FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH Recommendations to Health and Social Policy Leaders of Canada for a National Action Plan on Mental Illness and Mental Health

Founded in 1998, the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) is the largest coali-tion in Canada focused on mental illness, mental health, and addictions. CAMIMH’s membership comprises the major national organizations whose activities span the broad continu-um of mental health. They represent consumers and their families, health care and social service providers, professional associations, and community and research organizations. Together, they constitute a vibrant network of national, provincial, and community-based organizations dedicated to serving the mental health needs of the people of Canada from coast to coast. CAMIMH’s Mission CAMIMH’s mission is to promote and facilitate the development, adoption, and implementation of a national action plan on mental illness and mental health. a To that end, CAMIMH advocates for increased access and improved quality of services and supports for per-sons facing mental illness or mental health obstacles, as well as for an increased focus on best practice men-tal health promotion strategies. CAMIMH adopts a population health perspective, which includes the full continuum of health determinant