En Avant : On The Road to Recovery (Volume I and II) was submitted to the Minster of Health and Long-Term Care to outline the implementation plan developed by the Southeastern Ontario District Mental Health Implementation Task Force (MHITF). The Task Force was one of nine throughout the Province appointed by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to implement the mental health reforms outlined in Ministry policy documents such as Making it Happen and Making it Work.

Volume II contains the detailed documents and recommendations from the Task Force's various committees and working groups. These reflect untold hours of work and the best thinking of each of these committees and should be considered to reflect more detailed thinking around the principles and guidelines for implementation.

Volume I reflects the Task Force members' best attempt to summarize, synthesize, integrate, reconcile, and prioritize these different and sometimes competing perspectives into an implementation plan that, they believe, reflects the philosophy and priorities of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as expressed in government policy documents.

The implementation system that is recommended is designed to meet the needs of those with serious mental illnesses, which remain the priority population for Ontario's mental health reform. However, many of our recommendations also address the broader needs of consumers across the full spectrum of need (such as those with moderate mental illness), across the life span (children and youth), and across diverse specialty population groups.

We used a recovery framework that fosters independence and community living, shares power and responsibility with consumers and family members, provides opportunities to enhance coping, and engages in stigma reduction. We also emphasized the importance of mental health promotion, prevention, and advocacy.

December 2002

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