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Managing Stress Around the Holidays
Dec 20th, 2021The upcoming holiday season is typically described as “the most wonderful time of the year”. However, the frenzy of activity and the additional financial pressure may cause higher levels of…
Support Mental Health and Addictions Services through GivingTuesday
Nov 30th, 2021The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) invites you to join us as we participate in GivingTuesday, a global day of generosity and giving on Nov…
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Nov 15th, 2021Have you ever noticed how the weather can affect your mood? Perhaps you feel happier on a sunny day, or sad on a cloudy day. These shifts in our mood…
New Mobile Mental Health and Addictions Clinic Announced in Peterborough
Nov 15th, 2021The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is set to oversee a new mobile mental health and addictions clinic which will service Peterborough and County, Northumberland,…
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Oct 5th, 2021October 3 – 9, 2021 marks Mental Illness Awareness Week. This is an annual, national campaign designed to bring awareness to the realities of mental illness to all Canadians, and…
World Suicide Prevention Day
Sep 9th, 2021Being able to come together and reach out to each other is very important…It can save lives. People who survive suicidal thinking or behaviours often describe the pain that they…
Importance of Self-Care
Aug 31st, 2021While the past year has been a difficult year for many, one of the positive outcomes has been the increased focus on mental health and wellness. And we have certainly…
Registration is Now Open for the Provincial HSJCC 2021 Virtual Conference
Jul 22nd, 2021Register now for the Provincial HSJCC 2021 Conference Community Justice: Transforming Practices in a New World, which will be held virtually from November 16 – 17, 2021. The conference is…
Opioid-Related Deaths at All-Time High
May 25th, 2021New information released by The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario/Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and Public Health Ontario shows that 2020 was…
History of Mental Health Week
May 5th, 2021The Canadian Mental Health Association introduced the first annual Mental Health Week across Canada in 1951, to raise awareness of mental illness. This year, from May 3 – 9, CMHA…
How Are We Feeling? Canadians are Worried, Bored, Stressed, Lonely and Sad
May 3rd, 2021CMHA and UBC release data on emotional impact of the pandemic for Mental Health Week The pandemic is taking an emotional toll on people in Canada, as 77% of adults…
CMHA HKPR Celebrates the 70th Annual Mental Health Week
May 3rd, 2021It is CMHA’s 70th Mental Health Week, and this year we took the pulse of Canada’s emotions and found that the pandemic has taken its toll. This according to the latest…