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System in Chaos... Nova Scotia needs mental health strategy |
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By: Paul McLeod
METRO HALIFAX
October 01, 2009 12:24 a.m.
Mental health advocates from various fields met in Province House yesterday to warn the system is in a state of chaos.
They say mentally ill people are slipping through the cracks because outreach staff are too overburdened to keep up. However, they said the first and most urgent step is cheap and easy to fix.
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Health Minister Maureen MacDonald said her department would make mental health care a priority |
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Atlantic News, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ‐ 17:18ET
Advocates call for strategy to deal with mental health system in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX ‐ Mental health advocates in Nova Scotia say the province must do something to address a system in crisis.
Representatives from several groups held a news conference Wednesday to push the provincial government to draft a comprehensive mental health strategy.
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N.S. Hospital reviewing patient-leave system |
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CBC News
The Nova Scotia Hospital in Dartmouth is reviewing its policy for giving mental health patients passes to leave the hospital and spend time in the community.
The review comes after two patients committed suicide while on temporary leave from the province's largest psychiatric health facility.
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Burying the story won't stop suicide |
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Andre Picard's Second Opinion
Last Saturday morning, a 19-year-old law student jumped to his death from the 15th floor of a residence building at the University of Ottawa.
Is that news? If so, how detailed should the news reports be? Will drawing attention to the tragedy be helpful or harmful?
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My government will improve support for individuals with mental illness, and for their families... |
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Mr. Speaker, Members of the Legislative Assembly, ladies and gentlemen, the people of Nova Scotia:
Welcome to the first session of the 61st General Assembly.
On June 9th of this year, Nova Scotians made a decisive and historic choice.
They elected the first New Democratic Party government in Atlantic Canada.
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