Purpose The lessons learned to date from COVID-19, and from earlier disasters and epidemics, suggest that planning and reforms are needed to stay ahead of mental health impacts that will be long term, complex, and may take time to fully emerge. This preliminary scan offers an overview of developing issues for policy makers and the … Read more
Below are links to the CAMIMH Mental Health Action Plan: CAMIMH Mental Health Action Plan July 13 2020 CAMIMH Un meilleur accès aux services de soins en santé mentale 13 juillet 2020 CAMIMH Mental Health Action Plan Two Pager July 13 2020 CAMIMH Plan d’action en santé mentale Deux pages 13 juillet 2020 CAMIMH Mental … Read more
By: Andrea M. Stelnicki, PhD, R. Nicholas Carleton, PhD, Carol Reichert, MA WE ARE CANADA’S NURSES The CFNU represents close to 200,000 frontline care providers and nursing students working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, community health care and our homes. We speak to all levels of government, other health care stakeholders and the public about … Read more
Le français suit. Your Voice, Your Association Friday, June 19, 2020, 12-12:45 p.m. ET Register today! The CNA board of directors led approximately 50 engagement and dialogue sessions and met with close to 1,000 regulated nurses throughout the fall of 2019 and in early 2020. In these sessions, the board heard ideas, advice, and opinions … Read more
Le français suit Dr. Nadia Fairbairn, MD, Clinician-Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use, and Principal Investigator of the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Use Misuse (CRISM) National iOAT Environmental Scan study, is seeking to connect with safer supply and/or injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) and/or tablet-based iOAT programs across Canada interested in taking … Read more
Register today! In this episode of the Coffee with Claire webinars, Claire Betker and her guest experts will discuss the significant impact COVID-19 has had within vulnerable populations. The discussion will focus on the unique nursing considerations and experiences supporting new immigrants and refugees in response to COVID-19. Our panelists will explore the challenges caused … Read more
Uncertainty. We are all living it. But one thing we can count on is the Mental Health For All conference. We can now confirm that it will be happening virtually on October 20, and your abstracts are now welcome until June 12th. In early spring, we just didn’t know. But we launched the Call for … Read more
Publication date: 2020 Author: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction Cannabis Provides an overview of key data and information about cannabis before and after legalization and regulation, as well as on new classes of legalized cannabis (e.g., edibles). The summary includes data on the associated harms from cannabis use, medical versus non-medical use, vaping, hospitalizations, treatment, … Read more
COVID-19 has, and will, impact the mental health of people everywhere. Some young people who belong to certain groups (e.g. youth from low-income families, Indigenous young people, youth with illnesses, etc.) are also at-risk for being disproportionately affected by the Novel Coronavirus. Kids Help Phone has seen an unprecedented surge of young people feeling more … Read more
Ottawa, May 27, 2020 — In a report released today titled 2020 Vision: Improving Long-term Care for People in Canada [PDF, 600.4 KB], the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) calls for decisive action to respond to the staggering effects COVID-19 has had on our health-care system, economy and lives. “While a Canada-wide public health campaign to flatten the curve … Read more
