front-line support that’s needed. When I met with some Toronto Clubs earlier this week, I heard devastating stories of the effects of gun violence on Club kids – and how traumatized families don’t get the supports they need in the immediate hours after a shooting or fatality...
Messner bravely addresses some meaty issues, like heroin addiction, in an age-appropriate manner. I know this has caused some controversy. But I believe it is an issue that siblings may face with older brothers and sisters. And as in any family health crisis, Charlie feels invisible when her...
This is the question that Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health needed to answer, with only months to go before the country’s new 988 suicide crisis helpline was scheduled to begin taking calls. Now, more than a year later, trained responders at the national helpline have ...
more of them are going into crisis. Distress among many students in Toronto, Peel and York Region mounted as school re-openings loomed. It is too soon to tell how those students are managing back in the classroom.
Women and gender-diverse individuals have faced disproportionate socioeconomic burden during COVID-19. There have been reports of greater negative mental health changes compared to men based on cross-sectional research that has not accounted for pre-COVI
A hyper-competitive environment alone can be detrimental to students’ mental health.The Varsity, the University of Toronto’s (UofT) newspaper,wrotethat students attribute the school’s mental health crisis to “the unhealthy and competitive nature of academic life,” part...
mental health portals. Canada’sWellness Together, created in response to “an unprecedented rise in mental health and substance use concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” acts as a resource for those going through acute mental health problems, and mainly those who need crisis counsel...
Crisis hotlines see huge increase before and after Trump win The Trevor Project and Crisis Text Line are working to reassure distressed LGBTQ+ youth and other targeted groups. 11/07/2024 By Rebecca Ruiz How to take a mental health day after Election Day Don't spend the day doomscrolling...
Nearly every other country also has preventative healthcare systems, not For-profit healthcare. They don’t push legal drugs under the guise of “safe and effective” to earn billions. Only the USA does that. So, instead of asking after a mass shooting, “What’s with all the guns in ...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak not only causes deaths and adverse consequences on the physical health1,2, but also induces a global mental health crisis, including psychiatric morbidity and suicide, in the patients, the health care professionals, and the general population3,4,5...