Lin E, Goering P.  April 2000

Core mental health services include the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of emotional, mental or addiction problems, and are typically provided by a psychiatrist for persons with a psychiatric disorder, but may involve other health care professionals such as general practitioners/family physicians (GP/FP) for other types of conditions.

This research atlas examined fiscal changes to fee-for-service mental health services between 1992/93 and 1997/98 and found that costs increased as more Ontarians sought mental health care, however, underserved groups in 1992/93 were still underserved five years later. [414 KB PDF]