BCMA wins CMHA BC public policy leadership award

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 54, No. 10, December 2012, Page 519 News

The BC Medical Association has been presented with the 2012 Dr Nancy Hall Public Policy Leadership Award of Merit from the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division. 

In 2009, the BCMA published a policy paper entitled “Stepping Forward, Improving Addiction Care in BC,” which recommended that addiction be recognized as a chronic illness in BC. This work provided the basis for collaboration between the Association and the Ministry of Health on the development of clinical guidelines for screening, assessment, and intervention for problem drinking. In 2011 BC became the first province to recognize and support the care of problem drinking as a chronic disease in primary care. 

The paper can be viewed at www.bcma.org/files/Addiction_Stepping_Forward.pdf.

. BCMA wins CMHA BC public policy leadership award. BCMJ, Vol. 54, No. 10, December, 2012, Page(s) 519 - News.



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