Pete McMartin: Surviving COVID with plenty of wine and whine
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:00:28 +0000
Columnist McMartin contemplates yet another day just like the one before it
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Conversations That Matter: Magic with mushrooms
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:00:25 +0000
Over the past couple of years, the legal use of psilocybin has been touted as an important and effective agent in the treatment of addiction, save one challenge – the cost is horrendous. It is far out of reach for the average person and the health care system. As a result, the concept,while tantalizing, was […]
Read moreCOVID-19: Burnout among B.C. nurses is hurting patient care, new study says
Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:43:20 +0000
The research was based on surveys of B.C. nurses in 2019 and 2020 — in other words, before and during the pandemic
Read moreAre You Experiencing Eco-Anxiety? You’re Not Alone
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:34:23 +0000
Over the last few years, reported cases of climate crisis emotional reactions have risen dramatically across the world. Known as “eco-anxiety,” the condition is often the result of worry about the impacts of global ecological disasters, specific extreme weather events, or individual carbon footprints.
Software aims to tweak building design to encourage social interaction among residents
Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:19:43 +0000
Architects, engineers and psychologists are working on ways to change building designs to better facilitate “sociability.”
Read moreNaked man found in Nanaimo woman's car trunk may have been there for days
Credit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 21:59:53 +0000
Nanaimo RCMP Sgt. John Blaase said Friday that though he’s been a police offer for 34 years, “I gotta admit, that was the first to find a naked man in a trunk.”
Read moreMy Psychosis Makes Me Feel Invincible. It’s Nearly Killed Me
Credit to Author: Katie Conibear| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:55:45 +0000
When you truly believe you’re immune to harm, life gets complicated.
Read moreTherapists Are Unprepared to Talk to People About Taking Psychedelics
Credit to Author: Shayla Love| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:49:22 +0000
The psychedelic revolution has arrived—yet psychologists still have major gaps in knowledge about going on a shrooms trip in the name of mental health.
Read moreI Could Tell Who Had Drinking Problems. I Had to Serve Them Anyway
Credit to Author: Shayla Love| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:24:24 +0000
As a bartender, you either accept the gnawing feeling that you are putting your customers in danger—or you choose to ruin the party.
Read moreB.C. mental health advocate seeks LGBTQ teens to share their stories of resilience
Credit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:42:34 +0000
The co-founder of the Stigma-Free Society of B.C. wants LGBTQ2+ youth to share their stories of overcoming stigma to help others
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