This year’s AMS/GSS Health and Dental plan covers $1,250 in claims for visits with mental health practitioners – equal to last year’s coverage and a reduction from the 2021/2022 policy year. In an interview with The Ubyssey earlier this September, AMS executives said that a
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Manitoba addictions and mental health services struggling to keep up – Winnipeg
Marian Goldstone remembers a time when everything felt hopeless. “I didn’t realize how it was creeping up on me,” the Brandon, Man. resident said. Goldstone was in her late 40s when she started experiencing symptoms of mental illness. For 11 years, Goldstone couldn’t work or
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Stollery Children’s Hospital opens new mental health walk-in clinic
Article content New clinics at the Stollery Children’s Hospital will help address a growing number of children and youth presenting with mental health concerns. Angela Bennett, senior development officer for national partnerships with the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, said they saw a need for more
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Mental disorders and access to mental health care
Start of text box Overview of the study Using data from the 2022 Mental Health and Access to Care Survey, this article provides updated prevalence estimates for some of the most common mental disorders, including mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders.
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$31,100 donated to Saplings Mental Health Services from 100 Women Who Care
The 100 Women Who Care organizers presented the $31,100 cheque to Saplings Mental Health Services staff. (Nicole Green) FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Saplings Mental Health Services received a donation of $31,100 during the second 100 Women Who Care event of 2023. The event involves at
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Mental health and wellbeing a priority for UBC
University prioritizing tailored approaches for individual student needs With midterm exams around the corner, stress levels are rising. For some students, that might mean increased mental health concerns. To help support students’ mental health and wellbeing, and reduce the stigma sometimes associated with mental health
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Mental health in Canada worsened in 2022: StatCan
More than five million Canadians experienced some form of mental health disorder in 2022, a new Statistics Canada study has revealed. StatCan says those Canadians “met the diagnostic criteria for a mood, anxiety or substance use disorder, with the prevalence of mood and
Read MoreAlberta’s first public mental health park opens in Calgary – Calgary
Alberta’s first park dedicated to enhancing mental health officially opened in Calgary on Saturday. The climbing boulder has become a popular spot to scramble up the Brawn Family Foundation Rotary Park in northwest Calgary. Like everything else at the park, it was designed with teens
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