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Although suicide is preventable, rates in Canada have remained relatively stable over the last two decades. The assessment of suicide risk by clinicians and mental health professionals plays a key...
Title: Clinical & Mental Health Implications I This webinar features research aiming to fill the knowledge gaps in clinical populations treated for substance use disorders, cannabis use disorder and psychosis....
Title: Clinical & Mental Health Implications II This webinar will build upon themes from the previous webinar and focus on research seeking to understand the potential for cannabis as clinical...
With the pandemic’s unprecedented effects, including layoffs, relationship strain, competing caregiver demands, service losses and disruptions, and uncertainty about in-person learning, parents are more stressed out than ever before. Without...
On this, the anniversary of the violent act at Polytechnique Montréal that claimed the lives of 14 women, we pause to remember all those we’ve lost to gender-based violence in...
Talking about suicide isn’t easy — the most important conversations rarely are — but as the Association québécoise de prévention du suicide (AQPS) reminds us, talking can save lives. The...
Explores First Nations and Métis mental health and wellness following cannabis legalization, through Indigenous-led research rooted in cultural knowledge and research practices. Panellists: Alana Roscoe and Magnolia Perron (First Nations...
Explores the experiences of cannabis and mental health for older adults, 2SLGBTQ+ people living with mental illness in Quebec, adults who are homeless and precariously housed in urban Alberta, and...
Examines cannabis and mental health among youth, including the impact of cannabis policies for young people. Panellists: Dr. Scott Leatherdale (University of Waterloo) Dr. Cecilia Benoit (University of Victoria) Dr....
The new vision for quality mental health care, based on the Quality Mental Health Care Framework, was built on the expertise of people with lived and living experience, health-care administrators,...
March 8 is International Women's Day. It’s a global day to recognize and celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. It’s also a time to raise awareness...
The webinar offers community perspectives and expertise on some of the developing issues and unique mental health and substance use challenges of COVID-19 for rural and remote communities. It is...
