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Health

The Mental Health Toll of a Pandemic Winter

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 - by Gabrielle Drolet

There’s no blanket solution for the challenges of the cold dark season. But there are ways to make it more bearable

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Society

Is Anonymously Funded Health Research Too Risky?

January 19, 2018November 11, 2019 - by John Lorinc

A substantial donation to CAMH from an unnamed donor raises questions of ethical transparency

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Society

Why Would Someone Choose to Be a Monster?

September 28, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Simon Lewsen

Pedophiles don’t get a pass for their sins. But James Cantor’s controversial research could explain why they do what they do

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Health

Not Criminally Responsible

November 27, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Richard Klagsbrun

The case for forensic psychiatry in reintegrating people with mental illnesses

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Feature / March 2013

The New Normal

March 4, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Canada’s largest mental health facility is undergoing a multimillion-dollar facelift that reflects a greater cultural shift, the mainstreaming of mental illness

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Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, an Indigenous-led camp for unhoused people in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

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