A straightforward, low-tech treatment offered at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has provided relief to thousands of chronic pain sufferers across Ontario. It’s not a drug, although it does need to be taken regularly – once-a-week for several weeks. It’s ...

On a fall evening in 1996, Karen Vanscoy’s 14-year-old daughter, Jasmine, was shot dead by a 17-year-old male acquaintance with an untreated mood disorder. Jasmine’s eight-year old brother witnessed the tragedy in the family’s living room. “The boy who killed ...

When Walter Osoka first began experiencing mental health challenges in the late 1980s, cell phones were a novelty and reaching a care provider outside of a scheduled appointment was not common practice. Now a mental health advocate, he has seen ...

When Walter Osoka first began experiencing mental health challenges in the late 1980s, cell phones were a novelty and reaching a care provider outside of a scheduled appointment was not common practice. Now a mental health advocate, he has seen ...

Over the last 12 months we have witnessed significant advances in how we understand and provide care for people who struggle with their mental health. Through the Opening Eyes, Opening Minds report, we learned that the burden of mental illness and ...

The World Health Organization has estimated that the number of people worldwide with the most severe form of memory loss–dementia–is expected to triple by 2050 to more than 100 million adults. Neuropsychologists at Baycrest Health Sciences are working on getting ahead ...

For months, Sharon had not been able to drive, take care of her home or continue her job as a teacher. Her anxiety had reached the point that made the thought of getting out of bed and facing another day ...

The past year has been the busiest year in The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s (CHEO) almost 40 year history; especially in terms of mental health.  CHEO has seen an almost 50 per cent increase in the number of visits ...

The Toldo Neurobehavioral Institute (TNI) is a specialized inpatient tertiary mental health hospital located in the heart of the Tayfour Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) in Windsor, Ontario.  The institute specializes in treating severe forms of mental illnesses that ...

After a week of in-patient treatment for depression, Joan was stable and doing well. However, she was back in hospital again less than a month later. When a patient is readmitted to hospital within a few weeks of being discharged, it’s ...