Introducing 'In Our Heads'

Canadian youth, teens and young adults alike, are living through what professionals are calling a mental health crisis: changing parenting styles, pandemic isolation, clout chasing on social media, climate change, political unrest, and economic instability all appear to feed into it. Available Jun…

What do we mean by "mental health crisis"?

Canadian youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. In fact, one in five are struggling with their mental health. But what does a "mental health crisis" even mean? Especially for children, teens, and post-secondary students just entering the world after being isolated for years when the pandemi…

The costs of success at post-secondary schools

In the fall of 2022, the University of Toronto announced a shift in their approach to mental health care. After a string of student suicides, the university finally acknowledged their student mental health supports and resources needed to change. But how does this approach change the status quo of …

How one hub model reimagines mental-health-care access

In the face of long wait times for mental-health resources and treatment, one youth-led community initiative called ACCESS Open Minds helped to pave the way to fill the gaps in youth-mental-health care and inspired Ontario's government to try out their model. Host Tiffany Lam reports on how this y…

The risks of youth psychiatric medication

Youth antidepressant prescriptions have skyrocketed and it's revealing some important issues about the mental-health-care system in Ontario. Max's family has questions about the risks of these antidepressants for young people. Max was 19 years old when he first received a prescription for his ment…

When your therapist is an app

Online therapy apps have become a popular solution to mental-health care, but can they replace the traditional visit to a therapist's office? At the height of the pandemic, the Government of Ontario thought that an app for therapy could be solution to help people struggling through the mental-heal…

How to heal with the land

Reconnecting with their roots has proven to be most transformative for Indigenous youth struggling with mental health - so what would land-based mental health and addictions treatment look like? Mental-health systems often try to treat patients with the same techniques. However, not all strategies…