Brain injury crisis links to mental health and addictions
In response to escalating violence in his community, Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog stated, “it’s time for the provincial and federal governments to focus on the consequences of 30 to 40 years of failed social policy around mental health, addictions, trauma and brain injury.”
This three-year research project funded by the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and Vancouver Foundation is designed to gather data and knowledge with an aim to improve best practices in serving individuals with a brain injury and concurrent mental health and substance use challenges. Through collaborative work between stakeholders during the first-ever B.C. Consensus Day, the research team led by Dr. Mauricio Garcia-Barrera, associate professor at UVic and principal investigator on the Consensus Building project, gathered valuable knowledge to better understand this devastating association.
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