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Frequently Asked Questions: Canadian Dental Care Plan
Jul 8th, 2024The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) National Office has prepared this fact sheet to spread the word about the Canadian Dental Care Plan and to answer your questions. The federal…
Open letter requesting federal Minister of Health to revisit the Canada Health Act for mental health
Jun 27th, 2024VIA EMAIL: [email protected] The Hon. Mark Holland, M.P., P.C.Minister of Health70 Colombine Driveway, Tunney’s Pasture, Floor 16Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 Subject: Request to meet to address the exclusion of mental…
CMHA calls for cancellation of plan to use federal prisons for immigration detention
Jun 10th, 2024The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is seriously alarmed by the federal government’s recent proposal to use federal penitentiaries for the non-criminal detention of migrants and refugee claimants, including those…
Helping save more lives: The Canadian Mental Health Association & Centre for Suicide Prevention support the National Suicide Prevention Action Plan
Jun 3rd, 2024Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) National and Centre for Suicide Prevention welcome The National Suicide Prevention Action Plan: Working together on life promotion and suicide prevention. This is Canada’s first…
Mental health at the pandemic’s end: Youth still reporting higher rates of mental health problems
Feb 7th, 202413,255 people in Canada were polled from October 2022 to May 2023 about their mental health. Youth and young adults who identified as women, non-binary* and 2SLGBTQIA+ were more likely…
Mental Health at the Pandemic’s End: Women, non-binary and 2SLGBTQIA+ people are still reporting poorer mental health and greater service use
Feb 7th, 202413,255 people in Canada were polled about their mental health from October 2022 to May 2023. Women, non-binary, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people were more likely to report that they were struggling…
What you need to know about mental health and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Feb 7th, 2024Source: All quoted indicators and passages below are cited from UN Statistics Division – Global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals The Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) vision is…
Statement in support of a legislative extension for Medical Assistance in Dying for persons suffering solely from a mental disorder
Jan 30th, 2024The Canadian Mental Health Association welcomes the federal government’s decision to postpone the planned expansion in March 2024 of Medical Assistance in Dying for persons whose sole underlying medical condition…
When it comes to health, our circumstances matter
Oct 25th, 2023Our genes alone don’t decide if we’ll have problems with our mental health. Biology plays a part, as does the health care we receive. But the circumstances we live in…