Since losing her 14-year-old daughter to suicide in 2010, Stephanie Richardson has poured her entire being into the cause of mental health. With her husband, Luke Richardson, a former NHL defenceman and current head …
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End 'two-tier' mental-health care system, Michael Kirby urges …
Only a quarter of Canadian children with mental illness are getting the help they need, says the retired senator who chaired a landmark report on mental health in Canada a decade ago.
Haunted: Firefighter's PTSD battle began with the death of a child …
Brandon Hogan was a rookie firefighter at Station 22 at Lincoln Fields in March 2005 when his life changed. That morning, there was a call about a child who had swallowed his mother's anti-psychotic medication. No vital …
Edmonton police lobby for the right to take mental health patients to …
Police said they've worked with partners to identify the 19 highest users of emergency services. Of those, 13 have now been housed. The service also offers more training for officers on how to relate to mental health patients.
Refugees to be offered mental health services in Canada | Ottawa …
Some of the Syrian refugees coming to Canada could be afflicted with mental health problems and will be offered psychological counselling to help them through their ordeal, says the federal health minister. Jane Philpott …