A mayday signal for mental health
Firefighter Steve Jones on the merits of The Working Mind First Responders course.
Supporting women’s mental health in and out of the workplace
Because the effects of the pandemic are not felt equally, the Mental Health Commission of Canada is turning its attention to populations that are disproportionately affected — including women.
Measuring Structural Stigma in Health-Care Settings from the Perspective of Service Users
This report is one component of a larger Mental Health Commission of Canada initiative examining structural stigma in health-care settings. It reviews measurement approaches that could be used to monitor the extent to which health-care settings offer caring cultures, person-centred care, or recoveryoriented care. These dimensions were identified as important to service users in an in-depth qualitative study of structural stigma.
Changing the culture of care
Stephanie Knaak has been studying structural stigma for the better part of a decade. She’s an expert in the foundational policies, laws, and practices in our health-care system that put people who live with mental illness at a disadvantage.
From medic to mental health advocate
For Pauline Meunier, a paramedic of 26 years, it took a trip to the allergist to give her anxiety a name.
“What I thought were allergic reactions turned out to be panic attacks,” she said. “Before I was asked about anxiety, it never occurred to me that my mental health could be the problem.”
Talking to Children About a Suicide
This fact sheet was published in 2021. The data may be out of date. A conversation tool to help caregivers, parents, and guardians understand how
