Canada’s role in looking after our mental health

Targeted funding for mental health will encourage better outcomes for patients.

Support from the Ontario Psychological Association

The Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) is the home of psychology in Ontario, with a membership made up of clinicians, academics, researchers and students. Recently, the OPA has helped lead the way in promoting psychology and mental health issues in this province. And as part of this role they have been meeting and collaborating with MPs and MPPs and looking for support – particularly financial support – to improve access to care.

Funding, after all, is of the utmost importance when OHIP-covered treatments come with such long waitlists. We are all rallying together to do our part to ensure all who need care have access to it.

The road ahead

In 150 years, we have come a long way as a country and we should be proud to celebrate our achievements as a society. But we need to do more, particularly in the way of preventing and treating mental illness. And there are many ways we can do this, but it takes time and resources to do it in an impactful way.

We have to start now for the sake of this generation and generations to come.