It’s what an average day looks like when Laura Istanboulian goes to work.
“You could be assisting a patient who is suffering from delusions, and in the bed beside you another patient is dying,” she said. “You have phones ringing off the hook, and might not even have eaten lunch that day.”
Istanboulian works as a nurse practitioner in the Acute Respiratory Unit at Michael Garron (formerly Toronto East General) Hospital.
Bell Let’s Talk Day is an opportunity for Canadians to discuss mental health and the stigma associated with it.
Youth mental health advocate and Carleton University social work student Jayson Pham has spent years trying to bring awareness about the struggles many young people have with anxiety, depression, and other forms of mental illness….
Tuesday night, on the eve of Bell’s national #BellLetsTalk event to end the stigma surrounding mental health, the University of Toronto Scarborough had a launch party for a new online magazine: Minds Matter Magazine.
Early numbers show Bell’s mental health campaign had another record breaking year.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has announced the opening of the Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department at their College Street location. It is an upgrade from the previous crowded and outdated emergency department, at the same location.
According to the Tema Conter Memorial Trust — a charity that provides support to military and emergency services workers — nearly 30 first responder suicides were reported across Canada from April to early November.
On Wednesday February 19, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) held a Cafe Scientifique at the Gladstone Hotel called “Rewiring the Brain: New Possibilities for Mental Health?”
The Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, now in its 21st year, runs Nov. 11–16 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Workman Arts Theatre and features more than 20 films and exhibitions exploring topics surrounding mental health and addiction.
According to statistics provided by the Canadian Medical Association, 2 in 3 Canadians with mental illness suffer in silence because they are afraid of being judged.
“People don’t realize that a lot of mental issues are a response to circumstances or stressors.”