March 14, 2023 – CBC PEI: As mental health resources on PEI become more in demand, community groups and non-profits are sharing ways to address some of the root causes and be better prepared for events that make existing issues worse.
About 20 representatives from those groups gathered Tuesday at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House for a discussion led by the Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities. The meeting was the sixth of seven held throughout Atlantic Canada.
Patsy Beattie-Huggan, a co-ordinator with the Atlantic Summer Institute, said mental health, especially in youth, came to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many were isolated from their friends and schoolmates. She said it became apparent that more intervention and more support were needed.
Now is the time to look ahead and make a plan, she said.
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