Tag: youth mental health
about 3 years ago
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Antidepressant use among youth is skyrocketing across Canada. Prescribing doctors say they have l...

While experts debate the reasons behind growing antidepressant use, there is shared concern over medication alone bei...

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about 3 years ago
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They had to write an obituary for their 16-year-old son. This is what Saul’s parents want you to ...

Three of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals have seen spikes in youth self-harm and suicide attempts during COVID...

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about 3 years ago
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Abi was outgoing and gifted. He never made it to graduation. The 17-year-old’s death — and what f...

Researchers, parents and educators say Canada’s model for youth mental health care is failing to diagnose and treat y...

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over 3 years ago
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She was suicidal, struggling with PTSD and addicted to alcohol. The help she needed was all under...

Thousands of young Canadians with mental health challenges are being treated in one-stop mental health centres that b...

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over 3 years ago
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More post-secondary schools are turning to online counselling services to help meet student menta...

As dozens of Canadian post-secondary schools supplement their on-campus counselling with online service from private ...

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over 3 years ago
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Universities with policies to force out students in crisis say it’s a safety measure. Students sa...

Involuntary removals may force already vulnerable young people to deal with the added stresses of losing their studie...

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over 3 years ago
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What’s fuelling the mental health crisis in young people? Here are four key stressors

While today’s young people are the most willing in history to broadcast their struggles with mental health, they also...

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over 3 years ago
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Her university expelled her after she attempted suicide, saying she had an ‘inability to self-reg...

The university denies the student’s allegations that it failed to provide mental health accommodations. A national re...

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over 3 years ago
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Kyle was a young, aspiring lawyer with loving parents, but ‘inside he was crumbling.’ Now his fam...

When young people seeking mental health help turn to the public health-care system, they frequently face wait times t...

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over 3 years ago
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The kids are in crisis — and COVID-19 is making it worse. In Canada, deteriorating youth mental h...

Children and young people are making unprecedented calls for help amid rising anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation ...

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