How bullying may shape adolescent brains
In recent years, a steadily increasing volume of data has demonstrated that peer victimization — the clinical term for bullying — impacts hundreds of millions of children and adolescents, with the effects sometimes lasting years and, possibly, decades. The problem is...
Portraits of students’ mental health: ‘We are not broken’
In March 2017, a first-year student died by suicide at the University of Waterloo. I wanted to listen to stories of university students and their personal struggles with mental health. These are their stories. Find the rest of this photo essay at Broadview... Nick...
Overdose awareness event in Nanaimo both a memorial and call to action
AUDIO | International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31st each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have...
Youth suicide prevention program aims to expand across Canada
Rising youth suicide rates have prompted doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to launch a clinical trial aimed at testing whether involving families in treatment could prevent such deaths across the country. Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Daphne...
World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th
World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for everyone in the community – the public, charitable organizations, communities, researchers, clinicians, practitioners, politicians and policy makers, advocates, volunteers, those with lived experience of suicide...
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World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th
World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for everyone in the community – the public, charitable organizations, communities, researchers, clinicians, practitioners, politicians and policy makers, advocates, volunteers, those with lived experience of suicide...
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day
Flags of Hope Overdose Awareness Memorial for drug overdose victims is being held at St. Paul’s Church on Chapel Street in Nanaimo until Aug. 29Flags of Hope Overdose Awareness Display will be on the Chapel Street church’s fence daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The...
Read our VIMHS Currents newsletter for June 2019
A closer look at housing...Housing with supports proves itself at VIMHS Boundary Crescent...VIMHS is planning for an affordable housing...project at 285 Rosehill Street...Housing's bigger picture...The connection between traumatic brain injury and homelessness....
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How bullying may shape adolescent brains
In recent years, a steadily increasing volume of data has demonstrated that peer victimization — the clinical term for bullying — impacts hundreds of millions of children and adolescents, with the effects sometimes lasting years and, possibly, decades. The problem is...
Portraits of students’ mental health: ‘We are not broken’
In March 2017, a first-year student died by suicide at the University of Waterloo. I wanted to listen to stories of university students and their personal struggles with mental health. These are their stories. Find the rest of this photo essay at Broadview... Nick...
Youth suicide prevention program aims to expand across Canada
Rising youth suicide rates have prompted doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to launch a clinical trial aimed at testing whether involving families in treatment could prevent such deaths across the country. Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Daphne...
PEOPLE FIRST MEDIA
Overdose awareness event in Nanaimo both a memorial and call to action
AUDIO | International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31st each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have...
Traumatic brain injury and its links to homelessness
AUDIO | Homelessness and poverty are significant social problems across Canada and the United States and there is growing evidence suggesting that Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the complex issues leading an individual to homelessness. It’s also becoming...
Boundary Crescent, housing with supports, marks 3 successful years in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Supportive housing assists people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the goal of promoting long-term health and well-being for both the residents and the overall community. Boundary Crescent is one of several housing facilities with supports in...
