Mental health and substance use: News and podcasts

​This media release highlights CIHI’s new report Taking the pulse: Measuring shared priorities for Canadian health care, 2024

New indicators for 4 priority areas: primary health care; health workforce and surgeries; mental health and substance use; and electronic health information.

With an exodus of family doctors, 1 in 5 Canadians do not have direct access to primary care. Listen as host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jane Philpott and Dr. Tara Kiran, who say they know how to turn this around — and that every Canadian has the right…

In this episode of the CHIP, we’ll hear about the complex health needs of the growing number of people who are unhoused and turning to hospitals for help, and how doctors are working toward solutions.

This media release describes the results of the latest Commonwealth Fund survey

This media release looks at rates of hospitalizations and emergency department visits due to substance use for children and youth.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer and Flavie Laliberté about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Annamarie Fuchs and Teri Price about what a recent major funding agreement will mean for average people in Canada using our health care systems.

In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with McGill University professor Bernard Lapointe and documentary filmmaker Philippe Miquel about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

This English episode of the CHIP looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of children and youth in Canada .