The Canadian Psychiatric Association issued a statement calling on the federal government to address a growing crisis in Canada’s correctional facilities. The association added that there is lack of access to mental health services for the thousands of Canadians with mental illness who languish in Canadian jails. Association board member and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Gary Chaimowitz said that … Read more
The Canadian Psychiatric Association is discouraged that lack of access to mental health services in federal prisons continues to be an area of ongoing concern for the Office of the Correctional Investigator and a major focus of the annual report tabled in Parliament. In 2009 and 2010 Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers warned the government that … Read more
The Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention welcome Liberal Leader Bob Rae's (Toronto Centre, ON) motion that calls upon the federal government to establish and fund a National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention national director Tim Wall said Canada stands alone as one of the few developed nations … Read more
