Quebec advocates name for extra funding for psychological well being sources – MontrealNews WAALI

On Monday, World Mental Health Day, a group of community organizations gathered in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood to call for action.

According to them, Quebecers need better access to mental health resources, and they need it now.

“We hope for quality services for the population,” said Anne-Marie Boucher, spokeswoman for the Regroupement des resources alternatives en santé mentale du Québec (RRASMQ). “Actually, what we see is that we have the bare minimum, and when I say the bare minimum, I think it’s even below the bare minimum.”

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Advocates say the healthcare system is currently inundated with long waits and unless the situation is an emergency, quick help is rarely available.

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They want more funds from the newly elected provincial government to go towards improving the quality of the public system. They spoke out against the privatization of the healthcare system.

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“Don’t exhaust our services,” said attorney Peter Belland. “When you privatize the healthcare system, you make access more difficult for vulnerable people. So they don’t have to do that.”

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Many also argue that alongside mental health, there are also social issues that need to be addressed.

Advocates say both poverty and the housing crisis need to be taken seriously by the government.

“It’s very hard to have good sanity if we’re not eating enough – if you’re struggling with that
the grocery store just to pick out what could sustain us for a month,” Boucher said. “It’s super difficult for people at the moment.”

Meanwhile, the Douglas Foundation is also marking World Mental Health Day with a call for help.

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Her new “Building Hope” campaign, which runs through the end of the month, aims to raise funds to support mental health research and patient care at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

“Through research we can identify better treatments and prevention methods and bring hope to the 1 in 3 Canadians affected by mental illness each year,” said Laura Fish, President and CEO of the Douglas Foundation.

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