Reading Time: 3 minutes Individuals with both psychiatric and medical illnesses can’t get the care they need it because of the way health services are delivered
Author: Paul Kurdyak
Dr. Paul Kurdyak is Director of Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation in the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and Medical Director of Performance Improvement at CAMH. He is also Lead of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Program at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Dr. Kurdyak studies clinical epidemiology and health service utilization. His work provides better understanding for the determinants of and barriers to treatment for mental illnesses; explores the relationship and interaction between chronic medical and mental illnesses; and develops methodology expertise in observational research design as it relates to the study of mental health epidemiology.
How Canada fails people with mental illnesses
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada needs improved access to mental healthcare services