Mental health care in Canada: mending the access gaps

We are way past minding the mental health care gap in Canada. It's time to mend it—for individuals, families, the workplace and all our communities. Psychologists can help.

COVID-19 has made clear the significant role that mental health plays in managing stress, disease, changes in work and family life and, well, everything. Canada’s national political parties have recognized that and, leading up to the recent election, made explicit mental health funding commitments, writes Karen R. Cohen. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY KAREN R. COHEN

October 4, 2021

One of the lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, is that physical illness has its psychological side. There is the worry about catching it, the behaviour change necessary to managing it (e.g. distancing and masking), and the sadness, stress, and isolation it leaves in its wake (e.g. lo...

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