This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week – help us raise awareness about #EatingDisorders, and remember: all bodies are good bodies, and you can have health at every size. #HAES #EDAW2022 https://nedic.ca/health-promotion-prevention/
Service, Courage and Sacrifice – at home, around the world and across generations. Remembrance Day | November 11, 2021 Veterans and their families experience unique #MentalHealth issues. Like and share to help us circulate these resources from @VeteransENG_CA https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/mentalhealth #CanadaRemembers
Toronto, ON. October 13, 2021 – The Weston Family Foundation is donating $3 million to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) to expand access to BounceBack, a free, guided mental health self-help program. The funding will extend the program for an additional three years and help BounceBack better meet the specific needs of youth and […]Continue readingWeston Family Foundation donates $3 million to the Canadian Mental Health Association to support the mental health of youth and underserved populations
Toronto, ON June 21, 2021: The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is deeply troubled by the findings of the remains of 215 children in unmarked and undocumented graves at a residential school in Kamloops, BC. We extend our deepest condolences to those who are grieving and for whom this news reawakens or compounds pain and […]Continue readingCanadian Mental Health Association on Reconciliation and mental health
How are we feeling? Canadians are worried, bored, stressed, lonely and sad CMHA and UBC release data on emotional impact of the pandemic for Mental Health Week Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC (May 3, 2021) – The pandemic is taking an emotional toll on people in Canada, as 77% of adults report feeling so-called negative […]Continue readingHow are we feeling? Canadians are worried, bored, stressed, lonely and sad
Musicians come together in support of mental health with a new album of inspired songs about resiliency. Fredericton, February 1, 2021 – The Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick (CMHA of NB) presents Music for the Mind, an album featuring new music from some of New Brunswick’s best and newest performers. It is […]Continue readingMusicians come together in support of mental health with a new album of inspired songs about resiliency.
The Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick and the Province of New Brunswick Department of Health introduces BounceBack® to New Brunswick Fredericton, January 19, 2021 – The Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick (CMHA of NB) and the Department of Health today announced the introduction of CMHA of NB’s BounceBack® program to New […]Continue readingBounceBack now in New Brunswick
Despair and suicidal feelings deepen as pandemic wears on New nationwide survey finds Atlantic Canadians’ mental health eroding New Brunswick (December 3, 2020) – The second wave of the pandemic has intensified feelings of stress and anxiety, causing alarming levels of despair, suicidal thoughts and hopelessness in the Atlantic Canada population. This, according to […]Continue readingDespair and suicidal feelings deepen as pandemic wears on
MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A CRIME. MENTAL WELLNESS CHECKS MUST BE A HEALTH-CARE RESPONSE, NOT A LAW-ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE For immediate release (June 30, 2020) – The Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick (CMHA of NB) is concerned by the deaths of individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in New Brunswick and across Canada, stemming […]Continue readingMENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A CRIME. MENTAL WELLNESS CHECKS MUST BE A HEALTH-CARE RESPONSE, NOT A LAW-ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
(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