Our Moral Imperative: Prioritizing Mental Health in Today’s Public Coverage and Tomorrow’s National Universal Pharmacare
Despite the prevalence and the severe impact mental illness can have on individuals’ lives, access to necessary medications remains a substantial challenge for many. Our thoughts on what should happen next. Published originally in The Hamilton Spectator.
A Psychiatrist’s Perspective: How Canada’s Mental Healthcare System Must Embrace Technology – Healthcare Summit 2023 Keynote
Dr. Diane McIntosh’s keynote at Reboot’s 23rd annual health care summit in Vancouver addressed the need to support our overloaded clinicians so they can deliver more effective, personalized and efficient mental healthcare.
The Rise of Lifestyle Medicine – Diane McIntosh and Bryn Hyndman talk about integrating lifestyle medicine into traditional medicine
Eating well, exercising, connecting with friends—these are the new doctor’s orders. Lifestyle medicine, essentially a prescription for the good habits, behaviours and choices we make as individuals, is a field of medicine that’s gaining traction. Dr. Diane McIntosh speaks with Dr. Bryn Hyndman.
Lessons from the AIDS Crisis: What we can Learn for Mental Health
Ideas on removing stigma from Scott Elliott, executive director of the B.C.-based Dr. Peter Centre, one of the world’s most recognized care facilities for HIV/AIDS.
The painful legacy of untreated or under-treated mental illness
Behind every person diagnosed with a mental illness are the people who love and support them. The ripple effects can be profound and add to the burden of mental illness.
We need to tackle stigma in healthcare
Stigma within the healthcare system means people may experience more suffering just getting the help they need. Tackling stigma healthcare is needed to improve outcomes.
We need a pragmatic approach to mental healthcare access.
Improving access to high-quality mental healthcare needs to include much better support for our primary care practitioners.
Our mental healthcare system is suffering from a chronic illness.
The root causes of a mental illness are complex, so too are the causes underlying our ailing mental healthcare system. Determined, courageous leadership and bold action are needed.