By Laura Brown, CTV News Fredericton-South MLA David Coon did reach out to DesRoches about her situation. He says he feels there is a crisis in mental health care in New Brunswick. – CTV A 19-year-old northern New Brunswick woman who has attempted suicide three times over the past three months is speaking out about her mental illness and the […]
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Fredericton –David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick issued the following statement in recognition of World Mental Health Day on Monday, October 10. “Mental health resources in New Brunswick continue to be funded at less than 5% of our provincial health budget. The national average is 7%. It is no surprise that […]
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Nova Scotia patterned their mental health court system after our model which operated successfully for ten years in Saint John. We have been without our court since the judge retired three years ago. We need to reinstate our mental health court.
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