Mental Health News You Can Use

07/07/2025

https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/manage-social-support?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=apa-topic-stress&utm_content=manage-social-support&fbclid=IwY2xjawLYrulleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIbWFkZ1JOeFVmcXNQZko0AR4gUHny1crrFQWOnkwDQTErXL0rRVuRbt-v2jF2JESfcR-SZ6gH4QVy4KD4Yg_aem_o4PoZxCLwVz5YOn0M1hqpg

Emotional support is an important protective factor for dealing with life’s difficulties, while loneliness has been associated with a wide variety of health problems including high blood pressure, diminished immunity, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline.

28/06/2025

Our furry friends hold a special place in our hearts. When they pass away, it can be deeply painful. You don’t have to go through it alone.

Join our free virtual Pet Loss Support Groups, where you can share your feelings and find comfort from a community of people who understand.

Register today: https://ow.ly/8p5x50Whw3J

27/06/2025

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/04-05/playtime-social-media-addiction-happiness?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=apa-monitor&utm_content=in-brief-april-2025

Snapshots of peer-reviewed studies in psychology and related fields.

25/06/2025

What if we could recognize our faults and look to see what is beyond them?

What if we could see, with great tenderness, the painful unmet needs that have shaped our behaviors?

For many of us, this process is the work of a lifetime, one that requires the active support of loved ones, therapists, spiritual teachers, or healers.

Yet it begins the moment that we are willing to look at ourselves through the eyes of compassion.

24/06/2025

https://magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ideas/health/staying-focused-world-distractions/

A U of T Scarborough psychology professor proposes a path to deeper engagement – and more lasting satisfaction

04/06/2025

988 and 911: Know which number to use to get the right support at the right time. If you need support for your mental health, text or call 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org.

30/05/2025

https://macleans.ca/longforms/the-fight-over-forced-rehab/

Canada’s nightmarish opioid crisis has renewed calls for involuntary drug treatment. Does the government have a right to force users to get help?

29/05/2025

Folks please choose professional services you spend your hard earned money (or insurers money on) carefully. A post on facebook today reads,

"I’ve become a certified master reiki practitioner and I’m launching a new program in the fall. It’s one I’ve been planning for a while. I’ll be working with first responders and emergency services personnel (active & retired) to support energy healing and wellness. Both in-person and virtually. I’ll have more details soon but if you’re curious, send me a DM! "

Folks at present reiki is a pseudoscience. There is no scientific evidence supporting the existence of the energy field that Reiki practitioners claim to be manipulating.

23/05/2025

https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/05/17/easily-distracted-how-to-improve-your-attention-span/

Feel like you can’t focus? Like you’ll never finish a book again? Like the only way to keep your mind and hands busy is to scroll on social media for hours? You’re far from alone. One body of decades-long research found the average person’s attention span for a single screen is 47 second...

23/05/2025

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/girls-young-women-mental-health-stat-can-1.7540537

Waitlists for mental health and substance use services are one of the deterrents for girls and young women in Canada looking for professional help, a new report from Statistics Canada suggests.