Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (April 6, 2020) – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Mental Health Association – Nova Scotia Division (CMHA NS) is seeing first-hand the impact of COVID-19 on Nova Scotians. “Every day we receive an alarming increase in the number of calls from Nova Scotians who deal with isolation, anxiety, and stress, even among […]Continue readingCMHA-NS launches campaign to support alarming increase in mental health calls
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CMHA Cape Breton Talk Today Game with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division, CMHA Cape Breton Branch teamed up to raise awareness about the importance of mental health during their last home game. The awareness campaign is part of the ongoing commitment by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and CMHA Cape Breton to implement Talk […]Continue readingCMHA Cape Breton Talk Today Game with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Taking action for Bell Let’s Talk Day
Taking action for Bell Let’s Talk Day Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, and we’re joining in to help create positive change. One in five Canadians will experience a mental health issue or mental illness in any given year. But we all have mental health that we need to look after. All five in five […]Continue readingTaking action for Bell Let’s Talk Day
Free Public Information Sessions by Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS)
“Although February is Psychology Month, this year our Psychology Talks have expanded into March and April. APNS is partnering with community Libraries across Nova Scotia to offer these free information sessions on important mental health topics. Our goal with Psychology Talks is to raise awareness of the role psychology plays in our lives and […]Continue readingFree Public Information Sessions by Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS)
CMHA Kings Branch 2020
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MHL, CMHAs partner to support mental health of Jr. A hockey players across Maritimes
(Nov. 19, 2019) – More than 280 players across the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) will benefit from mental health awareness and suicide-prevention training this season through a new partnership between Canadian Mental Health Associations (CMHAs) throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. With generous support from the NHL Foundation, this new partnership […]Continue readingMHL, CMHAs partner to support mental health of Jr. A hockey players across Maritimes
Open Letter from the Canadian Mental Health Association – National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21, 2018
2018 Global Trends in Giving
The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey is now live and available in five languages – العَرَبِيَّة, English, français, português, and español. The survey will be live through June 30 and the results will be released on September 17 in the second edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report. This year we expanded our partnerships to […]Continue reading2018 Global Trends in Giving
Mental health group cautiously endorses Grit resolution
View original article here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1564236-mental-health-group-cautiously-endorses-grit-resolution Mental health group cautiously endorses Grit resolution John McPhee, Chronicle Herald The provincial mental health association is cautiously welcoming a Liberal party resolution that calls for consistent Medicare coverage of mental health services and “community-based” care. “We’re quite excited and supportive of the resolution with one caveat . . . that […]Continue readingMental health group cautiously endorses Grit resolution
CMHA Policy Statement on Opioids
Canada must treat opioid use as a health issue, not a criminal matter. The Canadian Mental Health Association calls for care not corrections to relieve opioid crisis TORONTO (ONTARIO) April 17, 2018 – According to a new national policy paper released today by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), decriminalization is key to solving the opioid […]Continue readingCMHA Policy Statement on Opioids