The CatalystConversations on Mental Health

Seeing People, Not Problems

How compassionate health care can alter the trajectories of people who use substances.

Why We Use “Substance Use Health”

Putting substance use on a spectrum creates a space for more open conversations about safer, healthier, more manageable consumption.

Way To Go!

What makes a funeral great? The good, the bad, and the gaudy of saying goodbye

Real Takes on Shrinking

We ask practitioners for a reality check on the TV series about therapy, grief, and getting by.

From condemnation to compassion

The shift away from saying “committing suicide” goes beyond semantics.

CBT For You and For Me

A suite of culturally adapted cognitive behavioural therapy tools is designed to break through barriers.

Pace, Plan, and Prioritize: One Woman’s Story on Coping with Long Covid

Since there’s no cure, those affected must work to manage their symptoms. An innovative hospital program takes an interdisciplinary approach encompassing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial care.

Weaving Through the Challenges

The ABCs of finding paths to ACB mental health care

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Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Dil Ba Dil (heart to heart) is one of several support programs for newcomers. It is part of ABRAR Trauma and Mental Health’s approach to complex and culturally informed care.

Brave New World

Integrated service hubs are an innovative approach to transforming youth mental health care in Canada.

Insights from Australia and New Zealand

Making strides in mental health promotion and access to quality care. What we learned from examples abroad.

What Do Mullets Have to Do With Mental Health?

Australia’s Black Dog Institute blends research and community spirit. A conversation on outreach, balance, and the art of “business in the front, party in the back.”

Black demonstrator people holding hands against racism

Rallying while Black

After the murder of George Floyd, and further acts of anti-Black racism and discrimination, many African, Caribbean, and Black people came forward...

Getting Outside to Get into Your Head

Figure-eighting through pain into possibility

May your days be merry and bright as possible

Living with a mood disorder means deliberately seeking out small sparks of joy. On moving through cycles of moping, coping, and hoping during the holiday season.

Sugar and Spice — and Trying to Be Nice

Over the holidays my inner voice proves to be the most critical as I straddle the pull of a commercial Christmas and the deep-seated draw of Kwanzaa. On tackling the minefield of tackiness, tinsel, and trappings of the season.

The Day I Decided to Leave

Fleeing from intimate partner violence takes a network of supports

Making a Point

A children’s book on depression is a tough sell, but it’s an important topic. On authoring and self-publishing The Semicolon.

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