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Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen de la portée de la littérature grise
OBJECTIVE: Concerns surrounding the mental health and well-being of Canadian postsecondary students have increased in recent years, with data suggesting increases in the prevalence of self-reported stress and psychological distress. Strategies to address postsecondary mental health have emerged at t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33016127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743720961733 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Concerns surrounding the mental health and well-being of Canadian postsecondary students have increased in recent years, with data suggesting increases in the prevalence of self-reported stress and psychological distress. Strategies to address postsecondary mental health have emerged at the national, provincial, and institutional levels. While reviews of the academic literature on the subject have been conducted, a detailed review of the grey literature has not. The objective of this study was to map the current state of grey literature related to current or recommended action supporting postsecondary mental health and well-being in Canada, with a focus on policy documents and guiding frameworks. METHODS: We conducted a review following Arksey and O’Malley’s 5-step framework for scoping reviews, as well as the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Our search was restricted to documents with a primary focus on postsecondary mental health, a national or provincial scope, and publication date between 2000 and 2019. RESULTS: While a national policy or guiding framework applicable to all postsecondary institutions across Canada does not yet exist, recommendations for policy at both the national and provincial levels were well aligned, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to addressing mental health services through the use of a whole-campus approach that encompasses both upstream and downstream services. CONCLUSION: Postsecondary sector stakeholders should consider how existing policy documents and guiding frameworks can be used to inform evidence-based, institutionally specific action on postsecondary mental health. More work is required to align the fragmented action occurring across Canada and incentivize postsecondary institutions to create a sustainable, effective strategy to address the increasingly complex and unique mental health needs of their students, staff, and faculty. |
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spelling | pubmed-82400102021-07-13 Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen de la portée de la littérature grise Monaghan, Caitlin Linden, Brooke Stuart, Heather Can J Psychiatry Scoping Review OBJECTIVE: Concerns surrounding the mental health and well-being of Canadian postsecondary students have increased in recent years, with data suggesting increases in the prevalence of self-reported stress and psychological distress. Strategies to address postsecondary mental health have emerged at the national, provincial, and institutional levels. While reviews of the academic literature on the subject have been conducted, a detailed review of the grey literature has not. The objective of this study was to map the current state of grey literature related to current or recommended action supporting postsecondary mental health and well-being in Canada, with a focus on policy documents and guiding frameworks. METHODS: We conducted a review following Arksey and O’Malley’s 5-step framework for scoping reviews, as well as the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Our search was restricted to documents with a primary focus on postsecondary mental health, a national or provincial scope, and publication date between 2000 and 2019. RESULTS: While a national policy or guiding framework applicable to all postsecondary institutions across Canada does not yet exist, recommendations for policy at both the national and provincial levels were well aligned, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to addressing mental health services through the use of a whole-campus approach that encompasses both upstream and downstream services. CONCLUSION: Postsecondary sector stakeholders should consider how existing policy documents and guiding frameworks can be used to inform evidence-based, institutionally specific action on postsecondary mental health. More work is required to align the fragmented action occurring across Canada and incentivize postsecondary institutions to create a sustainable, effective strategy to address the increasingly complex and unique mental health needs of their students, staff, and faculty. SAGE Publications 2020-10-05 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8240010/ /pubmed/33016127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743720961733 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Scoping Review Monaghan, Caitlin Linden, Brooke Stuart, Heather Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen de la portée de la littérature grise |
title | Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the
Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
title_full | Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the
Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
title_fullStr | Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the
Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
title_full_unstemmed | Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the
Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
title_short | Postsecondary Mental Health Policy in Canada: A Scoping Review of the
Grey Literature: Politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au Canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
title_sort | postsecondary mental health policy in canada: a scoping review of the
grey literature: politique de santé mentale post-secondaire au canada: un examen
de la portée de la littérature grise |
topic | Scoping Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33016127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0706743720961733 |
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