Although bipolar disorder affects around 2% of the population, studies suggest that up to 50% of people with the condition attempt suicide at least once.
Your dementia patients may be suffering from agitation, depression and related symptoms. Test your knowledge of the latest treatment advice from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH).
Health Minister Josie Osborne said the ongoing toxic drug crisis has led to a ‘small but growing number of people who are living with overlapping mental-health and substance-use challenges, as well as brain injuries from repeated overdoes.’
The Opposition B.C. Conservatives say the proposal by caucus chair Jody Toor is the first private member’s bill to pass second reading with unanimous support in a recorded vote in 43 years.
Study found pregnant women and new moms got as much benefit from receiving behavioural activation therapy from nurses, midwives and doulas trained to provide it as they did from a psychologist or psychiatrist.
Last week, a Quebec Superior Court judge heard arguments from lawyers for the government and the hospital who argued that the families waited too long to file claims over the treatment that their siblings and parents received under MK-ULTRA.
