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Susan Doherty urges readers to show some kindness toward those in the grip of schizophrenia
Susan Doherty and Caroline Evans were playmates as children. But while Doherty went on to enjoy a career and family and become an award-winning writer, Evans joined society’s most marginalized, living in squalor and locked in an endless struggle with her own mind. For...
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A first-of-its-kind eating disorder/sober living recovery house has opened in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Blossom Place is a new initiative in Nanaimo that is designed to provide support to women in the early stages of recovery from eating disorders and to teach tools for independent healthy living. The founder of Blossom Place, Deanna Sullivan, has created a safe...
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Book of Hope: Recovery from an eating disorder IS possible
AUDIO | Sue Huff is the mother of a daughter who was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at age 14. She’s also the author of Book of Hope: Stories of love, courage and recovery from families who have battled eating disorders. Sue’s key message is that recovery from an...
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Canada’s health-care system is failing people who need mental-health care
The revelation that a Supreme Court of Canada justice has suffered for 20 years from depression and anxiety disorders has one bright side. Clément Gascon’s plight is, of course, terribly sad. The 59-year-old justice announced last month that he will be stepping down...
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City of Nanaimo creates new task force on homelessness
Nanaimo's city council wants to accelerate work on the City of Nanaimo’s affordable housing strategy and action plan to end homelessness. Councillors, at a meeting Monday [May 13, 2019], approved the creation of a task force on health and housing. According to the...
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