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Three COVID-19 vaccination sites for Indigenous people ages 18 and over are opening in Montreal with the goal of offering safe spaces adapted to the needs of the community.
The project is a group effort between Montreal public health and various Indigenous community organizations as a next step in the city’s targeted vaccination campaign, which previously focused on the unhoused community and teachers and parents in areas with high cases of COVID-19.
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When a burst water pipe flooded the newly renovated West Island Crisis Centre days before last Christmas, half the centre was destroyed. The clients living on-site were transferred to other locations and counsellors worked from home while other staff reorganized the services they offer to West Islanders in crisis. For the clients and staff, it was all a déjà vu.
“The flood happened overnight, same as COVID. I was at work Friday, March 13 (2020) and suddenly everything just stopped,” said Noémie Rondeau, the centre’s clinical coordinator. “We were in the same situation as when the pandemic started. What can we do with our clients? How will we be able to stay open? It was the same questions.”
Dancing is a simple way to stay active, connected and creative in the midst of this pandemic.
Author of the article: Lara Antebi • Special to Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021 • February 22, 2021 • 3 minute read • Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, right, and her mother Raquel Chavez-Fernandez, who are self-isolating at home due to coronavirus concerns, dance together on their porch as Kristy plays music for neighbors to enjoy at a social distancing block party, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington, complete with music and dancing, all from at least 6 feet away per household. This block has a deep history and intergenerational community, says Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, my neighbor and friend Harriet Segar and I collaborated to create a joyful space together for our block. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin /The Associated Press
Post Mortems Reveal Clear Differences in The Brain Cells of People With Depression
5 FEBRUARY 2021
A comparison of brain tissues taken from individuals who died by suicide has for the first time linked chronic depression with a stark drop in the number of specific kinds of supportive nerve cells.
While the finding doesn t demonstrate a cause for the decline, or necessarily describe how higher numbers of cells might protect mental health – if at all – it does establish a new area of investigation that could one day lead to early diagnosis and treatment for depression.
Researchers from Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University in Canada analysed brain tissue taken from 10 men diagnosed with depression who passed away from suicide. These were compared with 10 samples of tissue taken by post-mortem from different brain regions in men who died suddenly without a mental-health diagnosis.
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Partnership enables new Brain Canada initiative addressing research and care gaps highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis
MONTRÉAL, Jan. 26, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Brain Canada and Bell Let s Talk today announced the new Bell Let s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program to accelerate Canadian brain research while helping to address the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health care. Funding for the program is made up of a $2 million gift from Bell Let s Talk matched by the federal government through the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF). As brain health becomes an increasingly prominent societal issue, there is a growing need for scientific data to support new treatments, said Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada s Chief Science Advisor. This new research program is taking great steps to address the complexity of these challenges by promoting collaborative and cross-disciplinary research.