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Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... 1 ] Numerous resources have been committed to managing health issues related to marijuana and opioid use, but in ... school, work, interpersonal relationships, and physical health.[ 1 ] Treatment of alcohol use disorder Several ...
News, COVID-19 November 2020
... As well, it demonstrates how family physicians and the health system can be nimble when faced with a crisis. BC ... approach to supporting physicians’ needs both as health care providers and human beings. Read the report at ...
News January/February 2020
... (local, provincial/territorial, national) and systems (health, law, social services, life planning). Its development was funded by Health Canada to help people living in Canada prepare for their future health care needs. The updated framework reframes the four ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2020
... 1 ] Reduction of infectious diseases is not the only health benefit that can be achieved with proper design of ... in the reduction of disease. —Lloyd Oppel, MD Council on Health Promotion COVID-19 Concrete versus COVID-19: How the ...
News September 2020
The BC government has introduced amendments to the Mental Health Act to improve the care and safety of youth under the ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2020
... our physicians, other allied providers, our Provincial Health Officer Dr Henry, our health care administration, and the hard work of British Columbians adhering to public health advice. The effectiveness of our response was ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2020
... to significant deterioration in well-being and mental health. All of us are aware of at least a few at-risk ... in my practice who are particularly at risk of a mental health crisis secondary to social isolation. Awareness is the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH January/February 2020
... Summit 2019 was hosted by the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Community of Practice, an ... The summit brought together over 500 physicians, allied health professionals, education representatives, and ... of over 9000 adults brought the issue into the public health spotlight.[ 3 ] This study in a primarily white, ...
News April 2020
... increased likelihood of accepting and acting on their health care provider’s lifestyle change recommendations ... because of their diagnosis. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute scientist Dr Ryan Flannigan is ... diagnosis. Dr Flannigan is a urologist focused on men’s health at Vancouver General Hospital and senior research ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... have been touched to my core by the 7:00 p.m. shout-out to health care workers and first responders. The banging of pots ... have been selflessly providing much-needed meals to health care workers at local hospitals. The outpouring of ...