Health and Welfare's Community Mental Health/Child Development Program: Long-Term Prevention Programs in Mental Health - Centre for Suicide PreventionCentre for Suicide Prevention

Year: 1993 Source: National Suicide Prevention Workshop, (1993: Ottawa), p.30-34 SIEC No: 19930579

Dr. Wattie presented information on the community mental health/child development component of the “Brighter Futures Initiative”. BFI is a program which provides $145 million in funding to Indian and Inuit communities. D. Greyeyes stressed the importance of evaluating community abased mental health programs according to known models and current experience. W. Okeywaw described AVAC, a holistic suicide prevention program.

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