Accessible Mental Health Care

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Poverty is a key indicator for one’s mental health. In a low-income situation, it can be difficult to achieve and maintain your mental well-being. This could be due to a lack of access to mental health resources and the stress of poverty itself. Poor mental health then impacts your ability to fully participate in society, which again, impacts your ability to stay out of poverty. It's a vicious cycle where higher levels of poverty lead to lower levels of mental health, which then lead to even higher levels of poverty. This episode, we speak to David Chowne, Elsie Lobo, and Eric Krepstekies to explore the complexities of managing your mental health while living in poverty.

Today’s episode was hosted by Tokunbo Adegbuyi. Thank you to Rebecca Price for interviewing our guests.

Connect: 211 Alberta

Connect: Pride Centre of Edmonton

Connect: Jasper Place Family Resource Centre

Connect: Family Futures Resource Network

Connect: The Family Centre – Online Single Session Therapy

Connect: Alberta Black Therapist Network

Connect: Healing and Colour

Connect: Jewish Family Services Edmonton

Donate: All In For Youth

Learn: Mental Health First Aid

Learn: Community Mental Health Action Plan

Learn: YMCA/YWCA

The GenNEXT podcast team is Tokunbo Adegbuyi, Jordan Barrett, Renée Chan, Andrew Mason, David Odumade, Rebecca Price, and Noreen Remtulla. GenNEXT is a volunteer committee of United Way of the Alberta Capital Region. If you’d like to learn more or find out how you can be a part of the plan to end poverty, visit MyUnitedWay.ca.