Amber St. Louis

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

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

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

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 ...

Valuing lived and living experience

Using person-first language to make an important distinction

It’s easy to make assumptions about people based on their academic accomplishments, professional successes, or philanthropic contributions. But sometimes if you pull back the curtain, ...

Dr. Manon Charbonneau remembers the day vividly, though she’d rather forget it. “So that’s it, then — cancer,” she recalls saying in disbelief with her ...

“I’m so glad you’re Black.” That’s the first thing Donna Richards hears from her new client. But as one of the few African, Caribbean, and ...