National guidelines for seniors' mental health: Introduction and project background

In January 2005, the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health (CCSMH) embarked on the facilitation and development of the first-ever national, multidisciplinary guidelines. The four guideline documents were completed in the spring of 2006. To date over 7,500 hard copies have been distributed and 7,200 downloads of the document have occurred. Summaries of the four documents can be found in this supplement and can be downloaded in their entirety from www.ccsmh.ca.