Mental Health Workers
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Vancouver mayoral candidate pledges big boost to program pairing cops with mental health nursesSim's proposal is to massively expand the "Car 87" program, which sees plain-clothed police officers partner with Vancouver Coastal Health mental health workers for crisis calls.PoliticsAug 15, 2022
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Ontario government to expand use of mobile crisis teams to help first respondersHealth Minister Christine Elliott highlighted an investment today of $174 million this year from her government's recent budget for community mental health and addictions services, mental health and justice services, supportive housing, and acute mental health inpatient beds.PoliticsMay 6, 2019
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Mental-health workers kept busy by searing testimony at MMIW inquiryWitnesses at the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are being supported by an extensive mental-health network.CanadaNov 8, 2017
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Ontario announces funding for mental health workers for Pikangikum First NationOntario is announcing funding 20 full-time mental health workers for Pikangikum First Nation - a remote community struggling with a suicide crisis.CanadaJul 23, 2017
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Frustration for recovering Saskatchewan drug addict seeking mental health careA woman from northern Saskatchewan said she tried to get mental health care help for her son – and the experience was “appalling.” Alison Akert Rogers lives in Creighton, next to the Manitoba border. She said her son Justin Hillier, 22, was addicted for six years, but now he is recovering. Recently, he admitted he...HealthNov 25, 2016
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Mental health professionals focus on schools in northern Sask. suicide crisisThe Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region's CEO says its employees have worked to identify high risk youth in communities where young girls have recently committed suicide.HealthNov 10, 2016
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