HI Celeste: We are writing a report on the role of the mental health system
as a determinant of health in persons with mental illness. Is there any way
to get a copy of the report sooner. Thanks

PS: We will be pleased to share our report when its done at the end of May.
Jim

At 09:53 AM 4/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Sherrie (& everyone else!),
>
>Probably not the whole report but a two page abstract will be on-line.
>Please e-mail if you would you like to be on the list for a report when they
>come off the press--approx a month.
>
>Cheers,
>Celeste
>
>Celeste Wincapaw
>Communications & Networking Strategist
>BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
>Vancouver, British Columbia
>http://www.bccewh.bc.ca
>mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Sherrie Tingley
>Sent: 1999/04/13 4:59 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Women and the Mental Health System
>
>
>Hi Celeste!
>
>Sounds like an amazing report, will it be on-line?
>
>----------
>From:   Celeste Wincapaw[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>
>
>Please forward and post
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>Women and the Mental Health System
>
>Women have specific mental health needs which are not currently being
> met by BC's mental health care system.
>
>How can the system become more responsive to social conditions like violence
> and poverty which affect women's mental health? What are some alternative
> models/services to address women's mental health? How would a mental health
>system be
> truly responsive to women's needs?
>
>Join mental health researchers, Marina Morrow and Monika Chappell to hear
>about
> and discuss the findings of a new research report on women's experiences
>with the
> mental health system in BC. Guided by a working group of
>consumer/survivors,
> policy makers, researchers, and service providers, Marina and Monika
>conducted
> focus groups and interviews with over a hundred women in eight different
> communities across BC.
>