COVID-19 and our mental health
Episode description
A gruesome halloween stabbing by an alleged mentally ill man in Quebec sparked a $100 million dollar injection into that province’s mental health system.
Christine Grou of l’Ordre des psychologues du Québec speaks with Maggie John about what her province is doing with the extra resources for people coping with mental health.
Context Executive Producer, Susan Ponting talks with world renowned addictions specialist, author, speaker, and physician Dr. Gabor Mate about our mental health challenges amid the toxicity of the global coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Mate also speaks about the cost to our bodies of the hidden stresses that we face everyday.
Plus, Patricia Khoury, a brave university student, tells Maggie about having to make dire changes in her life’s path in order to heal and preserve her own mental wellness.