Shelley has been trying to stop smoking for a while. She participated in a community stop smoking program with some success, but was drawn to a local stop smoking program for people living with mental illness due to the additional support it provided.
Nova Scotia’s Mental Health Crisis Telephone Line is getting upgrades this week that will allow callers to wait on the line for the next available crisis intervenor should they not get through immediately, rather than leaving a message.
Jean Ann Attwood-Ryan, outreach worker and the Opioid Recovery Program received the Dr. M.A. Mian awards at the 2017 Living with Mental Illness and Addiction Conference for the impact they have had on the lives of people living with mental illness and addiction.
About 800 people participated in the 4th Annual Under One Umbrella community event for those who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Stroke patients across Nova Scotia are gaining access to transformational advances in post-stroke care, thanks to clinical trials and health-systems research at NSHA.
When you walk into Monica Cumby’s office and look at the wall, you quickly see why she’s dubbed the “den mother” of the Dalhousie Medical School’s Family Medicine Residency Program.
