More

Mental Health Care

Can Counselling "Cure" Animal Killer Kayla Bourque?

Marni Soupcoff | Posted 03.10.2013 | Canada
Read More: Mental-Health Care, Psychopaths, Involuntary Commitment, Counselling, Mental Health, Kayla Bourque Vancouver, Forcible Commitment, Kalya Bourque, Canada News
Marni Soupcoff

Since the Sandy Hook shootings, there seems to be a popular mantra that we need better and easier access to quality mental-health care.This is probably a true statement, yet it seems to me we may be avoiding a difficult truth: There are limits to what mental-health treatment can do. The recent story about disturbing violent offender Kayla Bourque, and the court's requirement for her to receive counselling as part of her release from jail, brings this to the fore. The idea that someone with problems as deep-seated as Bourque's can be "cured" by dropping in for sessions at a clinic for a few years is pretty far-fetched.

Read Whole Story

Being a Nurse Has Strengthened My Faith

Sandra Charron | Posted 12.26.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Hospital Rules, Mental Health Care, Christianity, Mental Health, Jesus, Canada Living News
Sandra Charron

I started meeting people who embodied such strength and dignity despite medication side effects that shook their bodies as they walked; caused their faces to twitch and their eyes to blink repeatedly. Several of these people sharing with me that their faith in Jesus spurred them forward; giving them the courage to continue and try new treatments.

Read Whole Story

First Aid Course Created For Mental Health

CBC | Posted 06.29.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: First Aid, First Aid for Mental Health, Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, First Aid Course for Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Mental Health First Aid, First Aid Mental Health, First Aid Course, Canada Living News

A new course is teaching people first aid skills to help those with mental health concerns and its popularity has staggered organizers. The Royal O...

Read Whole Story