Health Insight
Recovery Month
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Challenging Feelings of Shame: Families Coping Through Mental Illness
Supporting a loved one while mitigating the ripple effects that stigma brings. I know from first-hand experience that it can be hard admitting when a family member is struggling with a mental illness. Whether it is depression or anxiety, substance use or problem gambling, confiding and sharing information about a loved one’s mental health struggles...
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Ending the Overdose Crisis Calls For a Unified Front
Polarizing debates are weakening our collective strength in saving lives threatened by fentanyl. There is no one way to solve a problem as huge and complex as the opioid crisis in Canada. Across the healthcare spectrum, heated debates are raging over how to best save lives: Is safer supply truly safe? Which approach to care...
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Understanding Mental Health
Mental health and mental illness are often used interchangeably, but it’s important to note that they are not the same. We know that 5 in 5 people, that’s all of us, have mental health. However, 1 in 3 will experience a mental illness or substance use disorder in their lifetime.
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Dr. Sundas Pasha talks mental health and affirmations for a healthy life
Mediaplanet interviewed Dr. Sundas Pasha who is passionate about Mental Health and living a healthy and happy life. She brings awareness to daily affirmations to strengthen the brain, and have mental health be talked more about.
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Mental Health and Substance Use
Our mental wellness depends on how we think about ourselves, our lives, and the people we know and care about, and that affects our ability to make healthy choices and decisions. Mental health is about enjoying life, having a sense of purpose, and being able to manage life’s inevitable highs and lows.
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Q&A with Humboldt Bronco, Tyler Smith
Following the tragic Humboldt Broncos crash, what challenges did you face? I think the biggest challenge was the mental journey that I was scared to embark on. I had never gone through trauma or grief and never understood how complex mental health is. So, for me, it wasn’t an easy thing to be able to...
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Q&A with Athlete Clara Hughes on the Importance of Mental Health Advocacy
Mediaplanet sat down with Olympic cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes to learn about her journey to becoming a mental health advocate. You’ve been very open about your battle with depression. How did you seek help, and when did you know to seek help? It was a slow process that began with sports psychologists —...