Mental health and well-being have always been important. “Now COVID-19 has made it more important than ever,” said Shelagh Turner, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Kelowna chapter.
Accordingly, the need for mental health services has risen dramatically. “We’ve seen a significant increase in requests for help from individuals who are at home trying to manage their mental health during this crisis,” Turner told Global News on Wednesday.
It’s a need that’s being felt everywhere and the reason why help is now just a free phone call away. All thanks to a University of British Columbia Okanagan professor. “I put a call out to every single registered psychologist in B.C.,” said Lesley Lutes, a UBCO psychology