Sudbury’s youth can now hang out, play, and access mental and physical health services all under one roof. A youth wellness hub is opening its doors at the YMCA downtown, and it will serve young people aged between 12 and 25 years old. Compass, an agency
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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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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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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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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $200 Million To Support Youth Mental Health
Builds on unprecedented investment through President Biden’s Unity Agenda to tackle the mental health crisis and support community-based behavioral health care and treatment. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Health Resources
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