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What is it like to be brought to hospital for psychiatric assessment by the police, as a result of a mental health form in Ontario (e.g., a form 1)?

Our study aims to represent people's experiences (a 🧵) /1

Historic precedent set. For the first time in Canada, white nationalist violence has met the threshold for terrorism. Important development as Islamophobia & anti-Muslim racism have reached deadly proportions in Canada & globally.

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A nationwide study finds an extremely high immediate suicide risk among discharged patients hospitalized for depression. The study finds several risk factors for risk of suicide within days & temporal patterns in the relative effects of factors over time. ja.ma/3UFS3Tt

#Sudan Humanitarian update

🚶‍♀️🚶10.7M displaced by conflicts in #Sudan , 9M inside the country, making Sudan the largest internal displacement crisis globally.

3.5M displaced from the state capital Khartoum since mid-April 2023.

Read the full update 🔗bit.ly/3vVO6jh

The entire issue is open access for the month of February. A collection of papers in #AntiBlackRacism in healthcare in Canada and beyond

· Looking for #researchparticipants who are #men in #ontario to share their experiences with #suicidalthoughts and #suicidalbehaviours during the #pandemic . Learn more here: camhstudies.ca/download/1357_…

'It is vital that the UK stands up for human rights and medical neutrality during this crucial period if, for no other reason, than it is the right thing to do.' Philip Banfield 💙 & Dr Latifa have written to Govt requesting urgent support to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

It is these conditions that cause mass deaths. That the UN has yet to ring the alarm bells in a way that enables robust positive/non-military/humanitarian action 8 months in, is unconscionable #KeepEyesOnSudan

🩺Help protect the NEXT GENERATION of physicians! Medical student advocates for #FreePalestine should NOT be punished for showing solidarity. We are calling for urgent action to ensure the CaRMS residency match is fair and free from political targeting. #called2theoffice

We are witnessing in real time and from multiple angles the shelling, bombing and destruction of Gaza's hospitals with the tandem massacre of health care workers, patients and refugees, all of whom thought hospitals were sanctuaries. #NotATarget A 🧵

Targeting schools or children, among the most vulnerable people in our communities, is cowardly and appalling.

There is no room for this whatsoever in our cities and beyond.

There is no room for anti-Semitism and hate.

Those responsible for this should face the strongest…

I can’t stop thinking about how my grandparents made a home in Pakistan during the tragic aftermath of the biggest mass migration in history - and now Pakistan is the architect of a parallel forced exodus relocating Afghan refugees, who never got the same opportunity as my kin.