Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, mental health first aid is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved
Mental Health First Aid brought to VIMHS, now available in Nanaimo and central Island
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Treatment programs have been effective in reducing and ceasing use. However, there are a range of possible barriers that have prevented these programs being widely adopted by methamphetamine users
VIMHS executive director Barnabas Walther focuses on the future at annual meeting
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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
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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
Web of culture: Building online mental health resources for northern youth in BC
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Valerie Ward’s research with Indigenous youth living in northern B.C. explores whether existing online mental health resources are age and culturally appropriate
Suffering, suicides among first responders lead to PTSD support, prevention focus
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Last year, 39 first responders across Canada took their own lives — and one-third of those deaths by suicide occurred in British Columbia, the highest among all provinces
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