Principal’s Commission on Mental Health Seeks Input on Discussion Paper

Published on: 2012/06/14 - in Featured News

The Principal’s Commission on Mental Health at Queen’s University released a discussion paper today in order to get feedback from the university and broader communities before completing its report this fall.

“Towards a Mental Health Strategy for Queen’s” features a ‘four-level pyramidal framework’ to promote a healthy community, support the transitions inherent in university life and foster resilience, promote help-seeking and helping behaviour, and provide effective response, services and care.

“We have heard from so many people who have passionately and eloquently helped us formulate this discussion paper with their knowledge, experience, insight and suggestions,” said Commission Chair, David Walker. “We are now asking the community to assist us in determining if anything is missing and how we might prioritize our recommendations.”

“I applaud the extraordinary work of the commission this year,” said Principal Woolf. “The commissioners have listened very carefully to a range of input from the community. I look forward to the response to this discussion paper and the continued work of the commission as the final report is developed.”

To provide input on the discussion paper and learn more about the commission’s work since it was established last fall by Principal Woolf, visit www.queensu.ca/cmh.

There is also a Reddit thread created by the Queen’s AMS that students are using as a forum to discuss the Commission’s Paper.

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