nevertheless, while mental health recovery is possible even with on-going symptoms, addiction recovery generally starts with or leads to abstinence. This disconnection undermines coherence at the policy level and exacerbates fragmentation between services and supports in the mental health and addiction sectors in Canada and internationally. At the same time, harm reduction, which does not require abstinence, has been gaining ground in the Canadian addiction sector. This qualitative policy study explores the potential for harm reduction to bridge the gap between mental health recovery and addiction recovery in the Canadian context, drawing on diverse experiences from the mental health and addiction sectors. The findings could be adapted internationally to address similar policy challenges

Abstinence · Addiction · Context (archaeology · Harm · Harm reduction · Health psychology · Mental health · Psychiatry · Public health · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology