Jan 24, 2014 | Mental Health
The word "mental" conjures fearful images; the "crazed" ax murderer, the "psycho" who stalks people and then stabs them repeatedly, the young man who takes a gun and sprays a stream of bullets in a room full of young children. Mental...
Jan 23, 2014 | Mental Health
Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis, Michael Eligon, Michael MacIsaac, and Sammy Yatim are all dead. The 2013 Mobile Crisis Team Coordination Steering Committee Report, MCIT Program Coordination in the City of Toronto acknowledges that it's important to...
Dec 11, 2013 | Mental Health
The great Scottish singer, Susan Boyle, discovered on a reality show, has been diagnosed with Asperger’s, a type of autism. One in five adults over 60 has autism. We usually associate this condition with young people. Can you imagine the difficulties these...
Dec 4, 2013 | Mental Health
Christie Blatchford has written another excellent piece on the lack of care for the mentally ill. As I have written so many times, when we need to call the police to assist with someone who is in the middle of a mental health crisis, the health care system has failed....
Oct 8, 2013 | Mental Health
New research suggests that there might be a connection between strep throat and OCD. There seems to be a genetic pre-disposition involved as well. If your child suddenly develops OCD symptoms, take them for a strep test. Then antibiotics. Here is the link. There...
Oct 8, 2013 | Mental Health
I am linking to Marvin Ross and his article on Huffington Post. A great discussion about making it possible for a person over the age of majority to be taken in for care. I strongly recommend reading this and talking about it with family members if someone in your...
