A recent survey conducted for the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) found that almost nine-in-ten agree that people living in Canada should have access to universal mental health care. Universal mental health care means the services needed are available, they are funded through public health insurance plans and free to the individual, and they are … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association, BGC Canada and YMCA Canada are urging parents to tell government that its work on mental health care for children is not done. “Underfunding, patchwork services and people not knowing where to go are just some of the inequities that youth are experiencing when accessing care,” said Margaret Eaton, CMHA national CEO. “It’s … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association welcomes the Government of Canada’s commitment to improve access to quality, timely, and equitable mental health and substance use health services, though is concerned about the extent to which these investments will lead to deep and lasting mental health systems change. The Feb. 7 announcement of $2.5 billion per year for the next … Read more
Two years of pandemic-related stressors, including grief and trauma, are likely to lead to significant long-term mental health effects on both our population and the frontline mental health providers caring for them. This according to Round 4 of the Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health national monitoring survey by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association welcomes Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as its first ever National Volunteer. CMHA and Grégoire Trudeau will work together to improve Canadians’ understanding of mental illness, mental health and how to take care of them, and more broadly, to shift society’s norms, attitudes and beliefs about mental health to create a climate of profound … Read more
Margaret Eaton, national CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, issued a statement: “We congratulate Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) on her new role as Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, and look forward to working with her to address long-standing gaps in Canada’s mental health system,” she said. We are also pleased to see the government … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association is calling on all incoming MPs to work together to turn promises into policy within the first 100 days. “It is our sincere hope that newly elected members of parliament come together within the first 100 days to turn their election commitments into action on mental health care for Canadians,” said … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association is calling for all federal parties to make mental health a top priority in this election campaign, and to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make meaningful and lasting reforms to mental health care. CMHA is Canada’s most extensive community mental health organization. “Everyone has their own story of how COVID-19 … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association released new data from a nationwide survey which found that the pandemic’s second wave has intensified feelings of stress and anxiety in the Canadian population. “Cold weather, uncertainty, eroded social networks and restrictions on holiday gatherings are hitting at a time when people are already anxious, hopeless and fearful that things are going to get worse,” said CMHA’s … Read more
The Canadian Mental Health Association released a new nationwide survey on the mental health impacts of COVID-19. “The pandemic is widening persistent mental health inequities and making things worse for those who were already vulnerable due to experiences of marginalization,” said lead researcher Emily Jenkins, a professor of nursing at UBC. “The pandemic is exposing how broken our mental health system already was in Canada. We must invest … Read more
