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.

Commentary

Nazanin Moghadami: We must end this mental-health crisis with compassion, not confrontation

Oct 22

We need trained, trauma-informed, safe mental-health professionals to respond to the most vulnerable in society. mental health professionals to respond to the most vulnerable in society.

Politics

Harm-reduction advocate Garth Mullins demands B.C. Liberals stop using his name in Sam Sullivan advertisement

Oct 18

The host of the Crackdown podcast has called on B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson to kick one of his incumbents off the slate.

Commentary

Kathleen Finlay: Canada needs some soul-searching on mental health and suicide

Oct 12

Why do people end their lives?

Health Features

There’s an urgent need to rethink suicide prevention, experts say

Oct 10

As the coronavirus pandemic enters a second wave, all Canadians are grappling with an evolving set of mental health concerns.

Health Features

B.C. researchers, advocates, and companies at forefront of Canada's psychedelic revolution

Oct 8

Supporters of psychedelic therapy have been waiting in suspense for months for a federal decision that could mark a turning point in Canadian medical history.

VIFF

VIFF review: Canada's reparative therapy drama Flowers of the Field is a sensitively wrought directorial debut

Oct 5

Struggling with his attraction to men, the taciturn Aaron turns to a reparative therapy retreat.

Arts

#Danceforth: Feasting on Fame streams live on October 8

Oct 5

Vancouver's Shay Kuebler performs.

Health Features

Mindfulness offers solace in a stressful pandemic

Sep 30

It’s not going to kill the COVID-19 virus, but it can help people feel better equipped to respond to anxiety.

Tech

Twitter still toxic for women, Amnesty International says

Sep 27

Amnesty International is calling out Twitter’s record on violence against women once again.

Commentary

Nurses at the frontline: increasing scope of practice to help end the opiate overdose crisis

Sep 25

For decades, outreach nurses in B.C. have been at the front line of providing health care to marginalized people, particularly those in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside.

VIFF

VIFF review: Cured details historical LGBT fight to have homosexuality removed from mental disorders

Sep 17

This documentary chronicles how lesbian and gay rights activists waged a seemingly Sisyphean battle against the American Psychiatric Association.

VIFF

VIFF review: The Father is a poignant look at dementia

Sep 17

An elderly, well-off Londoner's middle-aged daughter is frustrated that her father keeps upsetting his caregivers.