Mod 5 (Sec 3) Flashcards
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Circle of Mental Health Care: Student First Contact (care options)
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- Primary Care Provider
- Psychiatry
- Counselling
- Self-Help and Peer Support
- Psychological Therapy
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Primary Care Provider
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- central to coordinating health and mental health care
- first line for assessment of mental health concern and provide continuity
- should be kept up to date w/ any extra support being received
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Psychiatry
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- well-suited for assessing and treating moderate to severe mental health conditions/disorders that require combined psychological and pharmacological treatment approach
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Counselling
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- provided through Student Wellness Services
- short-term and problem focused
- address healthy coping during periods of stress, strengthening problem solving skills, managing emotional response to identified stressor
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Self-Help and Peer Support
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Peer support: being able to talk to other students about what going through
Self-help: using available resources to work through problem
- accessible and convenient
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Psychological Therapy
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- help support young people w/ emotional, social, mental health problems of moderate severity
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Stepped Care
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- aims to match individual patients to the level of service indicated based on intensity of need
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Stepped Care Triangle
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From Generalized to Specialized care
- Campus-based health promotion
- Student mental health care team
- Community mental health services
- Emergency & Urgent care services
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Who provides mental health support
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- Occupational therapist
- Counsellor
- Psychotherapists
- Clinical psychologist
- Psychiatrist
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Occupational Therapists
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- regulated healthcare professionals who specialize in assessment and intervention focused on helping people resume or maintain activities; work, school, recreation
- In Uni, OTs are well-suited to help w/ learning approaches and improving performance, achieving study-life balance
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Counsellor
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- have variable training
- can support healthy coping, emotional/behavioural regulation, healthy lifestyle choices
- most are embedded in academic programs - free of charge
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Psychotherapists
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- licensed healthcare professionals w/ training in ind. psychological talking therapies
- support emotional, social, mental health problems of mild to moderate severity
- different models of psychotherapy (CBT, IPT, psychodynamic psychotherapy)
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Clinical Psychologist
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- registered healthcare professionals regulated by College Psychologists of Ontario
- usually req. PhD, or Masters
- extensive training in psychological, cognitive, psychoeducational assessment and in providing manualized effective group and individual therapeutic approaches to help w/ mental health problems
- provide support for mild to moderate mental health problems
- work as team to support moderate to severe cases
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Psychiatrist
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- medical doctors w/ extensive specialty training in diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- integrate pharmological treatment w/ educational, psychological, social family care
- assessment routed in medical approach; takes into account family history, psychosocial context, early adversity and risk factors
- made through referral w/ family doctor
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Ideal Mental Health System Model
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- start w/ welcoming clinic visit to det. each student’s support need
- followed by referrals to the appropriate level of service and support (stepped care)
- ideally seamless flow between levels of service and between community-based and campus-based services
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Current Campus Resources at Queen’s
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- Queens Student Health and Wellness Services (QSWS)
- Queens Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) part of QSWS
- Psychology Clinic at Queens Uni
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Queens Student Health and Wellness Services (QSWS) & QSAS
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- supports the personal, academic, and social health dev. of students by providing range of programs and services (physical and mental healthcare)
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Psychology Clinic at Queens
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- provide assessments, treatment, and consultation for Queen’s students and members of Kingston community
- operates on fee-for-service model
- sliding scale offered based on family income
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Community-Based Services
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- Hospital-Based Services
- Publicly Funded Community-Based Services
- Private and Fee-for-Service Options
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Hospital-Based Services
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- emergency or urgent care walk-ins
- ## subspecialty programs (eating disorder) which have defined criteria for admission
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Publicly Funded Community-Based Services
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- high demand plus limited funding means there are long wait lists and prioritizes most ill people
- do not line up w/ uni student demographic
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Private and Fee-for-Service Options
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- some insurance companies offer coverage, and those under 25 may cover under parents coverage, but in many cases coverage is limited
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Barriers to mental health care
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- Stigma-related barriers
- Attitudinal barriers
- Practical barriers
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- Stigma-related barriers
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- stigma and fear of being evaluated negatively as a result of mental health problems presents significant barrier in accessing mental health services
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2. Attitudinal barriers
- invalidate their own or other's mental health concerns or diagnosis as there is no clear diagnosis to provide proof
- people think they should just "try harder" to get over things
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3. Practical Barriers
- long wait times
- financial barriers
- challenges navigating the system
