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Mental Health Issues: Challenging Contexts Institute

Challenging Contexts Institute: Through the Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts Institute , they are looking at community resources, including social and economic policies, that best help youth who have suffered poverty, abuse, isolation, homelessness and mental health issues, according to The Chronicle Herald. Realistically, what we would like to try and do is have an impact directly on the lives of children and youth especially those who are most vulnerable across Nova Scotia, Michael Ungar, the institutes scientific director, said and Dalhousie University researchers are examining ways to help marginalized children. The institute was officially launched Wednesday at the university. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.