Message from Minister Yuzo Ota

Message from the Minister

cause of mental health by creating a greater understanding of the nature of mental disorders and of the possibilities of prevention and of help for those who suffer from them. A lively and well-informed journal is invaluable for stimulating the interest of the public as a whole as well as helping people already actively engaged in work for mental health, and I wish every success to this new ven...

[Message from the Minister of Health].

A Message from New Editor-in-Chief

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Mad minister disease?

Nearly ten years ago, a hitherto unknown neurological condition, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), appeared in British cows. It was labelled ‘mad cow disease’, because of the strange combination of fear and shambling gait shown by its victims. As more cases came to light, BSE was found to be similar to scrapie in sheep and it was suggested that cows were infected by eating feedstuffs cont...

Anne McLellan: new direction from a new minister?

minister last January, Anne McLellan was off and running. On CTV’s Question Period, the new minister broke a Liberal taboo by raising the possibility that companies could build and run private hospitals that might be allowed to operate within the Canadian health care system. “Does corporate structure necessarily matter in terms of a hospital, as long as when I take my Alberta health card they t...