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Canadian grain farmer Sean Stanford hit a low point a few years ago.
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His crops were poor, bills were piling up, and he was struggling to handle his workload. His situation worsened until it caused a health crisis.
While lying in bed one day, he felt a crushing weight on his chest and one of his arms. He was sure he was having a heart attack, but a doctor diagnosed him with extreme anxiety. Stanford’s experience is not uncommon among Canadian farmers.
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âNo time to loseâ: Mental health system in urgent need of overhaul
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We donât have any time to lose. With Tuesdayâs release of the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoriaâs Mental Health System, the time has come to deliver the mental health reform Victorians have so desperately needed for years.
In my 29 years in the Victorian government, including as departmental secretary in the portfolios of human services and education, I have witnessed the human consequences of year after year of the declining investment of budget, policy and innovation in mental health.
OROMOCTO, N.B. One in two Canadians will have or have had a mental illness by the time they reach the age of 40. Now, an Oromocto woman has designed a logo as a sign of support with part of her profits to be donated to a local family who recently suffered a tragedy. Rose Designs owner Kristen Lyons says she s dealt with mental health struggles throughout her life, and now she s wearing it for all to see. You are beautiful, you are loved, you are enough, you are worthy, says Lyons, reading the logo printed on a sweater. It says the same thing on the back of the shirt.