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...
B.C. proposal would give hospitals right to detain youth who have overdosed
The B.C. government has proposed changes to its Mental Health Act that would allow people who are under 19 to be hospitalized without their consent for up to seven days following an overdose. The changes, which passed a first reading in the legislature Tuesday, are...
Victoria city council eyes alternatives to police for social problems
Victoria city councillors are looking for alternatives to the traditional police response to mental-health and addictions issues amid worldwide protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody last month. A motion set to go to committee of...
Profound suffering at the heart of Vancouver seems to defy all attempts to relieve it
Building Community Society of Greater Vancouver, a nonprofit registered society with many years of experience in social policy in Vancouver, has become increasingly alarmed by the intractable general health, mental health and addiction problems in the Downtown...
New Lifeguard 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), in partnership with regional health authorities and Lifeguard Digital Health, has launched a new made-in-B.C. resource...
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VIMHS NEWS
VIMHS is very grateful for a donation of hand sanitizer produced by Arbutus Distillery
Arbutus Distillery, located locally in Nanaimo, has begun making hand sanitizer, as many local distilleries have been doing within British Columbia and across Canada. Arbutus has been working diligently on the project and, based on very limited supply, the Distillery...
In this time of uncertainty, Vancouver Island Crisis Society is here to help
Our Crisis Services (Line, Chat, and Text) remain available to support you.Please refer coronavirus questions and inquiries by dialling 811. We have informed all participants that our Community Education workshops and our Volunteer Training program have been either...
Here’s our VIMHS Currents newsletter for March 2020
Schizophrenia...Treatment and recovery...The importance of insight in recovery from mental illness...Inpatient care for people with serious mental illness... Acquired brain injury and opioid overdose... VIMHS updates... Download our March 2020 newsletter online here.
MEDIA SCAN
Pandemic underscores a lack of affordable housing, homeless issues in B.C.
For Cameron LeBlanc, a B.C. government order to clear three homeless encampments – two in Victoria, one in Vancouver – brought a profound change to his life, which he says had gone off track. When the order came on April 24, Mr. LeBlanc was living in Victoria’s Topaz...
Victoria city council eyes alternatives to police for social problems
Victoria city councillors are looking for alternatives to the traditional police response to mental-health and addictions issues amid worldwide protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody last month. A motion set to go to committee of...
Profound suffering at the heart of Vancouver seems to defy all attempts to relieve it
Building Community Society of Greater Vancouver, a nonprofit registered society with many years of experience in social policy in Vancouver, has become increasingly alarmed by the intractable general health, mental health and addiction problems in the Downtown...
PEOPLE FIRST MEDIA
“The Stigma-Free COVID-19 Youth Wellness Tool Kit” is now available online
AUDIO | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create massive challenges -- and potentially long-lasting changes -- in our individual and collective experience of family, community, and nationhood. We’re learning more about the need for mental, as well as physical,...
Public health scholar Trevor Hancock on life before, during, and after COVID-19
AUDIO | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create massive challenges — and potentially long-lasting changes — in our individual and collective experience of family, community, and nationhood. We’re learning more about the need for mental, as well as physical,...
Local food and farmers’ markets advocate Marjorie Stewart on life during COVID-19
AUDIO | As the weeks pass and we collectively experience the COVID-19 pandemic, stories are popping up about what life might look like once the pandemic ends — if the pandemic ends. At the same time, deaths from the virus continue to climb, or level off, or haven’t...
