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‘Jails are not hospitals’: Stop incarcerating sick detainees, health workers say

May 17, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 17, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Despite calls from “outraged” Ontario health workers, the province won’t stop putting immigration detainees in provincial jails any time soon.

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Ontario won’t commit to ending use of mental illness as a reason for solitary confinement

May 5, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 5, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Corrections Minister Yasir Naqvi is “concerned” that Ontario inmates are being put in solitary confinement because of their mental illnesses — but he won’t commit to ending the practice entirely.

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Afghanistan trauma takes a greater toll on military careers than other disorders

May 3, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

May 3, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Canadians who returned from Afghanistan bearing psychic scars find themselves traumatized and out of the military in far greater numbers than counterparts suffering from mental illnesses unrelated to the Afghan mission.

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A severely sick man spent 400 days in solitary. This isn’t an anomaly: In Canada, it’s common

April 29, 2016May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

April 29, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Patrick Cain, Global News

We don’t know much about him but we know he was “bizarre.”

“Bizarre behaviour” is what got him placed in solitary confinement in the first place.

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Attawapiskat’s suicide emergency is no surprise to anyone paying attention

April 11, 2016April 23, 2016amp Leave a comment

April 11, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Patrick Cain and Katie Scott, Global News

Perhaps the most gutting thing about Attawapiskat’s suicide emergency is how unsurprising it is to those closest to the crisis.

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Ontario’s traumatized first responders are still awaiting recognition

December 18, 2015January 31, 2016amp Leave a comment

December 18, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Half a dozen doctors’ diagnoses didn’t do it: In the eyes of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Norman Traversy says, his mental trauma’s all in his head.

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Feds keep veterans in the dark on disability decisions: Ombudsman

December 1, 2015December 28, 2015amp Leave a comment

December 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Veterans need to know what information the government is using to determine their disability benefits — and right now, they don’t, the Veterans Ombudsman says.

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Cost of veterans’ mental illness will eclipse other injuries by 2017, PBO says

November 19, 2015May 30, 2016amp Leave a comment

November 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A new report released Thursday outlines the growing burden of mental illness in the cost Canada pays for combat, and outlines gaps in information on veterans’ health care costs once they leave the military.

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Invisible Wounds: How to treat a traumatized brain

November 11, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 11, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Tamara Dalrymple gets all kinds of people.

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Invisible wounds, revisited: Canada still falls short in treating soldiers’ psychic scars

November 10, 2015December 13, 2015amp Leave a comment

November 10, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Walter Callaghan says it took him seven years, debilitating alcohol and painkiller addictions, and a torpedoed career to convince the military he needed serious, long-term treatment.

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