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Mental Health Commission of Canada praises Nova Scotia's new mental health and addictions strategy: "Together We Can"
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:35:00 -0700
CALGARY , May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) commends this week's release of the first mental health and addictions strategy for Nova Scotia. "Together We Can" ...
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State health law did not expand inpatient care for people with addictions, study says
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:14:41 -0700
The number of people who received inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol abuse at state-contracted facilities in Massachusetts has remained nearly unchanged since 2006, despite the expansion of insurance coverage under the state law passed that year. A Health Affairs study published Monday said the results here could serve as a warning to other states that expansion of insurance under the ...
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Homewood Human Solutions Launches Health and Wellness Social Media Program
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0700
Using social media to meet the informational wellness needs of a mobile generationTORONTO, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Homewood Human Solutions™, an industry leader and pioneer in mental health and addictions, ...
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Homewood Human Solutions™ Releases Mental Health Tool Kit
Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700
Increasing Our Understanding of Mental IllnessTORONTO, May 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Homewood Human Solutions™, an industry leader and pioneer in mental health and addictions, organizational health, and Employee ...
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Territories react to federal mental health plan
Thu, 10 May 2012 07:44:22 -0700
Mental health is a serious problem in the North, and some advocates say the new federal strategy lacks a crucial part - there is no mention of alcohol and drug addictions. Others in the North say the plan is welcome news.
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Gambling addictions 'should be health issue'
Mon, 14 May 2012 11:21:20 -0700
Anti-pokies senator Nick Xenophon will argue the case for treating gambling addiction as a health issue at a public seminar in Wollongong this week.
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Yukon addictions program lauded but not funded
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:27 -0700
A new national mental health strategy plays up Yukon's land-based treatment facility as an example of new ways of dealing with addictions but advocates say there's still no money for the initiative.
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Canadian Mental Health Association and Medicine Shoppe Canada Launch National Partnership
Mon, 07 May 2012 06:15:00 -0700
Collaboration will support CMHA's work to improve mental health for allEDMONTON, May 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Medicine Shoppe Canada and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) kicks off CMHA's 61st annual ...
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Mental Health Centres Applaud First Ever Mental Health Strategy for Canada
Tue, 08 May 2012 09:08:00 -0700
Strategy is a Long Awaited Call to Action on Mental HealthTORONTO, May 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Canada's first national mental health strategy was welcomed by the province's specialty mental health centres: Centre ...
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Nunavut addictions treatment program postponed
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:58:40 -0700
A residential addictions treatment program in the Kitikmeot planned to start in spring has been postponed until fall, says Nunavut's deputy minister of Health and Social Services.
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