COVID-19 and mental health
A pandemic is a very stressful event for individuals and communities. It’s normal to feel some stress and anxiety. It’s also very common for people to […] Continue readingCOVID-19 and mental health
Mental Health For All Virtual Conference 2020
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Muslim women’s mental health: a study
The community-based research project, Muslim Women’s Mental Health, asked Muslim women in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to […]Continue readingMuslim women’s mental health: a study
The Universal Basic Income: an idea whose time has come?
The idea of a Universal Basic Income is to provide a no strings attached payment to all Canadians of working age to cover their basic needs. It would be a minimum income […]Continue readingThe Universal Basic Income: an idea whose time has come?
CMHA calls on government to respond to “echo pandemic”
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extreme national anxiety with mental health effects like nothing we have seen before. Research suggests that Canadians will still be struggling with their mental health long after […]Continue readingCMHA calls on government to respond to “echo pandemic”
Mental Health Action Plan: Better access and system performance for mental health services in Canada
The CAMIMH membership, which comprises of 13 mental health associations, has worked together to produce CAMIMH’s Mental Health Action Plan. […]Continue readingMental Health Action Plan: Better access and system performance for mental health services in Canada
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Research says that loneliness is on the rise, and that a lack of human connection can be more harmful to your health than smoking. #mentalhealth
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La recherche nous montre que la souffrance liée à la solitude est en hausse, et que le manque de contact humain peut être aussi néfaste pour votre santé que le tabagisme. #santémentale
cmha.ca/blogs/the-importance-of-human-connectionSchools teach music, math and coding—why not
empathy, tenacity and self-esteem? #MentalHealth
À l’école, on apprend la musique, les mathématiques et la programmation. Et pourquoi pas l’empathie, la ténacité et l’estime de soi? #SantéMentaleMental health is begins at home. Parents are the leaders in this.
I think we do learn these things through music, teams etc. Learning through action and interaction with others is critical to baking these things into our lives.
One in five people will face a #MentalHealth problem in any given year and yet mental health does not occupy the place it deserves in the #PublicHealth system. #cdnpoli
Here are six reasons why health parity has to be a priority.
Une personne sur cinq sera confrontée à un problème de #SantéMentale au cours de sa vie, pourtant la santé mentale n’occupe actuellement pas la place qu’elle mérite au sein du système de santé publique. #polcan
Voici 6 raisons qui vous aideront à mieux comprendre pourquoi la parité en santé doit être une priorité.
cmha.ca/blogs/6-reasons-to-adopt-health-parityThere is a strong mental health case to be made for a universal basic income. It can actually protect #MentalHealth! Read why CMHA is calling for it.
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En matière de #SantéMentale, il y a de solides arguments en faveur d'un revenu de base universel. Il peut réellement protéger la santé mentale. Découvrez pourquoi l’ACSM en fait appel.This year, the usual back-to-school pressures may be eclipsed by a more potent set of worries. The fundamental one: will our kids be safe? #BackToSchool #COVID19 #mentalhealth
Taming your back-to-school worries - CMHA National
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Back to school has always been a time of transition. The end of summer. The apprehension. The excitement. And if it came with a bit of anxiety for your kids, well, that was to be expected. But back to...People, people in groups, who are willing to criminally endanger others are demonstrating mental illnessess that are lethally dangerous to themselves and others. Why is the focus on the mental health stresses of isolation and income loss, and not on those whose mental illness causes much more widespread harm? Speaking as one who is restricted and endangered by people who have irrational thinking and sociopathic behaviours, I object to this inequitable allocation of mental health funds, unbalanced characterization of the mental health challenges. It pretty much confirms what many psych survivors have been complaining about for decades, that mental health is a often matter of community politics. People who experience stress from isolation are affected by the irresponsible behaviour of demonstrably irrational sociopaths, yet public institutions focus their help on treating the symptoms in people who are their hostages instead of addressing the mental health causes. CMHA National / ACSM National and CAMH practices again leave the burden on victims while pretending, through their silence, that irrational sociopaths are sane.