A participant known as Nelson said he had hopes of going into acting, but was disappointed when a counsellor set him up with a theatre company dedicated to “people affected by mental illness”

A recently published UBC study reveals some moving insights into what works and what doesn’t when it comes to treating mental illness in Metro Vancouver youth. Shalini Lal conducted the study between November 2010 and March 2012 as part of her PhD while she was at the University of B.C. studying rehabilitation sciences. The qualitative study was published recently in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.  Read the rest of this article at The Vancouver Sun…