The Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH)  will hold a poster competition for students in the field of seniors’ mental health. Submission is open to all students who plan to attend the CCSMH 4th National Conference in Halifax. This poster competition is sponsored by the Geriatric Medicine Research Unit. Submission is open to all students [...]

For many years there has been a generally accepted idea that when grieving, we pass through five distinct phases: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These stages sprang from the work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and were originally based on her work with terminally ill patients, but have been accepted to apply to the grief of [...]

A new site called One in Five has been launched in Nova Scotia. Its aim is to reduce the stigma of mental health issues, and to educate peopleon the need for Nova Scotia to have a comprehensive mental health strategy. The site had personal stories from those affected by mental health problems, as well as [...]