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
While integrated services for mental health and substance use health have been studied for more than two decades no recent or comprehensive reviews exist — particularly with a peer research methodology — on how the people who use these services experience integration.
To address this need, this study explores
- how people with lived and living experience (PWLLE) define service integration,
- what gaps and demands exist in mental health and/or substance use health services,
- why participants do or do not support further service integration,
- which systemic bottlenecks prevent meaningful...