On July 16, 2012, Lindsey Longe died alone in a squalid Vancouver room littered with the evidence of his battles with addiction, poor health and hoarding. He was 30. Days before, he had checked out of a hospital and returned to his tiny one-room apartment. It’s unclear if anyone noticed that Longe failed to emerge from his room after that. Read the rest of this article at The Tyee…
As too many people know only too well, mental health is a world of unmet needs and untold suffering.
Society’s ability to identify and treat emotional ailments and addiction is painfully inadequate. Families, left to themselves, struggle and fail. They often lack the resources to confront problems or don’t try: two things in plentiful supply are ignorance and denial.
Into this void, bearing a multiagency “road map” with a kitchen-sink approach, has stepped Mayor Bill de Blasio. In an emotional news conference on Monday, he unveiled a citywide initiative, called “ThriveNYC,” to tackle mental illness and addiction. Read the rest of this article at The New York Times…
Nanaimo access activist Terry Wiens has grown up with disability, lived through his adult years with that disability, and is now aging into senior years. Will his needs be met?
Coalition calls for B.C. to adopt comprehensive poverty reduction plan, legislated targets and timelines and a cabinet minister with authority and responsibility to ensure targets are achieved on time
Arian Foster was in a bad place, drinking heavily to self-medicate and deal with the problems in his life.
The Houston Texans running back knew he needed help but was reluctant to seek it because of the stigma surrounding mental-health issues. He overcame that fear, sought therapy and it changed his life.
“It just got to a point where I just threw my hands in the air, and I was like: ‘This is going to kill me,’ “ Foster said. “So I went and got help, and it was the best decision I ever made.”
Haven Society, with key community partners, is creating awareness about gender violence with a goal to moving the community to take action on violence against women
