The 10th annual Soles Remembering Souls Walk will be held in Nanaimo on Saturday, September 10, 2016, with music, personal stories of hope, healing and support for survivors of suicide loss
VIMHS executive director Barnabas Walther focuses on the future at annual meeting
June 26th, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on VIMHS executive director Barnabas Walther focuses on the future at annual meeting)
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society has seen significant change over the past two years, and the organization expects new programming will be added in the near future
Not about us, without us: Creating a program advisory committee for inner city youth
June 23rd, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Not about us, without us: Creating a program advisory committee for inner city youth)
A Vancouver-based Inner City Youth program, along with its Youth Advisory Committee, provides ways for young people to inform their own mental health care, in a “not about us, without us” approach
Friends Empowerment Society aims to address stigma, alternate therapies, human rights
May 9th, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Friends Empowerment Society aims to address stigma, alternate therapies, human rights)
After two years of planning, a Nanaimo-based nonprofit society, managed by persons who have had or currently have mental health or addictions issues, held its public launch
Mike Pond’s story and search for answers led to new book, riveting documentary
May 1st, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Mike Pond’s story and search for answers led to new book, riveting documentary)
Wasted, a book and documentary, is a harrowing, wry, and riveting account of a therapist’s struggle with alcohol and his quest to find a better way of treating addiction
Does forced drug treatment actually work?
March 6th, 2016 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Does forced drug treatment actually work?)
Why can’t we just make people go to addiction treatment? This is a question some may be asking in light of recent overdose deaths and other drug-related problems
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