MINDSET AWARD FINALIST: ‘Stigma’ Is Killing First Responders
Shortlisted finalist and honourable mention, Mindset Award for reporting on workplace mental health | Published in The Tyee | May 20, 2016 On April 20, 2015, Jason Driscoll of […]
Tag Archives: Mental Health
National Post Exclusive: MDMA Trauma Therapy Breakthrough
Exclusive investigation: Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.
Can Portland Hotel Society’s New Boss Restore Faith?
‘There won’t be any more Disneyland trips,’ says new head of beleaguered nonprofit.
Standoff ends with assault suspect’s arrest
Police used a battering ram to force their way into a Downtown Eastside rooming house suite Monday after an assault suspect barricaded himself into his room, ending an eight-hour standoff.
Remembering Bonnie Fournier: Longtime street nurse remembered as ‘integrity in action’
Street nurse Bonnie Fournier is remembered as the “mom of the Downtown Eastside.”
Happy New Year: Stories of 2012
Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.
‘It opens your heart’: Canada approves use of ecstasy in study into post-traumatic stress disorder
Health Canada is allowing two B.C. therapists to import MDMA for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.
Keep Drug Law Conversation Alive, Say Advocates
While BC municipalities back marijuana decriminalization, others argue it should go further.
Self-care and social change
It’s time to stop splitting social change from self-care – and embrace healing justice in our communities.
Memory engineering pioneer Elizabeth Loftus charts course for Inception-style mind control
After 44 years of ground-breaking research on how human memory works, inception is precisely the area that memory expert Dr. Elizabeth Loftus is pioneering today.
David P Ball 