Mental Health

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Concurrent Disorders: What Are They and How Are They Treated?

The term “concurrent disorder” is used to describe a wide range of…

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Untreated Mental Health and Addiction: A Most Dangerous Workplace Hazard

Originally written for the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association (OOHNA) Xpress (Sept/Oct…

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Evidence-Based Treatment for Mental Health, Trauma, and Addiction: The Way Forward

In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental health…

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Five Signs Your Teen Is Struggling With Their Mental Health
Five Signs Your Teen Is Struggling With Their Mental Health

Our teenage years are meant to be care-free and exciting, filled with…

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The Impact of Stigma on Mental Health
The Impact of Stigma on Mental Health

Written by Ryan Slobodian, clinical counsellor at EHN Edgewood Nanaimo With spring…

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How Eating Disorders Affect Mental Health

Eating is absolutely essential for survival. We all know that food is…

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How Online Therapy for Anxiety Helped Me Get Better
How Online Therapy for Anxiety Helped Me Get Better

While all the types of therapy I’ve done provided me with some…

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Dialectical Behavioural Therapy: Practical Skills for Emotion Regulation
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy: Practical Skills for Emotion Regulation

The development of dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) was motivated by one psychiatrist’s…

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3 Ways of Coping with Big Life Changes and Stressful Events

Coping with big life changes and stressful events used to mean going…

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What Self-Care Means to Me and Why It’s So Important
What Self-Care Means to Me and Why It’s So Important

“Self-care.” On paper the term is self-explanatory and straightforward, meaning to take…

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Gay Men's Minority Stress and How You Can Help
Gay Men’s Minority Stress and How You Can Help

“Minority stress” is experienced by members of marginalized minority groups. It results…

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Webinar: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Crisis Survival Skills

Today we are here to talk about facing the challenges that come…

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5 Reasons Group Therapy Is so Powerful

Group therapy has been shown countless times in movies and in television,…

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National Addiction Awareness Week
Stigma Ends With You: National Addiction Awareness Week

Opinion by EHN Staff Written by Hillary Webster, an employee at EHN…

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Suicide Prevention Day

Written by Adam Fisher, a former Director at Renascent and EHN Canada,…

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