Mental Health
Telus, Calm Partner to Deliver Mental Health and Wellbeing Content to Canadians
Telus has today announced its latest partnership with award-winning mental fitness app Calm, aimed at bringing sleep, meditation, and relaxation content into the homes of Optik TV and Pik TV customers through the Telus Healthy Living Network. Telus will be providing mental health resources to Canadians of all ages as they deal with the stresses...
Three 20-Year Old Women Reflect on Instagram’s Role in their Lives
CBC Radio has posted an interview that features three women in their 20s that describe the role of Instagram in their daily lives. Kiki Cekota, Julia Lloyd, and Emma King, three journalism students at Ryerson University, are all heavy Instagram users. The three women downloaded the app when they were in high school, but now...
Instagram and Depression: What Your Feed Reveals About Mental Health
Your Instagram feed may be better at recognizing signs of depression than your doctor, according to a study from researchers at Harvard University and the University of Vermont. According to a new report from Fast Company, researchers used a machine learning computer program to analyze 43,950 Instagram photos from 166 participants. They found that the...
Toronto Police to Launch Mental-Health App to Connect Officers with People in Crisis
According to a new report from TheStar, Toronto police are preparing to roll out an app that will let officers connect people in crisis with mental health services and other professionals in the field. The Community Asset Portal is a location-detecting app that presents users with a map of available services near them. The app...