Health Insight
CAMPAIGN: Mental Health Awareness (2022)
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Personalized Treatment to Support Mental Health and Overcome Addiction
Sunshine Coast Health Centre offers a personalized approach to motivated men struggling with mental health and physical health issues.
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Substance Use Stigma Causes Harm — and We Need to Address It
Stigmas toward people living with substance use disorders are one of the major barriers preventing people from accessing the care they need.
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Exploring the Impacts of Cannabis Use during Pregnancy and While Breastfeeding
Despite its reputation as being harmless, the negative effects of cannabis can be passed on to your baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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5 Things You Need to Know About Postpartum Depression
Perinatal mental illness impacts thousands of Canadians each year, and understanding the impact — and how to tackle it — is essential.
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The Mind, Body, and Heart Are More Connected Than We Realize
Healing the mind often requires a holistic approach that goes beyond the mental to incorporate physical, emotional, and spiritual healing too. It won’t surprise anyone to learn that eating a healthy and balanced diet, staying physically active, getting enough sleep, and managing stress are some of the key components of good health. What is sometimes...
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Eating Disorders in Canada Need a Catalyst for Change — and it’s NIED
NIED connects, educates, raises awareness, and takes action to address the needs of Canadians impacted by eating disorders.
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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 —...
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Q&A with Howie Mandel: Why Sharing Your Mental Health Story Matters
Mediaplanet chatted with Canadian comedian and TV personality Howie Mandel about his mental health journey, reducing stigma, and the power of sharing. What can the public learn about mental health awareness from your story? People can learn to simply be aware of their mental health. There’s little awareness of mental health and that’s what the...
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Need for Long Term Care for Young Adults Facing Mental Illness
Over 160,000 young adults in Ontario live with serious mental illness, and traditional six-to-eight week short-term clinical psychotherapy treatments are not enough to help individuals properly rehabilitate. In recent years mainstream media has done an excellent job raising awareness and removing the stigma associated with mental illness. However, there is a gap in long-term treatment...
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Early Intervention in Bullying Behavior is Critical to Youth Mental Health
Childhood bullying is not always recognized as a significant threat to long-term mental health, but the reality is it impacts many children for a lifetime. Unfortunately, in my experience, patterns of bullying behaviour are strongly embedded by the time children reach high school. I’d like to tell you about an approach that intervenes early and...