At EHN Edgewood Nanaimo, we believe the best chance for long-term addiction recovery for our patients is a treatment program that addresses all aspects of their health: body, mind, spirit, and social system. We do this through the integration of evidence-based mental health treatments, including...
Several members of council felt that the site, which receives some funding through the B.C. Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and some health care delivery through Island Health, should be better-resourced. “I think that there’s a huge need for peer support within addictions an...
The grim statistic arose during discussion of drug toxicity data at a City of Nanaimo governance and priorities meeting Monday, Dec. 11. Dr. Shannon Waters, medical health officer; Dr. Roger Walmsley, Island Health addiction medicine physician; Amanda Lemon, mental health and substance ...
including $8 million for B.C. Infrastructure Benefits Corporation itself, which didn’t exist until a few months ago. Opposition leader Andrew Wilkinson notes that the budget for your Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions is $20 million. What is achieved by this extra expense?