This week, the Canadian Psychiatric Association learned the Canadian Health Standards Organization is developing mental health standards and haven't consulted a single psychiatrist!

While stigma-enforcing statements against women are thankfully less and less common as we evolve, statements that stigmatize people who have a mental illness continue often unchallenged.

The systems of healthcare we have in Canada do not seek success in life for our most vulnerable, voiceless, and marginalized by the very nature of their illness. Here is why…