Declaration of accuracy As Executive Director, I am responsible for ensuring the reliability of the data contained in this annual activity report and any related controls. The results and data of the activity report for the 2011-2012 fiscal year of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute:
Presentation of the Douglas Institute
• faithfully represent the mission, mandate, responsibilities, activities and strategic orientations of the institution;
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present its objectives, indicators, benchmarks and results;
• present accurate and reliable data. I declare that the data contained in this annual activity report and any related controls are reliable and present an accurate view of the institution’s position as at March 31, 2012.
Mission In collaboration with people living with mental health problems, their families, and the community, the mission of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute is to:
• Offer cutting-edge care and services • Advance and share knowledge in mental health
Vision The Power to Recover What is recovery? Recovery is a deeply personal, unique process of changing one’s attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and/or roles. It is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life even with limitations caused by the illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one grows beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness. W. Anthony, 1993
Lynne McVey Executive Director
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Mandate The Douglas is a mental health university institute under the terms of An Act respecting health services and social services. As such, the Douglas must, in addition to carrying out the activities inherent to its mission, offer specialized and ultraspecialized services (Care), participate in education (Teach), evaluate health technologies (Evaluate) and manage an accredited research centre (Discover and Share).
Care Our interdisciplinary teams provide services to all age groups. The catchment population for the second-line services offered by the Douglas is close to 300,000 people and covers two territories in South-West Montreal: CSSS Sud-Ouest–Verdun and CSSS Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle. As a mental health university institute and in collaboration with the institutions of RUIS McGill, the thirdline mandate of the Douglas covers 23% of the Quebec population, including close to 50% of the Montreal population (1.7 million people in total) and approximately 63% of the Quebec territory. Furthermore, in accordance with An Act respecting health services and social services, the Douglas is designated as an institution that must provide all of its services in English to the Englishspeaking population.
Teach Affiliated with McGill University and in partnership with other teaching institutions, the Douglas trains new recruits and provides a state-of-the-art mental health curriculum for all professional disciplines involved. We also help advance best practices by consolidating training programs with our partners.
Evaluate Within a context of continued improvement in practices, our clinicians and researchers assess health technologies and methods of intervention to improve clinical benefits and the efficiency of the overall network.
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