Showing posts with label Parent Support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parent Support. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Making Mental Health Mobile

Starting the year off right, CMHA York region & South Simcoe branch CEO, Rebecca Shields, announced the operation of the MOBYSS. MOBYSS (pronounced mo-bies) is the provinces' first mobile health service for youth (12-25). MOBYSS is a partnership across the Simcoe & York region providing in community health care to young people in Ontario.  Check out the article here at:

http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/5242663-newsmaker-group-brings-mobile-health-unit-to-youth-in-need/

Monday, December 15, 2014

When is it okay to be sick?

How is mental illness different from physical illness? In many ways we have distanced the idea that challenges affecting our mental health are equitable to that which affects our bodies. Quite commonly, this reality is made apparent by the support (or lack thereof) experienced by those supporting and living with the challenges of a mental illness. Our misunderstandings can be isolating and encourage the fear and unawareness that one with mental health challenges must than experience.  In Larry M. Lake's article "Comfort Food: No one brings dinner when your daughter is an addict", we see a very real and often felt experience of a family experiencing the challenges of mental illness and isolation.