Category Archives: Mental Illness

The Mental Health Care Overhaul Bill: What You Need to Know …

House Speaker Paul Ryan has declared his support for a Republican-led effort to overhaul mental health care in the United States.

We need to talk about mental illness, community forum told | Share …

Mental health issues, if left ignored by parents, could destroy children's lives and even lead to death as almost was the case with Karen Carrington who migrated with her parents from Trinidad & Tobago to Ottawa in the 1970s.

15 Finds Out: Mental illness link to mass violence misleading | WANE

That blame often lands on mental illness. Reports suggest that in the mass shootings in the United States since 1970, around 60 percent of the perpetrators showed symptoms of depression, delusions, and paranoia, …

Grants From Corporate Partners Will Support Youth Engagement in …

Grants From Corporate Partners Will Support Youth Engagement in Mental Health Awareness. November 18, 2015 by Shine Initiative. The SHINE Initiative is thrilled to announce it has recently been awarded grants from Fallon Health ($4000) …

Using 'mood maths' to understand more about bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder – formerly known as manic depression – is a chronic, recurrent mental illness characterised by extreme swings in mood. The condition is thought to affect at least one in every 100 adults worldwide and …