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.

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.

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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

Updated: 27-year-old white female last seen in Port Coquitlam has been located

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking to locate a second missing person who is also wanted on a B.C. Mental Health Act warrant.

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Coquitlam RCMP searching for 49-year-old woman last seen on July 4

Coquitlam RCMP stated that Larissa Milus is wanted on a B.C. Mental Health Act warrant and are concerned about her wellbeing.

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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.

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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.

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Missing 33-year-old Port Coquitlam woman wanted on mental-health warrant

Charlene Dawn Sim went missing from her Port Coquitlam home on May 10.

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Downtown Abbotsford street closed as man with mental-health issues damages gas meter

Officers responded to an incident involving a barricaded man in Abbotsford.

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B.C. Medical Journal article links climate change to serious mental health issues

A Langford physician, Dr. Elizabeth Wiley, has highlighted the connections between extreme weather events and posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, substance use disorders, and suicidal ideation.

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Investigation report released on New Westminster police incident involving shooting death of male

Forensic processing determined that the officers fired four lethal bullets but none struck the male.

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Man walking naked down street who climbed onto family-occupied vehicle apprehended in Delta

Delta police received reports of a man who was apparently undergoing a mental-health crisis.

Health Notes

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy asks people to reach out during Mental Health Week

“Having the courage to speak up and start discussion is essential to lifting people up and bringing mental health and addictions out of the shadows," she said in a statement today.