She was suicidal, struggling with PTSD and addicted to alcohol. The help she needed was all under one roof
Thousands of young Canadians with mental health challenges are being treated in one-stop mental health centres that bring a battery of specialists under one roo... Read more.
Anatomy of a campus mental health crisis
WARNING: This story contains sensitive subject matter, including suicide and self-harm, that could be triggering for some readers. While his classmates at the U... Read more.
Abi was outgoing and gifted. He never made it to graduation. The 17-year-old’s death — and what followed at his Brampton high school — is part of a concerning problem
Researchers, parents and educators say Canada’s model for youth mental health care is failing to diagnose and treat young people at a crucial moment in their ... Read more.
More post-secondary schools are turning to online counselling services to help meet student mental health needs. But exactly who’s listening on the other side?
As dozens of Canadian post-secondary schools supplement their on-campus counselling with online service from private firms, questions are mounting about quality... Read more.
Universities with policies to force out students in crisis say it’s a safety measure. Students say threat of removal fills them with dread
Involuntary removals may force already vulnerable young people to deal with the added stresses of losing their studies, student housing and funding. One univers... Read more.
What’s fuelling the mental health crisis in young people? Here are four key stressors
While today’s young people are the most willing in history to broadcast their struggles with mental health, they also face new and unique stressors.... Read more.
Her university expelled her after she attempted suicide, saying she had an ‘inability to self-regulate.’ Now she is fighting back
The university denies the student’s allegations that it failed to provide mental health accommodations. A national review of post-secondary student mental hea... Read more.
Kyle was a young, aspiring lawyer with loving parents, but ‘inside he was crumbling.’ Now his family sees the warning signs they missed
When young people seeking mental health help turn to the public health-care system, they frequently face wait times that reach into months — or longer. The bu... Read more.