Nova Scotia Panel Wants Shorter Wait Times for Youths Needing Mental Health Help: Panel Wants Shorter Mental Health Wait TimesHALIFAX - An expert panel is calling on Nova Scotia to shorten wait times for children and youths...MacDonald, Michael...
The prevalence of mental health conditions among women with HIV in Canada ranges between 29.5% and 57.4%, highlighting the need for accessible mental health care. We aimed to (1) describe the availability and use of mental health services among women with HIV and (2) identify characteristics as...
He's like this is my highlight of the day, he'll get down on his knees and the dog comes and he gives'em a belly rub you know, it's fun because the dog will search out that time and wait for that person's voice to come, you know just meets'em at the door."...
Smart homes to support mental illness are an appealing new concept but have not yet been implemented at the community level as a form of mental health care or support. Literature reviews have found that hospitalizations, burden on care providers, consultation and wait times, and health care costs...
In Canada, 75% of youth aged 11 to 25 withmental healthproblems do not have access to the services they need. "They often face excessive wait times and complex pathways to services, which discourage young people from taking the steps needed for receiving appropriate assessment and care," expla...
The programs aim to help children’s hospitals reduce patient wait times, create, and adapt clinical spaces, expand capacity across the healthcare system and enhance training for mental health leaders, pediatricians and frontline healthcare workers....
Objectives: The study aims to assess the feasibility of incorporating an Exercise Intervention Program (EIP) as a therapeutic pathway within the Mental Health and Addictions Program (MHAP) in Nova Scotia, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the program on ment...
NOVA ScotiaCANADATEXT messagesMENTAL health servicesMENTAL healthRANDOMIZED controlled trialsMENTAL health personnelMEDICAL care usePatients feel more vulnerable when accessing community mental health programs for the first time or after being discharged from psychiatric inpatient units. Long wait times f...
Psychiatric patients may experience increased vulnerability during specific periods of their journey, especially when they first enrol in a mental health program or after being discharged from an inpatient unit [1,2]. Long wait times for follow-up appointments, shortage of mental health professionals,...
(New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland), and 1.2% from the Territories (Northwest Territory, Yukon, Nunavut), with n = 3 participants (0.7%) who did not report where they lived. This sample was previously used to examine the link between IRS, cumulative household adversity and the CWS ...