10 October 2023, Tripoli, Libya – Following the devastation wrought by Storm Daniel, hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Libya are mourning the loss of loved ones, homes, possessions and livelihoods. Tens of thousands more are desperately hoping for news of the nearly 9000
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Ontario expanding mental health services in the northeast
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Oct 10, 2023 • 2 minute read The Ontario government says it is now offering more mental health services in northeastern Ontario and every other region of the province through an expanded Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program. Photo
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NHS ‘unsuccessful’ in bid for parity between physical and mental health, nursing survey suggests
Less than one in 10 nurses believe mental health care gets as much attention as physical health care, new data from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has revealed. The findings comes from RCN’s recent parity of esteem work – a phrase that means valuing
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Message from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate M…
Statement On September 30, we mark Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a time for all of us to remember the tragic history and ongoing impacts of residential schools—and to honour those who never returned home, survivors, as well
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The clustering of physical health conditions and associations with co-occurring mental health proble…
Academy of Medical Sciences. Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research: Academy of medical sciences. 2018. Google Scholar National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management. UK: NICE; 2016. Google Scholar Fortin M, Haggerty J, Almirall J, Bouhali T, Sasseville M,
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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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White House pushes private insurance companies to cover mental health care
President Joe Biden’s administration plans to try to force private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a well-known hole in America’s health care system, according to the White House. The new
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Youth mental health services at Unity Health receive major gift from Slaight Family Foundation
Sign up for the Unity Health Toronto newsletter, a monthly update on the latest news, stories, patient voices and research emailed directly to subscribers. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Unity Health Toronto’s youth mental health programs received a transformative
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