Mental Illness and Mental Health Program

mental health: Lucy story is not unique, according to CTV. While there has been a growing effort in Canada in recent years to reduce the stigma toward mental illness, experts say there continues to be fear and suspicion of mental health programs among immigrant families. "They usually have a pretty narrow view of mental illness as something that not talked about, something that shameful to the family – maybe associated with violence or bad stories in the media," said Dr. Lucy says although she told her parents about her pain, she was forced to stay silent. "I told my parents but my parents didn't understand what was going on and they just ignored me," she told CTV Toronto. Ken Fung, the clinical director of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health at Toronto Western Hospital. Western Hospital also offers a special mental health clinic for the city Portuguese community. The mental health program, which is tailored to people of Chinese background, is one of the hospital initiatives that takes into consideration a patient native tongue and cultural background. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.