News - Mental Health

An amendment to the Mental Health Act will allow police officers to transfer custody of individuals awaiting an involuntary medical examination to a trained, qualified individual as defined under the act, Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced.

The Manitoba government will invest more than $1 million to provide children, youth and their families with greater access to mental health services as part of the province’s cross-departmental Child and Youth Mental Health Strategy.

A new provincially funded child and youth mental health navigation website, StressHacks, is now available to the public. This announcement was made by Healthy Living and Seniors Minister Deanne Crothers.

May 2nd is Wear Blue Day in South Eastman. All of South Eastman region is invited to join the movement in making the stigma around mental illness a thing of the past.

A special court that works with individuals whose mental-health issues are causing them to be involved in crime will begin hearing cases on May 10, supported by expanded mental-health services put in place by the province.