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Speak your mind – and erase a stigma
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Mental illness is a pervasive presence in almost all of our lives
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Into sight, into mind
A stroke – and suddenly he was one of ‘them'7
In the hospital he diagnosed with bipolar disorder – triggered, in what his doctors suspect is a rare case, by his stroke
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'If this is a disorder, and not me, who am I?'
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He was trying to sober up. He never got the chance
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The Bipolar Buddha
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'Like a shadow that just creeps up on you'
Mental illness - past or present - is not a crime51
But discriminating against people with mental illness is
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Prisons
'The mad and the bad'21
Canada often saddles mentally ill people with a double stigma, cycling them through the justice system without treating their underlying disorders
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The troubled workplace
The working wounded39
Employers are doing a poor job of accommodating people with mental illnesses and it's costing Canada $51-billion a year
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Hospitals
The orphans of medicare43
Patients with mental illness — unwanted and forgotten — account for an astounding one-third of all hospital time
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'Look good but feel crap?'
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Hospital stays shorter for mentally ill24
Drop reflects greater pressure on health system and is not a good-news story, officials warn
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Stigma of mental illness pervasive: CMA head73
10% of Canadians think those who are ill could 'just snap out of it' if they wanted to, new survey finds
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Charity to mark 'first real national push' on mental health38
Former senator Michael Kirby champions bid to raise research money for illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia
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Globe essay:
The branding that devalues27
Stigma against the mentally ill is getting both worse and better, as attitudes polarize
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Addiction:
The express route to mental illness45
Researchers are finding that addiction is the result of biochemical disruptions in the brain
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Building for the future of mental health care
Proponents hope the new 'mixed village' on Queen Street will help heal minds and change attitudes, Tenille Bonoguore writes
26/06/08
8:35 PM
Critics blast the book on mental illness1
The science behind the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is thin and its credibility is questionable, some allege. Still it's the compendium of mental conditions on which the mental health field relies.
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The lonely madness of Alice G34
The days of 'lunatic asylums' may be gone, but we still stigmatize – and warehouse – the mentally ill. One woman spent four decades at an institution without receiving any treatment
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Mending a broken mind
What does sadness sound like? 'Cells firing five to 30 times per second' 27/06/08 8:36 PM
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Profile:
Hockey star lends his name to campaign2
Daniel Alfredsson was inspired to challenge the stigma around mental illness, attaching his high-profile name to a public awareness campaign
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