Alberta's mental health and addictions — understaffed as demand rises edmontonsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from edmontonsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Author of the article: Lindsay Morey
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 12, 2021 • 3 minute read • In the spring, Dreamcatchers Catchers Association in Ardrossan began offering free family visits to its 40-acre ranch to help people escape the stress of COVID-19. The association has experienced a more than 80 per cent increase in demand for its counselling services. Along with EPIC members, it s advocating the province to provide provincially-funded mental health supports. Lindsay Morey/News Staff/File
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As mental stress impacts during the pandemic worsen, psychologists across Alberta are promoting the importance of supporting those who are stressed out.
The Expert Psychologists Interagency Clinical Network (EPIC), which consists of four psychological agencies and more than 60 psychologists, continues to advocate the province to provide provincially-funded mental health supports. A change.org petition in 2019 was launched with the hope