MySSP
New study examines expenses of mental health care in BC
February 6, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer SFU health sciences professor Sonya Cressman conducted a study on the costs for British Columbians to seek mental health care for major depressive disorders. The results found that financial costs are high for people seeking treatment, especially in the first 12 weeks where expenses are the highest. These expenses decrease if treatment is successful, but remain high if a patient’s depression doesn’t go into remission. The Peak spoke to Cressman to find out what needs to be done to reduce barriers and costs of mental health treatment. Cressman explained how in order to reduce many…
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SFU student creates One Stop Mental Health Canada
October 17, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer One Stop Mental Health Canada is set to be introduced one province at a time within a year, starting with co-creator Chloe White and Erin Rebello’s home province, Ontario. The digital project aims to bridge…
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Joy Johnson can’t save us
April 6, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Last year when Joy Johnson was announced as SFU’s new president, leaving Andrew Petter to the dust, it seemed like a win. Petter, who preached self-important politics, had relative inaction on social and student issues,…
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SFU’s pandemic promises have not been actualized
March 26, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer It’s been just over a year since we put campus life on hold and transferred our school lives online. It’s also been just over a year since SFU promised to maintain a certain standard for…
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Student burnout was a big problem before the pandemic
January 26, 2021by Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief I think it’s safe to say that all of us students are exhausted, and it’s only the beginning of the semester. I miss when I was just a bright-eyed, naïve first year at SFU, genuinely excited…
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MySSP does not work
October 3, 2020by anonymous If you’ve ever stepped foot on an SFU campus, chances are you’ve seen the countless posters by Health & Counselling promoting the mental health and well-being app, MySSP. The app is basically a virtual counselling service for SFU…
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