The Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge Branch (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.), Telecare and Hospice Services would like to invite the media and members of our community to recognize Thursday September 10th, 2020 as World Suicide Prevention Day. Annually the C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. partners with community organizations Telecare Distress Centre and Community Care City of Kawartha […]Continue readingLight a candle for World Suicide Prevention Day
Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is pleased to announce the return of Living Life to the Full, an eight-week program designed to help participants maximize their ability to deal with life’s challenges. The program was created by Dr. Chris Williams, a psychiatrist and expert in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Living […]Continue readingCMHA HKPR launches Living Life to the Full program
As Ontario’s economy gradually re-opens during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new toolkit is now available to support employers and employees in navigating the mental health implications of returning to physical workplaces. Developed by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division, in partnership with Mental Health Works and BounceBack Ontario, Return to the workplace: A psychological […]Continue readingNew CMHA toolkit supports employees, employers with planning psychologically-safe return to the workplace
The pandemic has caused intense stress and disruption for all people in Canada, and is causing pronounced mental health concerns, including suicidal thoughts and feelings, in various subgroups of the population, including parents, those with existing mental illness or mental health issues, Indigenous people and those with a disability or who identify as LGBTQ+. This […]Continue readingNew study exposes troubling pandemic mental health vulnerabilities
We are pleased to announce Herod Financial Services has generously donated $20,000 to the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge’s (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.’s) Journeying Together program as part of the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, a virtual fundraising contest running from June 1 to June 30. C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.’s Journeying Together program provides education and support […]Continue readingHerod Financial Services donates $20K to C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.
On Wednesday the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough and United Way Peterborough and District brought together ten front-line agencies providing mental health supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents to allocate the latest donations to the COVID-19 Community Response Fund. “The need is so great among charities serving vulnerable folks in the community in terms […]Continue reading$110,500 granted to front-line agencies providing mental health supports during COVID-19 pandemic
As more details emerge about the psychological impact of COVID-19, Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) is encouraging anyone who is struggling with mental health and addictions issues at this time to reach out and seek help. The call comes as new provincial data this week showed that far fewer people […]Continue readingFewer Ontarians are seeking mental health supports during COVID-19, but services are helping those who use them
Seven out of 10 Ontarians (69 per cent) believe the province is headed for a “serious mental health crisis” as it emerges from this pandemic and nearly eight out of 10 (77 per cent) say more mental health supports will be necessary to help society, according to new poll results released today. This data comes […]Continue readingNew data shows majority of Ontarians believe mental health crisis will follow COVID-19 impact
Four organizations in the Peterborough area have developed a resource outlining changes to mental health and addictions services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in hopes of informing the public of how they can continue to receive support. The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.), as well as the Peterborough Regional Health Centre […]Continue readingCollaborative COVID-19 Update
Each year at our Annual General Meeting in September, the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) presents awards honouring the contributions and achievements of people who work to improve the mental health of our community. This includes volunteers, community leaders, individuals with lived experience of mental illness and their family members. […]Continue readingCall for Nominations for Community Mental Health Awards and Annual Tam Grant Bursary