Vancouver Island Mental Health Society’s sobering and assessment centre provides front line help 24/7 for people struggling with substance abuse and addiction [image: centre coordinator Kevin James]
VIMHS Campbell River centre helps people struggling with substance use & addiction
August 29th, 2017 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on VIMHS Campbell River centre helps people struggling with substance use & addiction)Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care
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Primary health care delivered with understanding and compassion for people who use drugs is the focus of a new Greater Victoria patient-oriented research study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
People who use drugs demand a say in fentanyl overdose responses
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“There’s a common public misconception that we are unable to make decisions for ourselves. Truth being we are excluded from even participating in policy decisions that determine our fates”
Nanaimo demonstration and march part of National Day of Action on overdose crisis
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Concerned citizens march in Nanaimo on February 21, 2017, in solidarity with cities across Canada struggling with effective responses to the growing opioid overdose crisis
Why is everyone talking about painkillers, but not about pain?
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Brock University professor Dan Malleck says that while concern about addictive painkillers is strong, concern about the broader social causes of pain should be even stronger
Acquired brain injury in children and youth the focus of #Nanaimo seminar
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Nanaimo Brain Injury Society hosted experts in the field of acquired brain injury assessment, diagnosis, symptom management and return to play/academics, at a public seminar
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