EFT (emotional freedom techniques) practitioner Helena Green specializes in anxiety treatment and says you have the ability to take back control of your life
Managing anxiety involves tools, strategies, practical supports
January 12th, 2015 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Managing anxiety involves tools, strategies, practical supports)Preparing for a lower-stress holiday season
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Soles remembering souls helps survivors remember, heal
November 17th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Soles remembering souls helps survivors remember, heal)Soles Remembering Souls ‐ Connecting Survivors will be held at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on Sunday November 23, 2014 to support those left behind after deaths by suicide
Every year, many people lose their lives to suicide, leaving behind family, friends, colleagues and others who struggle to make sense of their loss. Our community is unfortunately no exception. On Vancouver Island, we lose more people to suicide than to motor vehicle accidents and accidental overdose combined. Research also tells us that someone who has lost a significant person to suicide is at a 9 times greater risk themselves.
UBC and Tilray partner for Canada’s first PTSD cannabis study
November 16th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on UBC and Tilray partner for Canada’s first PTSD cannabis study)Research into medicinal cannabis use will examine the potential medical benefits for veterans, first responders and sexual assault survivors with PTSD
The University of British Columbia Okanagan and Nanaimo-based Tilray, a Health Canada Licensed Producer under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), will conduct the country’s first clinical trial to evaluate the therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Pending regulatory approvals, the UBC-Tilray study is poised to be one of the first in the world to run a large-scale clinical trial examining medical cannabis as a treatment for a mental health disorder.
Memoir aims to help people understand mental illness without judging or stereotyping
October 28th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Memoir aims to help people understand mental illness without judging or stereotyping)“What had happened to our beautiful happy life? Could it really be over for us? I just wasn’t sure if our love was strong enough to keep us together. I probably believed it wasn’t.”
It was an idyllic marriage. John and Marion were high school sweethearts who married and began a successful life together. He, an internationally respected scientist in his field and she, a business woman in her family firm. With three children and finally settled in Victoria. BC, Canada after stints in Vienna and Australia, tragedy struck.
Despite the eventual and probable diagnosis of late-onset schizophrenia, John and Marion struggled to hold their family together and to deal with an illness that usually strikes much earlier in life. This is their story of what happens when the mind betrays you.
Amanda Reaume discovers there are few options available for her depressed friend
September 17th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Amanda Reaume discovers there are few options available for her depressed friend)“For people like Jessica, who don’t have employee benefits and don’t have extra money to pay for treatment, there are few options”
When Amanda’s friend Jessica (not her real name) lost her job and spent a year desperately seeking—but not finding—another, she fell into a deep depression. “I’m in debt. I’m having a hard time paying my bills. I can’t even get a job in fast food because they tell me I’m overqualified. I just feel like I can’t come back from this. That my life is over,” she told Amanda.
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