The Saskatchewan government announced Thursday $6.6 million in funding for Regina police initiatives. Part of those funds are going toward expanding the Regina Police Service’s police and crisis team (PACT), which teams police officers with mental health workers. PACT goes out into the community for
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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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Sault news: Northern Ontario First Nations call for help amid mental health crisis
Several First Nations and health officials in northern Ontario are asking for help after declaring a state of emergency over mental health crises across their territories. Cat Lake First Nation Chief Russell Wesley said 188 people of the 500 who live in his community are
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Kids’ mental health is in crisis. Here’s what psychologists are doing to help
The biggest challenge facing mental health care providers right now, experts say, is a shortage of providers trained to meet the mounting needs of children and adolescents. “There’s a growing recognition that mental health is just as important as physical health in young people’s development,
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New statistics tell a troubling story: Canada’s mental health crisis is only getting worse
In September, Statistics Canada released the results of their 2022 Mental Health and Access to Care Survey, and it shows that far more Canadians are depressed and anxious today than they were a decade ago. The survey, which is conducted every ten years, involves thousands
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A decade of data describes nationwide youth mental health crisis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Tanner Bommersbach, M.D., and a team of Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed national records of pediatric emergency department visits, they provided essential data to describe the growing national crisis in pediatric mental health. Their study found that from 2011 to 2020,
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‘Crisis’ Brewing In U.K.’s Overstretched Mental Health Services
Female counselor gestures while talking with female client. The counselor is holding eyeglasses and … [+] a pen. getty Members of the U.K.’s parliament have warned growing demand for mental health services is already outstripping supply, with more than a million people waiting for care.
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