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The Big Picture: What CMHAs do – Infographic
The Big Picture: What CMHAs do
The Canadian Mental Health Association – CMHA – has been in operation for more than a century. It is the only truly national federation of “community mental health” organizations in Canada. You might know CMHA already. You might have a sense of what it means to be a “community mental health” organization [link to CMH section] and what a CMHA is. But maybe you’re missing the big picture.
When CMHA delivers, lives transform.
People have:
- Positive experiences of mental health services.
- Insight into their own mental health challenges.
- Hope and self-confidence and believe in recovery.
- Improved day-to-day living, interpersonal relationships, and independence.
- A greater quality of life and mental well-being, and feel empowered
- Meaningful employment, volunteer work and education
- Secure and adequate incomes and stable housing
All people in Canada will receive the care they need.
People will:
- Be aware of mental health and substance use health issues in their own communities
- Have care no matter where they live or how much money they have
- Seek help when they need it
- Agree that prioritizing mental health and well-being is essential and requires backing from the public and private sectors.