Mental health

Read more about Workplace Psychosocial Risks: Measurable and Modifiable Health Risks

Workplace Psychosocial Risks: Measurable and Modifiable Health Risks

  • Carole Chénard
  • Marie-Michèle Mantha-Bélisle
  • Michel Vézina

An abundance of scientific evidence from around the world points to the adverse effects of workplace psychosocial risks on mental health1 and physical health. Over the past few years, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and its collaborators have developed a Tool for Identifying Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Workplace, which allows these risks to be identified and…

  • Synthesis and summary
Read more about Actions to optimize the use and design of outdoor recreational facilities

Actions to optimize the use and design of outdoor recreational facilities

  • Éric Robitaille
  • Mélanie Beaudoin
  • Zoé Brabant
  • Michelle Gagné
  • Mathieu Gauthier
  • Katerine Girard
  • Vicky Huppé
  • Andréane Melançon
  • Marie-Claude Roberge

This issue of OPUS focuses on outdoor recreational facilities, specifically facilities that are freely accessible to the public, are not reserved for members of an organization, enable the practice of recreational or sports activities and meet the needs of residents. Recreational areas such as splash parks (with the exception of swimming pools and wading pools), sports fields, walking areas…

  • Reference framework
Read more about Preventing Suicide by Reducing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Consequences: Possible Courses of Action

Preventing Suicide by Reducing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Consequences: Possible Courses of Action

  • Mouctar Sow
  • Marie-Ève Bergeron-Gaudin
  • Marie-Claude Roberge

The present knowledge synthesis was prepared at the request of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux. It focuses on promotion and prevention interventions that can reduce adverse childhood experiences and their consequences and contribute to preventing suicide.

  • Knowledge review
Read more about Promoting Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic Context: Factors to Target and Actions to Prioritize at the Municipal and Community Levels

Promoting Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic Context: Factors to Target and Actions to Prioritize at the Municipal and Community Levels

  • Caroline Braën-Boucher
  • Marie-Claude Roberge

The INSPQ was mandated by the Direction générale de la santé publique of the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux to produce a knowledge synthesis of the scientific literature in order to 1) identify, in literature reviews, the factors associated with mental health in the context of a pandemic or a disaster, factors upon which municipalities can take action; and 2) identify…

  • Knowledge review
Read more about Monitoring Attention Deficit Disorder with or Without Hyperactivity (ADHD) in Children and Young Adults in Québec: Medication Use

Monitoring Attention Deficit Disorder with or Without Hyperactivity (ADHD) in Children and Young Adults in Québec: Medication Use

  • Fatoumata Binta Diallo
  • Louis Rochette
  • Victoria Massamba
  • Alain Lesage
  • Helen-Maria Vasiliadis
  • Elham Rahme
  • Carlotta Lunghi
  • Martin Gignac
  • Alvine Fansi
  • Samuele Cortese

This report presents data on the prescription of medications for attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) taken from the Québec Integrated Chronic Disease Surveillance System (QICDSS). The results show a steady increase in the prescription of ADHD medications over time.

  • Monitoring report
Read more about The Roles of Public Health in Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion

The Roles of Public Health in Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion

  • Pascale Mantoura

This report represents a guidance document on the roles of public health in population mental health and wellness promotion (PMHWP) across Canada. In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has brought mental health to the forefront of countries’ responses to the pandemic, building the workforce and organizational capacity in public health for PMHWP is even more relevant now than…

  • Research report, study and analysis
Read more about Disparities in mental health and its determinants among Québec high school students by language of instruction

Disparities in mental health and its determinants among Québec high school students by language of instruction

  • Améyo Djeha
  • Ernest Lo
  • Marie-Hélène Lussier

This paper provides a comparative analysis of several mental health indicators and determinants by language of instruction. All data discussed in this analysis is from the Québec Health Survey of High School Students 2016–2017.

  • Research report, study and analysis
Read more about Monitoring of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts during COVID-19 from the Emergency Management Information System

Monitoring of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts during COVID-19 from the Emergency Management Information System

  • Pascale Lévesque
  • Cécile Bardon
  • Geneviève Gariépy

This report contributes to characterizing the potential impact of COVID-19 on suicidal behaviours in Quebec and on emergency department (ED) visits due to suicide attempts and suicidal ideation for the pre-pandemic (2014–2019) and the pandemic (2020–2021) periods. This is initiative was undertaken by the INSPQ as part of its monitoring activities.

  • Monitoring report
Read more about Indigenous-specific Mental Health and/or Wellness Strategies in Canada

Indigenous-specific Mental Health and/or Wellness Strategies in Canada

  • Stephani Arulthas

The NCCHPP produced a Scan of Mental Health Strategies to show what is being developed in the field of population mental health across Canada. This Scan provides an overview of mental health and wellness and related strategies through comparative tables and summaries, with a particular emphasis on work related to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illnesses.

  • Repertory
Read more about Scan of Canadian Provincial and Territorial Strategies in Mental Health

Scan of Canadian Provincial and Territorial Strategies in Mental Health

  • Stephani Arulthas

The NCCHPP produced a Scan of Mental Health Strategies1 to show what is being developed in the field of population mental health across Canada. This scan provides an overview of mental health and wellness and related strategies through comparative tables and summaries, with a particular emphasis on work related to the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illnesses.

  • Repertory
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