Tuesday, May 03, 2005

New Brunswick government to hire more mental health workers following suicide report (Canada) Canadian Press story - "The New Brunswick government says it will hire more mental health workers as a result of a study into the incidence of suicide in the province. The government study, conducted by Quebec suicide specialist Dr. Monique Seguin, looked at 102 cases of suicide in the province during 2002 and 2003 to see what the individual factors were in each death. The results, released Tuesday, paint a picture of inadequate mental health and addiction services, especially for people addicted to alcohol and drugs. The study found that chronic substance abuse, often combined with depression, was identified in more than two-thirds of the suicides. "