Suicide-prevention initiative provides tailored support to local needs and priorities
Roots of Hope aims to improve mental-health literacy and provides training for people to provide care within their own communities
Source: theglobeandmail.com
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N.S. mass shooting report calls lack of mental-health care a 'public health emergency'
The final report into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has validated what friends, neighbours and family members of those killed in April 2020 have been saying for years: they were failed by the province and are still dealing with a "public health emergency" because of unmet mental-health needs.
Source: cbc.ca
Grieving mother pushes for mental health walk-in clinics in N.S.
Over a period of five years, Laureen Rushton estimates her son, Lucas, tried accessing mental health services at least 50 times. Nothing seemed to work, which is why Rushton is now pushing the Nova Scotia government to open walk-in mental health clinics, separate from emergency departments.
Source: cbc.ca