Tag: mental health
10 short-term ‘crisis stabilization’ beds added amid surge in calls for help
Ten new beds built to help those in the middle of a mental health or addictions crisis will help keep Londoners from drowning in the maze of social services when they need immediate support, community leaders say.
Surge in mental health calls to police among pandemic’s impacts: Officials
The number of calls to St. Thomas police for mental health reasons nearly doubled in the first year of the pandemic, a new report by Southwestern Public Health shows.
Al-Azem: Even in loss that touches thousands, each grief is personal
On June 8, 2021, at the end of the London vigil that had drawn thousands for a family of five run down in what police allege was a hate attack, I did three things.
Online ‘variety show’ fetes students’ creative COVID coping efforts
Born of students’ increased mental health needs amid the pandemic, Thames Valley District school board’s groundbreaking #heARTofMentalHealth “variety show” is not just for students and their families, organizers say.
Owen Sound treatment centre will be a provincial pilot
Ontario’s associate minister responsible for mental health and addictions said he’ll assess the success of a new treatment facility which he officially announced for Owen Sound Friday, with a view to opening similar centres elsewhere in Ontario. “This has been a vision that I’ve wanted to see implemented in the province long before coming to […]