Health committee  The benefit has to do with the individual's autonomy. By living in an apartment, they learn not to depend on others and to take care of themselves. Rehabilitation begins with having self-esteem, your own things and feeling responsible. When they live in an institution, they have

Health committee  I cannot give you an answer yet because the project is in the construction phase. We will provide housing accommodations with minimal monitoring. I know that those who will live there will come from housing provided by an organization, such as Le Pont. That organization has apart

Health committee  Absolutely. In our experience, the earlier a young adult receives treatment, the less damage and consequences they will suffer, and the more possible autonomy and rehabilitation will become. Conversely, an older person may have stopped taking their medication, and their disease m

Health committee  I think the government must continue to strongly support the organizations. In our community, for instance, a number of organizations do a tremendous job. I call them “angels” because they work with limited funding, and they do it with a passion we don't really see among major ne

Health committee  Yes, regularly. Mr. Vigneault is from Quebec City. He knows other people in the community. Last week, I met another speaker, Richard Langlois, who has bipolar disorder. He has written on the topic and gives speeches. We have been invited to participate in a conference in Quebec

Health committee  We must also be able to call on various governments to let them know that more can be done and that we can give them support.

Health committee  Ms. St-Denis, first, I would say that $1 million is indeed a lot of money. To date, we have raised a total of more than $1.6 million for the foundation. The health care system's response has been good. From the beginning, we sat down with its representatives to explain that we w

Health committee  It gives them hope for a complete recovery. In fact, we know that this is possible. Of course, a supervised approach is necessary to succeed. Yes, medication is important, but I think following up on the people who agree to take the medication is just as important as the medicati

Health committee  Yes, I think it is still not well understood. As I mentioned, there is more to it than medication. There is also an entire process around it, starting with a life plan. Someone who agrees to take their medication and continues to do so for a long time—as it is a lifelong disease—

Health committee  I don't think there are a lot of tools. In fact, that's what motivated us to translate the collection of books by Gayle Grass, who is from Ottawa and who is a member of the charity called Iris the Dragon. Before we had the books translated, we had them approved by our organizatio

Health committee  Good afternoon. My name is Ghislain Beaulieu and I am the president and founding member of the Fondation Martin-Bradley. This foundation was created in March 2008 to help the mental health sector, which we feel is the poor cousin of the health care sector. The foundation was la