{"id":847706,"date":"2026-08-06T02:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847706\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:54:11","slug":"quebec-psychiatrists-call-for-a-dedicated-mental-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/847706\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec psychiatrists call for a dedicated mental health minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quebec psychiatrists are calling on the province’s next government to appoint a dedicated minister of mental health.<\/p>\n

The president of the province’s psychiatrists’ association says a minister of mental health would co-ordinate action across different levels of government and help ensure the issue remains a priority beyond a single election cycle.<\/p>\n

During a press conference at Montreal homeless resource Mission Old Brewery, Claire Gamache proposed six measures that she said are needed to help prevent homelessness and suicide.<\/p>\n

In addition to the dedicated cabinet position, she is calling for expanding alternatives to hospitalization, better support for health-care workers and improved access to mental health care through telemedicine.<\/p>\n

Gamache says mental health needs continue to grow across the province, with more people seeking help and struggling to access care.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Mental health minister needed, psychiatrists say:\"\"<\/p>\n

Quebec psychiatrists push for mental health minister<\/p>\n

With Quebec’s provincial election approaching, the province’s psychiatrists are urging the next government to make mental health a priority. They’re calling for long-term solutions, including appointing a dedicated minister responsible for mental health.<\/p>\n

She notes hospitalizations for suicidal ideation among girls between 10 and 14 years old have tripled between 2010 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Gamache wants to see mental health become a priority issue for candidates running in the October provincial election. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-847706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}