Article in The Bluffs Monitor
Here is a link to the on-line article…and reproduced below: https://www.bluffsmonitor.com/john-smee-september20/
What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed
This was a good article from the New York Times: There are no easy answers for helping someone struggling with depression, especially if you’ve already tried and tried. Here are some tips from experts. By Heather Murphy At a suicide … Continued
Do you know how to play to improve your mental health?
What do you do each day for your mental health? Most of us find it easier to answer this question: What do you do to take care of your physical health? We know the formula for that: move our bodies, … Continued
Suicide one of leading causes of death in pregnant Ontario women, new moms: study
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among pregnant and recently pregnant women, says a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “We discovered that women who die by perinatal suicide are more likely to do … Continued
Where to get help when you’re concerned with your mental health
Only one in three Canadians who experience a mental health problem or illness seeks and receives services or treatment. The wrong time to prepare for a crisis is when you’re in it. We need to better equip people to identify a mental health … Continued
Three new mental health walk-in clinics
Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is opening three mental health walk-in clinics for young people in the city. CAMH said the clinics are located at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue at Delisle Youth Services, near Danforth Avenue and … Continued
Art reduces stress…even if you are not artistic!!
Overwork got you down? Anxious about your financial situation? A new study indicates that art-making can help, even if you’ve got no skills at all, says a new study, reports Science Daily. Click here for more!
Mental illness still viewed as a sign of weakness
New data shows 40 per cent of Canadians say they’ve experienced feelings of anxiety or depression — but haven’t sought medical help. Actress Kristen Bell opened up about her struggle with depression in a TIME magazine essay in May. … Continued
Men’s Mental Health – perspectives.
Are we supporting the men in our society? How do mental wellness issues affect men differently?
What happened to Sudesh Shetty…..do immigrants need more mental wellness support? or need to fear the stigma less?
It had been five years since Kumuda Shetty had last seen her son Sudesh. She would have liked to embrace him, hold him close and tell him that she was proud of the life he had built for himself in … Continued