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A Five-Year Historical Profile of Canadian Regional Psychiatric Centres
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To provide some findings on mental health services in Canada, the Research Branch examined data
contained in the Medical Health Care Services annual reports for the fiscal years 1981-82 to 1985-86.
The reports include data from the two Regional Psychiatric Centres, the Regional Treatment Centre,
and an outside psychiatric facility (Institut Philippe Pinel). These findings are the most recent
data available, as the annual reports were discontinued after 1985-86. Figure 1  Personality disorder was the most common diagnosis cited as the reason for offender discharge, as shown in Figure 2. Psychotic disorders accounted for about 20% of all diagnoses in the entire five-year period. There appears to have been no increase in the number of offenders diagnosed as sexual deviants upon discharge. The drop in substance abuse diagnoses from 1983-84 (20%) to 1984-85 (5%) may be due, at least in part, to the change in disorder classification between years. Figure 2  In providing a snapshot of the trends over a period of time, historical analyses can assist us in present situations by giving us a better understanding of offenders who require mental health services. Operation Statistics: Institutional Health Care Centres and Major Psychiatric Facilities. Medical and Health Care Services, Correctional Service of Canada, 1980-86. |
