Dementia disorders are the most common mental health problem affecting Canadian seniors. Dementia involves loss of memory and cognitive abilities and almost always affects judgment, decision-making and relationships. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common dementia disorder. Other types of dementia...
Episode 5 of the #MindVine Podcast features news, views and interviews related to mental health, mental illness and recovery. In this episode we're on site at CMHA's Mental Health For All conference. Day 3, the last day at the conference includes interviews with John Pare, Chief of Police at London...
Episode 7 features interviews with forensic outpatient and #mentalhealth advocate Brian Rose and Simcoe Reformer reporter Daniel R. Pearce, who is working on a follow up story on Brian and mental health in his community. The #MindVine podcast is hosted by Communications team members Darryl Mathers...
In this episode, we have two special guests from Ontario Shores in Andra Duff-Woskosky, Director of the Geriatric Program, and Dr. Robyn Waxman, Geriatric Psychiatrist. The two discuss Health Quality Ontario's Quality Standards for the Behavioural Symptoms of Dementia and how it was implemented at...
Episode 74 of the #MindVine Podcast features Dr. Amer Burhan, Geriatric Psychiatrist and Physician in Chief at Ontario Shores discussing Alzheimer's Awareness Month as well as other issues related to the treatment of #dementia . This #MindVine podcast is hosted by Darryl Mathers (@DarrylMathers) and...
Episode 119 of the #MindVine #mentalhealth podcast features Dr. Elizabeth Coleman, forensic psychiatrist, and Cathy Duivesteyn, Director of the forensic mental health program. The two discuss everything forensic mental health, including NCR, passes, missing patients and recovering from complex...