In Print
May 8, 2012
February 13, 2012
Canada needs to enhance access to mental health services. Read more.
February 6, 2012
Canadians Need Better Access to Psychological Services. Read the joint press release of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Mood Disorders Society of Canada and the Canadian Psychological Association. Read more.
February 3, 2012
National News: Canadians Urge Parliament to Support Bill for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Read more.
February 1, 2012
Barriers to Health Service. Read more.
January 10, 2012
Harper Government Invests In Suicide Prevention. Read more.
December 6, 2011
Bill C-10: Incarcerating the Mentally Ill. Read more.
October 4, 2011
CPA supports call for national action on suicide prevention. Read more.
September 27, 2011
La société canadienne de psychologie demande la couverture publique des soins psychologiques. Read more. (English version)
September 26, 2011
Cost is a barrier to psych care: Poll. Read more.
July 19, 2011
Canada’s Mental Health: The Right Service Where and When Canadians Need it. Read more.
June 2, 2011
The Canadian Psychological Association’s 72nd Annual Convention. Read more.
March 29, 2011
"Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s final budget before the fall election will tout $257 million in new funding to tackle children’s mental health and addiction." Read more.
March 7, 2011
"Early results from the largest project in Canadian history to study the link between homelessness and mental health indicate a “housing first, recovery will follow” strategy is working." Read more.
February 24, 2011
"A Healthy Mind for a Healthy Heart": Dr. Melissa Tiessen, a clinical psychologist from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, recently gave a talk at the Rosemount Public Library in Hintonburg on how mental health affects the heart in support of CPA's Psychology Month initiatives. Read more.
February 16, 2011
"For the first time, Canadians are being asked to use their judgment and artistic flair to vote on a design for a new postage stamp, all in an effort to raise awareness and funds for mental illness. For the next month, Canadians will be able to vote for their favourite design from a group of five stamps that have been chosen as finalists. The winner will become the 2011 Mental Health stamp." Read more.
February 7, 2011
CPA took out a quarter page ad in The Hill Times special Health Policy Briefing Issue (The Hill Times is a publication with a circulation among government departments). The entire Health Policy Briefing Issue can be viewed here.
January 28, 2011
"In its 2007 budget, the Harper government committed $130-million over 10 years toward the creation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. An additional $110-million over five years was provided in 2008 to undertake research demonstration projects on homelessness and mental health." Read more.
January 27, 2011
"A wave of mentally ill women is flooding into the Canadian penitentiary system, sparking calls for reform and the creation of treatment facilities that already exist for male offenders." Read more.
January 25, 2011
"Findings of a study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health indicate that workers most likely to be stressed out are those the organization depends on the most." Read more.
On the Radio
February 24, 2012
Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman, he is a clinical psychologist in Winnipeg, one of his areas is working with male survivors of sex abuse and he also wrote his doctorate on male sex abuse in sport. Listen here.
January 7, 2011
"CBC Canada’s The Current devoted an entire program to take an in-depth look at our mental health. Guest host Steven Page opens-up about his own struggles with mental illness battling depression and manic episodes. Listen to Steven Page talk about his depression with Anna Maria Tremonti, here."
On Television
May 10, 2012
CPA's Dr. Karen Cohen presents Michael Landsberg with a 2012 Champion of Mental Health Award for his efforts to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. View video here.
January 26, 2011
"When the Devil Knocks is the intimate story of a woman suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality. The film premiered at the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival and will have its World Broadcast Premiere on CBC News Network's The Passionate Eye on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 10 pm ET/PT."