Reading Time: 3 minutes Further research is needed to discover all the genetic and environmental factors involved in depression
Tag: Suicide
Don’t turn away when you see potential for suicide in others
Reading Time: 3 minutes As many as 90% of people who commit suicide experience depression, substance abuse or other mental health disorders
Canada’s most vulnerable children deserve far better
Reading Time: 4 minutes First Nations children are denied the same funding for health care, social services and education as non-Indigenous kids
‘Happy’ New Zealand has a teenage suicide problem
Reading Time: 3 minutes Indigenous teenagers around the world face problems they think are insurmountable. But there are solutions
Early intervention important when fighting depression
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you are depressed you should not procrastinate and you should not settle for partial treatment
Death’s tug of war with mystery and science
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you want technology as a friend, learn its values, side effects and track record. Particularly when discussing issues like medical aid in dying
Three years after Robin Williams death, reporting on suicide still contentious
Reading Time: 5 minutes By choosing not to report on mental health or suicide, journalists only perpetuate the stigma for those living with a mental illness
How Alberta can deal with the ‘silver tsunami’ health-care crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes If the NDP is going to lose the next election, the government should just fall on its sword and introduce a sales tax
Assisted dying and the dark corners of history
Reading Time: 4 minutes We need to learn from the lessons of history when considering assisted dying for those with disabilities – no matter how unsettling that history may be
Justin Trudeau and the tragic things left undone
Reading Time: 3 minutes One year after Trudeau took power, he has failed miserably to protect Aboriginal Canadian children