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The Complexity of Youth Suicide and Prevention
Posted on 04/12/2008 | 0 Comments
There's a lot of misinformation out there about youth suicide. Suicide rates in young people nationally have decreased by about 20% from the mid 1990’s to 2004.
Evidence-Based Medicine and You
Posted on 01/12/2008 | 0 Comments
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a term that has become widely used in health care settings. But, what exactly is EBM and what does it mean for you?
Medications and Mental Disorders in Young People
Posted on 27/11/2008 | 0 Comments
The recent Globe and Mail piece on mental health concerns pertaining to children and youth strikes many correct notes, but unfortunately also incorrectly hits a few important “major chords”, particularly pertaining to the use of medications to treat mental disorders in young people.
Broadening the Spectrum of Stories about Mental Illness
Posted on 24/11/2008 | 0 Comments
This week the Globe and Mail is revisiting the issue of Canada's mental health crisis in a week long expose. Saturday's article addressed child and youth mental health. Kudos to Anderssen and Picard for bringing attention to an issue that is often underreported and often misunderstood by mainstream media outlets. The piece has some important points to make - most notably about the absurd double-standard we have about mental health care in this country:
Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, President of the Sixty-first World Health Assembly visits Halifax
Posted on 20/11/2008 | 0 Comments
Sometimes you have to travel far and wide to meet the leaders in your field. Other times they come to you. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is in Halifax this week speaking about health for all in resource-poor countries and meeting with local health providers.
Depression is not just being Blue
Posted on 17/11/2008 | 1 Comments
Everyone feels low or sad sometimes. Often those feelings are in response to a negative event or life problem. Those feelings are perfectly normal. Indeed the ability to experience these emotions may be an essential part of what it means to be human.
Studying the Brain from the Inside Out
Posted on 12/11/2008 | 0 Comments
Ever find one of those websites you just can't stop going to? A few months ago a friend sent me a link to TED - an annual conference devoted to technology, education and design. Now I'm hooked.
Enhancing Successful School Learning by Understanding How the Brain Works
Posted on 07/11/2008 | 2 Comments
There is no health without brain health. A healthy functioning brain is the foundation for all successful learning, social, civic and economic development. The school environment is an important component of healthy brain development. Just as schools are locations in which physical health can be encouraged and improved, so are they locations in which brain health can be encouraged and improved.
What is Health 2.0?
Posted on 03/11/2008 | 1 Comments
Web 2.0 has been exploding over the past few years. Simply put Web 2.0 is a an innovative, creative and collaborative way to share information on the web using tools such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, and blogs.
What is Knowledge Translation?
Posted on 30/10/2008 | 1 Comments
Knowledge translation (also known as KT) is one of those important things that has been going on since the dawn of time, but has now been given a name and a scientific grounding. Many things that we have learned have been from knowledge translation - someone who “knows” has taken that knowledge and put it into a format that helped us learn. This is great as long as the knowledge is correct.
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Thanks to sites like these, there seems to be a greater awareness of teen mental issues. When I grew up the subject was almost taboo, and parents barely acknowledging their children having these problems. I am glad that this issue is in the open where young people can discuss their conditions freely.
By James Beglin on August 05th
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