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Mental Health Commission of Canada praises Nova Scotia's new mental health and addictions strategy: "Together We Can"
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:35:00 -0700
CALGARY , May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) commends this week's release of the first mental health and addictions strategy for Nova Scotia. "Together We Can" ...
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Media Advisory - Windsor welcomes CAMH's Research Laboratory on wheels dedicated to mental health and addictions ...
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:12:00 -0700
TORONTO , April 26, 2012 /CNW/ - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is rolling into Windsor, Ontario with Canada's first known mobile laboratory dedicated to research on mental health, substance ...
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State health law did not expand inpatient care for people with addictions, study says
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:14:41 -0700
The number of people who received inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol abuse at state-contracted facilities in Massachusetts has remained nearly unchanged since 2006, despite the expansion of insurance coverage under the state law passed that year. A Health Affairs study published Monday said the results here could serve as a warning to other states that expansion of insurance under the ...
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Homewood Human Solutions Launches Health and Wellness Social Media Program
Thu, 10 May 2012 07:44:22 -0700
Mental health is a serious problem in the North, and some advocates say the new federal strategy lacks a crucial part - there is no mention of alcohol and drug addictions. Others in the North say the plan is welcome news.
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Health Canada slow to move against alcoholic energy drinks
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:21:56 -0700
Health Canada isn't ready to crack down on pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks, despite a long-standing request from government inspectors for direction on what "action can be taken against these products," internal records show.
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Experienced hand guides Staten Island anti-abuse coalition
Wed, 23 May 2012 04:06:46 -0700
Adrienne Abbate, who snuffed cigarettes, leads charge to curb youths' addictions to drugs, booze
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Yukon addictions program lauded but not funded
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:27 -0700
A new national mental health strategy plays up Yukon's land-based treatment facility as an example of new ways of dealing with addictions but advocates say there's still no money for the initiative.
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Gambling addictions 'should be health issue'
Mon, 14 May 2012 11:21:20 -0700
Anti-pokies senator Nick Xenophon will argue the case for treating gambling addiction as a health issue at a public seminar in Wollongong this week.
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