April 2024

Youth Mental Health Strategy Funding Announcement

By |April 10th, 2024|Advocacy, Blog, Current Research, Future Research, Home Page, Mental Health, Mental Health (Caregivers), Mental Health (For Youth), News, Research|

Youth Mental Health Strategy Funding Announcement       NEWS RELEASE Two Canadian teams awarded new funding to study mental illness in youth with rheumatic diseases. Brain Canada and Cassie + Friends unveil the recipients of the Addressing Mental Health in Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases Team Grants program. Source: Brain Canada MONTREAL, April [...]

May 2021

Parenting a child with JIA: Fear, uncertainty, hope, and an endless list of questions

By |May 13th, 2021|Advice, JIA, Mental Health, Mental Health (Caregivers), Stories|

I am the proud mother to a vibrant 3.5-year-old, Émilie, who was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) shortly before her second birthday. We were fortunate as a family to receive a diagnosis in a relatively rapid timeframe thanks to knowledge about navigating the health care system (I work as a nurse) and a [...]

The Story Behind the Session Putting on Your Life Jacket: Self-care for Caregivers, Parenting a Child with Chronic Disease, and more!

By |May 13th, 2021|Advice, Mental Health (Caregivers), Stories|

Parenting is joyful, frustrating, rewarding and exhausting. Parenting a child with a chronic disease gives you a double dose of it all; you face challenges most parents never dream of. You juggle doctors, therapists, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmacies and the list goes on. Then there are the emotional and behavioural issues you deal with.  [...]

March 2021

The impact of JIA pain and its treatments on parents

By |March 19th, 2021|Current Research, Injection, Mental Health, Mental Health (Caregivers), Research|

“Every furrow of her brow makes me want to stop” If you have ever struggled to give your child an injection or to manage your child’s - or your own - emotions about their treatments, you are not alone!  In the lead up to our Methotrexate session, we talked with Yvonne Brandelli, PhD Student, [...]

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