Kendall Worth: Lives on welfare and the loved ones
Kendall meets up with a sister of a person who is on social assistance and lives with mental health issues. She worries about her brother and wants to better understand the welfare system.
Mental health
Kendall Worth: Another story of harassment of poor people with mental health issues by police and security guards in Halifax
Kendall Worth with more on the ongoing harassment of poor people and people with disabilities by police ans security guards.
Raymond Sheppard: Announcing a community meeting to talk about mental health
Raymond Sheppard explains why he is organizing a community meeting about the lack of mental health care in North End Halifax in August.
Dayna Barnes: We need mental health supports for Nova Scotia youth everywhere and all the time
“Look around your rural community, outside of school, organized sports and of course amazing public libraries (who are also under funded). Are there any established youth centres, programs or services offering drop in spaces, programs, services or mental health supports? Do you see outreach workers connecting with youth? Do you even see youth out and about?” Dayna Barnes on a looming crisis in rural Nova Scotia.
Raymond Sheppard: Listen to the people living with mental health issues
“Speaking as a mental health and addictions counsellor and an individual who has anxiety, I strongly believe reforms to this broken mental health system are seriously past due,” writes Raymond Sheppard.
Kendall Worth: A small Easter miracle
Kendall Worth has a nose for good stories, and this is one of them. On the Easter weekend of 2015 Daryl and Darlene met in the QEII emerge, both there for mental health issues aggravated by loneliness and isolation. Now they’re friends and support one another when things get tough. What happened?
Thandiwe McCarthy: The darkest lesson – my education history
Thandiwe McCarthy on going to school while Black in New Brunswick. “No one ever explained anything to me, I was always ordered. I never got the chance to be a student because all the teachers viewed me as a threat.”
Living with chronic pain: The long road to getting a diagnosis
“Like most everybody else, at one time I never gave a thought to living with chronic pain. I knew nothing about navigating the world of WCB, of modified work duties, of never going back to the person I was before the injury.” Barbara Carter continues to share her experiences of chronic pain and all that it entails.
Kendall Worth: The double stigma of poverty and mental health
Kendall Worth continues his awesome reporting on the individual lives of people on welfare. Meet William, who lives with mental health issues and is on social assistance. A double whammy of stigma.
Kendall Worth: Dorothy’s story – How depression and poverty often go hand in hand
Kendall tells the story of Dorothy (not her real name), a young woman who with help from family and friends managed to overcome a severe depression while on social assistance.