Mental Health Canada

• Target suicide prevention strategies towards men, Indigenous people: Senate report

  A new Senate report says Canada can make strides in suicide prevention if all levels of government develop strategies tailored towards groups facing the highest suicide rates.

  Canada

  Jun 8
  
• Most Canadians want universal mental health care. What would that look like?

  Universal mental health care aims to ensure that all Canadians can access the servuces they need without facing financial, cultural or social barriers.

  Health

  May 1
  
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• Lack of urgency on mental health transfer contributing to ER crisis, advocates say

  A lack of urgency to improve and expand access to mental health and addictions care across the country is contributing to the 'crisis' in Canada’s emergency rooms, advocates say.

  Health

  Nov 26, 2022
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• Liberals face mounting calls to fulfil $4.5B mental health transfer election pledge

  The federal Liberals are facing calls to fulfil an election pledge to create a $4.5 billion mental health transfer - a stalled promise that is contributing to Canada’s ER crisis.

  Health

  Oct 21, 2022
• Men are more at risk of mental illness post-breakup, study finds

  A recent UBC study found when men leave a relationship, they are at increased risk of mental illness, including anxiety, depression and even suicide.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2022
• I’m a Canadian nurse fighting abuse and Omicron. I’m at a breaking point

  Nurses in Canada say they are burnt out and increased abuse of health-care workers has pushed them to a breaking point. This is the story of a typical 12-hour shift in Toronto.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2022
• Canada headed for nursing shortage ‘beyond anything we’ve ever experienced’: experts

  Canada's nurses say they are burnt out and considering leaving the profession as Omicron cases continue to surge across the country, leaving them understaffed and under-resourced.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2022
• ‘Exciting opportunity’ ahead for ministers to tackle mental health, homelessness: expert

  Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen said that he and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett "will be very closely aligned.''

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2021
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• Canada is getting a mental health and addictions ministry. What’s needed to make it work?

  As Canada deals with the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and an ongoing opioid crisis, Trudeau has named Carolyn Bennett as the first minister of mental health and addictions.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2021
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• SickKids receives $50M donation for brain and mental health initiatives

  The SickKids Foundation says the gift from Toronto entrepreneur Garry Hurvitz will support the hospital's centres for brain and mental health and community mental health.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2021