Open this photo in gallery: Geoffrey Smith, left, a primary care paramedic at the Ottawa Paramedic Service, hands Mental Wellbeing Response Team (MWRT) team member Cindy Gill, a social worker at the Ottawa Hospital, a tablet used to monitor 911 paramedic dispatch calls in Ottawa
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I was forced into the psych ward as a teen. Now I’m teaching police officers how to respond to menta…
Every few months, I travel on the bus for an hour and a half to a remote part of Edmonton to give a speech for The Schizophrenia Society of Alberta (SSA), to a class of around 50 police cadets who are still in training. I
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Mental Health Tied to Physical Ills
Summary: A comprehensive study discovered a strong correlation between severe mental illnesses and physical multimorbidity. Analyzing data from almost 200,000 psychiatric patients, the study found these individuals are nearly twice as likely to experience chronic physical conditions compared to those without mental disorders. This link
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GUNTER: UCP health-care plan long on the ‘what,’ short on the ‘how’
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Get the latest from Lorne Gunter straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Nov 09, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 3 minute read Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams, Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange and Premier Danielle
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Alberta NDP calls UCP’s healthcare plan a ‘power-grab’; questions impact to Red Deer Hospital expans…
READ: Alberta revamps health care system, creates separate units “This latest radical disruption is not an attempt to make Albertans healthier or to provide Alberta’s healthcare professionals with a better place to work. This is a power-grab; plain and simple. But the results for patients
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Not-for-profit says successive N.B. governments have not made youth mental health a priority
One year after 16-year-old Lexi Daken’s death, Partners for Youth launched a pilot program aimed at getting teens rapid access to a licensed counsellor or therapist. The New Brunswick not-for-profit, which has been helping at-risk children and youth for almost 30 years, finds the practitioner,
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City council approves city-wide expansion of Community Crisis Service
Toronto City Council on Thursday unanimously approved the expansion of the Toronto Community Crisis Service program citywide. The program, referred to as Toronto’s fourth emergency service, will see mental health experts respond to calls involving people in crisis instead of the police service. According to
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Mobile walk-in clinic now on the road in Sarnia-Lambton
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A walk-in clinic on wheels is rolling in Lambton County, providing mental health, addiction and primary health care at stops around the community three days a week. Published Nov 09, 2023 • 2 minute read Kelly Howell, a CMHA
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