Impact

05/04/2017

One of my academic hero's, Vikram Patel ✊🏻

To understand the new law on mental health, our reporter turned to psychiatrist Vikram Patel who was member of the committee that drafted India’s first mental health policy, 2014

02/09/2017

Health Minister Eric Hoskins urges feds to boost Canada Health Transfer payments

12/20/2016

We struggle in Canada too.

A failure to reach a deal on health-care funding has sparked a renewed call by some experts and advocates to boost funding for mental health, with one psychologist saying there's a "huge gap between the burden of illness and how much we're investing."

12/01/2016

OOooooOoooh! Shiny new statistics!

A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a unique handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health.

11/23/2016

Brought to you by the friendly people at the WHO!

11/17/2016

Even more reason to get it right!

Mislabelling children and adolescents is frequent and can haunt them for life.

11/16/2016

The 2016 McMaster Innovation showcase focuses encouraging students, post-docs, and faculty to pursue entrepreneurship and commercialization. Amber Rieder and the IMPACT team are recipients of the award for innovation making the greatest social impact in the poster category for students, post-docs, and faculty at McMaster.

11/16/2016

We're in the research news!

https://www.research.mcmaster.ca/news/is2016-features-inspiration-discovery-growth

11/10/2016

Drumroll please! The IMPACT has just won the McMaster Innovation Showcase 2016 award for Social Impact! Way to go team!!

11/10/2016

We have been busy at the McMaster innovation park showing off the IMPACT! Thanks for the invite and congrats to all the other students who were invited to share their innovations!

10/31/2016

A little bit of thoughtfulness will go a long way in reducing stigma.

When asylums are part of a haunted attraction the message isn't subtle: People with mental illness are to be feared.

10/24/2016

A little PSA moment: panic attacks edition.