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a new center created at Insep to improve the mental preparation of French athletes
Published on 04/30/2024 22:28 Video length: 3 min Paris 2024: a new center created at Insep to improve the mental preparation of French athletes During the Olympic Games in Rio,…
Police officers who ignore their powers in mental health cases
Found not criminally responsible five times since 2013, Isaac Brouillard Lessard had to respect release conditions determined by the Commission for the Examination of Mental Disorders (CETM) at the time…
the Chinese application poses “serious risks for the mental health of users”, according to the European Commission
In the sights of Brussels, which reserves the right to suspend TikTok Lite from Wednesday evening within the European Union, the “addictive rewards” of the application. Published on 04/23/2024 10:57…
New initiatives for access to mental health care in downtown Montreal
The Minister responsible for Social Services, Lionel Carmant, inaugurated three measures Monday morning to improve access to mental health care in downtown Montreal. The new initiatives announced by the minister…
Trudeau government will invest half a billion in a new youth mental health fund
The federal government will invest $500 million to create a new fund to support community health organizations that provide mental health care to young people. Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland…
Mental health of young people: “We have had an upsurge in calls concerning unhappiness since Covid”, confirms a manager of the Youth Health Wire
While a study reveals that the mental health of young people is worse among high school students than among middle school students, Marina Starotska, sector manager at Fil Santé Jeunes,…
in Rwanda, the still fragile mental health of “children of the genocide”
In Rwanda, 30 years after the Tutsi genocide, the trauma is still alive among survivors. But it also exists in many children born after the massacres. Published on 04/07/2024 5:08…
Intellectually disabled person attacked: the victim was unable to consent to the actions due to her mental age “between 8 and 10 years”, pleads the Crown
The Crown considers that a paratransit driver accused of sexual assault on an intellectually disabled passenger cannot be relieved of the guilty plea recorded because the victim, of a mental…
Mental Health Support | Federal closure of Espace Mieux-Être denounced
Mental health and addiction experts are criticizing the federal government’s decision to shut down an online service that for the past four years allowed people to find free professional advice…
Mental health at work: taboos that die hard
This text is part of the special World of Work section While mental health has increasingly been at the heart of conversations in recent years, it still remains subject to…
Protecting mental health in public administration
This text is part of the special World of Work section Public administration managers are stuck between the rocks and the bark. On the one hand, citizens who demand efficient…
Elon Musk’s start-up releases video of implanted patient playing mental chess
Controlling a computer by thought, we get a little closer every day. Neuralink, Elon Musk’s start-up, has just shown a video of its first human patient playing chess telepathically thanks…
still mistreated, the XV of France drew on its mental steel to leave with a lighter spirit
The Blues went for a victory in the last seconds against England on Saturday evening in Lyon. France Télévisions – Sports Editorial Published on 03/17/2024 06:00 Reading time: 3 min…
A vice-president in mental health called for in the management of the future Santé Québec agency
The Association of Psychiatrists of Quebec (AMPQ) is demanding that the future Santé Québec agency include a vice-president who will focus solely on mental health within its senior management. The…
International students face growing mental distress
When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students experience, he remembers a young man who called him in tears. Unable to pay his tuition fees for the upcoming session, the…
Special mention at the En-Tête 2023 awards for a report from “Devoir” on mental health
A report by journalist Florence Morin-Martel, from Dutywon a special mention from the En-Tête 2023 awards, which reward journalistic work in mental health. The file “Incomparable exhaustion among social workers”,…
Special mention for a report from “Devoir” on mental health
A report by journalist Florence Morin-Martel, from Dutywon a special mention in the En-Tête 2023 prize which rewards journalistic work in mental health. The file “Incomparable exhaustion among social workers”,…
New housing to accommodate people with mental health disorders
While the housing crisis hits Quebec households hard, particularly those with low incomes, it is also difficult for people struggling with mental health problems. A new residence has opened its…
Bruno Le Maire wants to “reduce the mental load” of entrepreneurs and eliminate administrative forms “by 2030”
This is what the Minister of the Economy declared in an interview with Le Monde on Wednesday. “Today there are 1,800, including 1,200 for businesses alone,” he emphasizes. Published on…
Géhane Kamel recommends court for cases involving mental illness
Coroner Géhane Kamel recommends that the Quebec government create a court that would specifically deal with cases involving mental illness. In her final report on the violent death of three…