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Poor mental health harming productivity, report finds
Posted by Killerheals 56 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)Restraints used on one in four mental health patients
Posted by Mario2444 168 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
The largest study of its kind looks at factors that cause the use of restraints on mental heath patients in Ontario
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Screening for mental illness should be mandatory, study says
Posted by Lucario0708 216 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Mental-health screening should be as common as blood pressure tests during regular medical examinations, a major new study says.
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Ontario launches $257M strategy to deal with kids’ mental health
Posted by Straightos 229 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Liberal government launches three year, $257 million children’s mental health strategy focuses on identifying kids in schools and getting them access to treatment
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Bell makes record $10M donation for mental health
Posted by Superfluous 272 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Bell Canada has contributed $10 million to Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the largest corporate donation ever made to mental health in the country.
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Unmasking mental health issues
Posted by mewtwo158 279 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Artists donate work, including Charles Pachter's painting of Kate Middleton with albino squirrel hat, to be auctioned at CAMH fundraiser.
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Campus shaped by new attitudes to mental health
Posted by samuelcheok 281 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
New CAMH takes down walls and invites community in.
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In the past four decades, CAMH and its founding organizations have made significant steps in mental-health and addiction research. They include:
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What The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health does
Posted by Brimankenke 282 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (www.camh.net) is Canada’s largest teaching hospital in the field in the field of mental health and addictions. It has 530 inpatient beds.
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The teens are a critical time for mental health
Posted by RusseyFooly 283 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
REACH program gives teens a chance to enjoy a better high school experience
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Ontario budget to promise $257M for kids’ mental health
Posted by fredfred2 315 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
New funding for children's mental health and addiction programs and post-secondary education are the highlights of Tuesday's Ontario budget.
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Legislation aims to close mental health coverage gap in Texas
Posted by kai123312 317 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Private insurers in Texas aren't required to cover what's known as Serious Emotional Disturbance in children.
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Tuscon shooting sparks interest in ‘mental health first aid’
Posted by Spartan504 384 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Learning how to identify and help people with mental illnesses should be a first-aid skill as common as CPR, according to the Washington-based National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
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Ontario mental health system faces overhaul
Posted by kmurphy86 404 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Changes will be made to the way the system works so people get steered to the help they need, provincial health minister says.
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Parties unite on mental health push in Ontario
Posted by ShadowRoxas 488 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Private member’s bill by former health minister David Caplan would streamline mental health services from childhood to adulthood.
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Henderson: Substance abuse, not mental illness, has link to violence
Posted by babyg3910 509 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Despite evidence to the contrary, many people remain convinced Violence and mental health go hand in hand. Study after study has concluded this is not the case. Still, the public misperception persists, fed by stereotypes born of isolated incidents.
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Mental health experts ask: Will anyone be normal?
Posted by scudmaster 559 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Binge eating and temper tantrums could become conditions if physicians adhere to the new manual of mental health disorders.
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Mental health care for kids ‘fractured’
Posted by theshade67 579 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
The mental health care system for children is “fractured” and needs better oversight, say critics after a Toronto Star investigation found a psychiatric centre was locking up kids who didn’t belong there.
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Youths hope to ‘change the view’ on kids’ mental illness
Posted by scudmaster 631 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Many children and teens with mental illness suffer alone and in silence. That was the message delivered in 46 videos made by youths to raise awareness
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Mental illnesses linger long after Haitian earthquake
Posted by babyg3910 638 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
In a sweltering annex behind the General Hospital, inner demons stalk in plain view.
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RDSP? Savings plan can be a boon to those with mental illness
Posted by daddydave 649 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Financial industry experts believe that only a minority of people who qualify for the Registered Disability Savings Plan actually have one.
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Exploring madness and mental health
Posted by skullman157 658 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
PsychOUT promises to explore madness and mental health issues in ways not usually found in traditional settings.
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Sex addiction divides mental health experts
Posted by xxUchiahxx 700 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Tiger Woods, who recently admitted to multiple extramarital affairs, said he is receiving treatment. David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed professor on the TV show Californication, underwent rehab in 2008. Dr. Drew Pinsky has launched a reality series dealing with the subject.
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Preventing mental health problems in the workplace
Posted by xiemingwei 908 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Things don't seem quite right with one of the employees in your department. She's arriving to work late and taking more sick days than usual. She keeps to herself more, and her output is down. Yesterday, she forgot all about a scheduled meeting. She seems tired and distracted.
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Raising the bar on mental health reform
Posted by NecroDrake 934 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
To read the obituary pages of newspapers is to regularly recognize the silent scream of mental illness and to know how far-reaching, if euphemistically acknowledged, is the suffering and cost.
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