Here is a collection of the Georgia Straight's coverage of mental-health subjects, including issues such as anxiety, mood disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, addiction, stress, therapy, and more.

Straight Talk

Suicide-prevention barrier to be installed by City of Vancouver on Granville Bridge

The city is working with Vancouver Coastal Health and other experts to deter self-harm on the crossing.

Health Features

UBC study shows link between teenage oral contraceptive use and depression in adulthood

The study's senior author was associate professor of psychology Frances Chen and the lead author was postdoctoral fellow Christine Anderl.

Health Notes

Man with sex addiction banned from yoga studio, gets his discrimination complaint dismissed

Tribunal says it is likely that the yoga studio could prove that the man was harassing its staff.

Health Features

B.C. takes steps to improve recovery homes for those seeking help with substance use and mental health

Measures include higher income assistance for residents and improved regulations to enhance public confidence.

Straight Talk

After standoff, Vancouver police arrest 43-year-old Albertan male making threats in Gastown

A standoff between police and a man who was making threats early this morning in Gastown ended in an arrest.

Health Features

In Cypher episode, Bif Naked shares what it's like offering peer support to those living with cancer

“It's not our normal day-to-day life to go through chemotherapy,” she explained. “It upsets the apple cart of your life story, actually."

Health Notes

B.C. report recommends mental-health improvements for child and youth suicide prevention

A panel examined 111 child and youth suicide deaths from January 1, 2013, to June 20, 2018.

LGBT

In a sharply worded letter, B.C. asks the Canadian government to make conversion therapy a criminal offence

The B.C. Ministry of Health said it has delivered a letter to Canada’s minister of justice, “condemning” conversion therapy.

Health Notes

B.C. coroner's report reveals a troubling divide between urban and rural mental-health challenges

A new report on suicide in British Columbia includes good news but makes clear there’s a deep divide in how urban and rural communities experience to mental-health challenges.

Health Notes

B.C.’s first urgent response centre for mental health and substance use launches in Surrey

B.C. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy stated in a news release that the centre will be a new resource “to quickly connect people with specialty services”.

Straight Talk

Coquitlam parents seek help locating 34-year-old son missing since February

Ryan McAuley was seen at 10 a.m. on February 15 in Maple Ridge.

Health Notes

B.C. police are at the front of mental-health care without the support or training that requires, review finds

Nearly half of police-involved deaths in B.C. recorded from 2013 to 2017 involved an addictions issue and roughly 66 percent concerned someone struggling with a mental-health challenge, a death review panel's analysis has found.