Summary report: Experience and expertise of people with lived and living experience on the integration of mental health and substance use health services in Canada

This report is focused on how people in Canada experience formal integrated services when they have questions or concerns about their mental health and substance use health. An equally important theme that emerged during its interviews and focus groups were the expressions of “service” study participants give to friends, families, and strangers, which complement or make up for formal services. These daily expressions are central to integrated wellness  and could have been the subject of their own study. We thank the participants for sharing these with us and hope they can see their important contributions in this report.