Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College concerns. One great way to do this is to mirror the pa-tient’s language rather than using clinical terms like “disorder.” She also notes although mental illness falls outside the scope of the chiropractic treatment mandate, there are several ways that chiropractors can help. “For practitioners, having good self-help books or on-line resources on hand would be of great value in helping mentally ill patients,” Holtzman suggests. Resources from the Canadian Mental Health Associa-tion, the Mood Disorders Society and the Anxiety Disor-ders Society are all great resources to have available in the clinic. It’s also useful to take stock of which mental health professionals are working in the community. With mental illness becoming a larger public health problem every day, health-care professionals, like chiro-practors, are starting to see it more and more in practice. Psychologists are now calling for an interdisciplinary approach to the management and treatment of mental illness in Canada. Chiropractors can become part of this initiative in a variety of ways – even something like becoming more aware about mental health issues can have an impact. Recognizing the signs of mental illness and responding appropriately can ultimately contribute to the larger public health movement and greatly improve a chiroprac-tor’s standard of care. 26 Canadian Chiropractor April 2015
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