Post-election requires thoughtful mental health action

For any initiative to have substantive and sustained impact on enhancing mental health and improving access to care, it must both address the needs of the most vulnerable and be based on the best available evidence of effectiveness.

Better and more comprehensive data is needed. Developing effective mental health interventions for populations requires valid longitudinal data that separates situationally appropriate distress from challenges that require provision of services, writes Sen. Stan Kutcher. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

September 29, 2021

Mental health was addressed in most platforms of Canadian political parties during the recent election. The Liberals proposed a “Canada Mental Health Transfer” and perhaps that, or a version of that, will be forthcoming when Parliament resumes. However, for any initiative to have substantive and...

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