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Survey finds employment status, income, key factors impacting mental health of Canadians during COVID-19
As people in Canada continue to experience unrelenting stress and life disruption due to COVID-19, a new survey conducted by The Conference Board of Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) reveals that employment status, income level, and the...
Here’s our VIMHS Currents newsletter for July 2020
Mental health in the time of COVID-19…Reducing risk for people during dual health emergencies…New LifeGuard app launched to help prevent overdoses…Kids Help Phone and Bell Let’s Talk ramp up support…VIMHS now offers overdose prevention services in Campbell River…Thank...
VIMHS to oversee day-to-day management of new facility for homeless in Campbell River
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. -- The former Rose Bowl Restaurant is being converted into bridge housing for the community’s homeless. The province, through BC Housing, bought the restaurant at 1221 Cedar St. and plans to immediately create a space for 20 beds. “This project...
Drug-addicted son ‘would have been better off in an institution’, mother says
On May 3, Judith Stuart’s son died alone in his apartment of a drug overdose. Samuel Stuart, 42, was one of 170 illicit-drug deaths in May, the highest number ever recorded in a single month in B.C. For his mother, it was the end of a “long, long journey” with her...
The mental side of health and safety will be a big part of life in the NBA bubble
There will be any number of men and women working with NBA teams, between now and whenever the season ends, dealing with the physical needs of everyone involved.There will be daily testing for the coronavirus and any treatment that arises from that, as well as the...