Dr. Susan Finnerty:

I wish to add to that. I suppose I am around a long time. When I started, addiction counsellors were on mental health teams. There were usually one or two addiction counsellors. That has continued in some areas to this day. We believe that addiction, whether it is the cause of the mental illness or because of the mental illness, needs to be addressed in a holistic way of looking at people to try to help them. There certainly has been a move to silo it. That ties in with what I was saying about physical health.