http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/10366/0 fr http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-support-peer-support/20091 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Vancouver Coastal Health terminates funding for grassroots mental health network </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/zorangotsii_-_cover-illo-2.jpg" alt="" title="Vancouver&#039;s only peer support network for mental health will be &quot;volunteer run&quot; as of December. Illustration by Zoran Gotsii, courtesy of The Networker" width="450" height="568" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>VANCOUVER&mdash;Grassroots initiatives for people diagnosed with a mental illness are considered essential by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Yet Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has terminated the contract of the West Coast Mental Health Network, one of the few peer-run mental health organizations in British Columbia.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-support-peer-support/20091" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/no-support-peer-support/20091#comments Ron Carten Santé mental health peer support vancouver Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:04:06 +0000 nat marshik 20091 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca