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Events this week will offer Islanders a chance to learn more about addiction prevention, treatment and recovery. Prince Edward Island is joining the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery organizations across the country to mark...
Dr. Dagny Dryer was more than ready to spend a quiet retirement painting and tending to her tomato crop after more than 30 groundbreaking years as a medical oncologist. That was until Prince Edward Island’s first cancer doctor began to feel the magnetic pull of medicine once...
Raising a child with a chronic disease has taught Tracey Gallant a lot about Prince Edward Island’s health care system. The Cornwall mother of two knows how to navigate the ins and outs, ups and downs of hospitals and doctors’ offices. Her son, now 20, was diagnosed with Type 1...
The focus of this report is to assess the current state and make recommendations to improve physician engagement in mental health and addictions.
This report focuses on the role of Hillsborough Hospital as a provincial resource delivering specialty inpatient mental health services within an integrated continuum of care.
This brochure provides information about Changeways, a program designed to help you create positive change in your life and learn how to manage your mood and overcome depression. This program is delivered by Community Mental Health Services.
When it comes to lifelong learning, Amanda Brazil walks the talk. The new member of the Learning Partners Advisory Committee is working on her PhD in educational studies at UPEI. She also juggles her day-to-day responsibilities as a mother of two children and a full-time job as...
Breast cancer survivor Maureen Garrity says she wishes a new patient information tool had been available back when she received her diagnosis. Health PEI has partnered with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, health care providers, and patient advisors on an information and...