“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”
“Self-help is the best help”. Self-help means always trying to help yourself without depending on others. If means that whatever you can do or you are in a position to do, you should do it.
Effects of Long-Term Confinement With Improper Care
Ashley Smith, a troubled teenager that was incarcerate at the fragile age of 15 for throwing crab apples at a postman, died almost 5 years ago due to choking on [...]
Battling the Stigma
The issue of mental health on campus has become a solemn one. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) has released their submission to the Ontario government on the status and [...]
Suicide: Warning Signs and Issues Faced by Friends and Family
A study published in the British Medical Journal, based on family and friends of people who were suicidal, highlighted the main challenges faced when trying to figure out whether a [...]
Feeling Overworked? You Must Be Canadian
By Catherine Ballantyne-Choo This article presents some results of a study done by Towers Watson about the workplace in Canada and the United States. According to the study, 89% of [...]
When Your Friend Has The Blues
By Vincent Cuevas For students, there are many stresses that we deal with throughout the year that can cause us to feel depressed or mentally unwell. It is very likely [...]
Major Pharma Companies
Mental health drug research is no longer a top priority for major pharmaceutical companies, as published by two recent studies in the medical journal Science Translational Medicine. The study, [...]
Overcoming Cocaine Addiction
An addiction is the continued use of mood and behaviour altering substances that threaten an individual’s health. It is a multi factor problem that changes the physiology of the brain [...]
Mental Health Issues of the Aboriginal Community
In Hay River, North Western Territory there seems to be a community outrage as Health Authorities are not budging one bit from their earlier decision of demoting some mental health [...]
Stoney Creek School Fills Gap in Mental Health Education
With an estimated 1 in 5 youth dealing with mental health issues, Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School in Stoney Creek has decided to help mitigate the issue by incorporating a [...]
Another Dimension in Workplace Safety
By Inderjeet Kaur The Alberta government and the Canadian Mental Health Association are being sued by the family of a woman who was killed by a “mentally ill client” [...]
Clara Hughes Conquers the Dark Weight of Depression
By Jason Schwartz It was in 1996 that six-time Olympic medalist Clara Hughes unknowingly fell into a deep depression. She had won her first few cycling medals in the [...]
Building Resilience
In a world where uncertainly lingers near every decision and change is at the threshold of progress, we yearn for strong and enduring relationships that can withstand the weather the [...]