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Wildfires have powerful impacts on mental health
Letter to the Editor If you’re feeling grief, anxiety or stress around disasters and health emergencies, you’re not alone. Wildfires, smoke and extreme weather like…
Capacity to Connect supports student mental health
Faculty and staff in British Columbia’s post-secondary sector now have more tools to help them recognize and respond to students living with mental health challenges….
App transforms access to services for youth and caregivers
Youth and their caregivers around British Columbia now have faster, easier access to mental health and substance use services and supports through the new Foundry…
B.C. takes steps toward drug decriminalization
As British Columbia marks five years since declaring the overdose crisis a public health emergency, its unprecedented toll continues to affect people in every part…
IH improving access to mental health supports
Interior Health’s immunization program is rolling out across the region, much to the relief of many people searching for a “light at the end of…
IH expands innovative substance use treatment to area
A unique new option is now available for people seeking substance use treatment as Interior Health (IH) launches five new Integrated Treatment Teams, including one…
New grants to help rural areas combat overdose crisis
The B.C. Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Dec. 8 announced it is providing $1.3 million in funding to support overdose response and awareness in…
Suicide prevention programs supported with funds
More young people in B.C. will have expanded access to life-saving interventions and mental health care through suicide prevention programs for First Nations and Métis…
New app launched to help prevent overdoses
To help save more lives and ensure people who use drugs alone have access to the supports they need, the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA),…