Mental Health Services in the Emergency Room During COVID-19
Channel: Starts With Me
Date: 2020-12-01

Episode #30 with Dr. Ian Dawe

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto & Program Chief & Medical Director (Mental Health) at Trillium Health Partners

Some of the topics we cover in the episode are,

In this episode we discuss what’s happening with Mental health services during the COVID19 pandemic.

How hospitals had to pivot and allocate resources to meet the needs of people infected by COVID19, including his own retraining on how to be an ER doctor and work ventilators. 

What has changed in psychiatry and mental health services over the past few decades and how we might re-envision what publicly funded mental health services might look like. 

He discusses his innovative work on “Project Zero” a new approach to addressing the alarming rate of suicide deaths. 

This was just the beginning of more in-depth conversations with Dr Dawe, he is a wealth of wisdom and knowledge with how our mental health care system works and what we can do to create a healthier and happier world.

Web page episode https://startswithme.ca/mentalhealthpodcast/covid-19-suicide-mental-health-services-in-the-emergency-room/

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