Yes, thank you for bringing up mental health as one of the big concerns, because it is. It is under-represented and undertreated.
In our centre, we try to have physiotherapists come on board with us as well. We had several back-and-forth discussions because they were all very interested in the subject and wanted to help. The first question they asked us was, do you have funding? For us, we managed to get funding through generous patient donations and the foundation. Through those we were able to fund a nurse navigator role for us. Then in the next steps we have several things that we have under the budget, but a psychotherapist was definitely one of them.
In Quebec, and I think in most of Canada, psychotherapy is not covered, so you need to be privately funded. It would be approximately $150 to $200 per session.
While I don't think this is an elective thing, I really do think it's mandatory and essential. Again, it comes down to the fact we're now able to recognize this and know that it is important, but how do we get the funding to people to help these women to get the help for their mental health?