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Dips in mental health are not just part of getting older. The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Denise Waligora explains how to best support seniors’ whole health.

COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the poor management of long-term care homes across Canada.

With so many unknowns, we reached out to youth across Canada to find out how they were feeling and coping during lockdown

The Workplace Mental Health team at the Mental Health Commission is thrilled to announce the launch of the project “Guidelines for Building Mental Health into Operations During a Pandemic”.

Adjusting to the “new normal” has led to a widespread use of social media as an effective platform to conduct Knowledge Translation (KT).

In recent years the topic of men’s mental health has received greater attention. “Heads Up Guys”, “Buddy Up”, “Be in Your Mate’s Corner”; are just a few names of the campaigns coming from several organizations that have been raising awareness about men’s mental health

So, you have a great idea based on evidence and knowledge related to mental health and/or addictions and now you want to take the next step and put that idea into practice.

We discussed identifying and engaging stakeholder in an earlier post, but how do you move beyond that initial contact and why is it important to do so?

You may have seen expose ads in elementary and high school surrounding the topic of “body image.” For many young women living in North America, eating disorders can be a constant companion ranging from bulimia (characterized by binge eating and purging) to anorexia characterized by abnormally low body weight, fear of gaining weight, and distortion of body image) both of which can end up leaving you hospitalized.