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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... 1 ] Since the opioid overdose crisis was declared a public health emergency in 2016, nearly 6000 illicit drug overdose ... mostly just fentanyl.” Interactions between mental health and substance use John Doe explained what he observed ... about the relationship between addiction and mental health: “It’s a lot. I had conversations with my ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... is important as the epidemic puts extreme pressure on health services. A rapid vaccine rollout has many roadblocks, ... to the National Advisory Committee on Immunization through Health Canada for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna ... the accompanying ethics analysis.”[ 16 ] BC Provincial Health Officer Dr Bonnie Henry has announced extending the ...
Obituaries / BY: B. De Freitas, MDCM, FRCPC January/February 2021
... and provided some afternoons to the New Westminster Mental Health Centre. He retired from hospital practice at age 75 ... continued to provide psychiatric care in Vancouver mental health clinics until his late 80s. He was a most congenial ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... downstream effects, including increased burnout; mental health effects[ 3 ] with depression and anxiety rates similar ... have not been successful in convincing the BC Ministry of Health to cover infertility treatments so that others with ... for treatment. This is despite the Ministry of Health’s first expressed mandate being “to make life more ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... that they have been cheating a little, often citing mental health as the reason. COVID fatigue appears to be a growing ... to be vaccinated; they worry about potential adverse health outcomes and ask whether I will get a shot. I explain ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... the province and the country. Guidelines from public health officials for the containment of the SARS-CoV-2 virus ... or denial or a bit of both? I am thankful to see that health authorities have stepped up their testing ... is a positive event. In my opinion, the next step that health authorities need to take is to start assessing ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD January/February 2021
... We now have the Internet, molecular biology, modern public health, and mRNA vaccines. In 1918, men around the world were ... Vaccine nationalism will rear its head. Physicians and our health care partners will face a task of monumental ... are leading our pandemic response from the BC Provincial Health Office to the Public Health Agency of Canada to the ...
News January/February 2021
... illness and how it is perceived in society. Our mental health is just as important as our physical well-being, so ... this phenomenon and how it affects those whose mental health is in jeopardy. The book features a series of stories ...
News January/February 2021
... in addressing systemic racism. What steps can doctors and health care workers take to begin or continue the journey to ...
News, COVID-19 January/February 2021
This document from the BCCDC and the BC Ministry of Health provides recommendations for primary care ...