Mental Health

Mental Health

On stress leave with a service weapon: Victoria police officers with PTSD say the department is failing them

By Tori Marlan
November 2, 2022

Traumatic experiences are part of the job of a police officer. But multiple VicPD sources say cronyism, discrimination, and indifference within the department make that trauma worse

Mental Health

From streets to hospitals: Victoria and BC groups work on fixes for mental health-care system

By Brishti Basu
September 23, 2022

An Indigenous-led peer mental health team is addressing immediate needs while the province updates health-care training

Mental Health

Family calls for overhaul of Royal Jubilee’s psychiatric emergency services and Mental Health Act

By Martin Bauman
September 3, 2022

Glen Fawkes’s family wants answers from Island Health and the province following his suicide within weeks of receiving care