As Southeastern Ontario's leading centre for complex-acute and specialty care, Kingston General Hospital joins an ever expanding list of hospitals, universities and Fortune 100 Companies, providing their employees a mental health support system that is private, personalized and highly interactive. FeelingBetterNow® users benefit from a unique evidence based, on-line application that seamlessly guides the user from assessment of the most common mental health problems to an immediate action plan for self care and/or collaborative care with their mental health professional.

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Gallivan & Associates is proud to announce students at colleges and universities across Canada will now have access to an innovative a mental health program that is confidential, personalized and highly interactive.

FeelingBetterNow.com is unique evidence based online application that assesses mental health risk factors for a wide range of conditions. It links its evidenced based assessment to an immediate action plan for self-help and collaborative care with student counsellors.

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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) today announced the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The manual’s publication marks an important milestone—revising the classifications and criteria of mental disorders for the first time since 1994 to reflect nearly two decades of scientific advances and clinical experience.

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The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace will be launched Jan. 16. The launch event will be led by Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt, who will join the three groups that developed the standard: the mental health commission of Canada, the Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec (BNQ) and the CSA Group, formerly known as the Canadian Standards Association.

The standard is the first of its kind in the world, according to a press release issued by the three groups.

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As one of Canada’s leading insurers, SSQ is now providing many of their customers with Mensante’s new, breakthrough mental health program: FeelingBetterNow.com.

This innovative online program links its evidenced based assessment of the most common mental health problems to an immediate action plan for self-help and/or collaborative care. The user is presented with a number of online and offline treatment options. The entire process takes 5-15 minutes and is conducted in an easy to use and interactive online environment. By making FeelingBetterNow® available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, users can decide where and when they want to use this proven mental health program.

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Teachers Life’s dedication to its members has led them to add, the award winning mental health program: FeelingBetterNow®. This unique, bi-lingual program was conceived and designed by a leading group of mental health professionals as an online, evidence based mental health application. Using a series of questions members take a mental health assessment, which immediately connects them to an evidence based care plan tailored to their needs. Because Feelingbetternow® is online and available anytime the user chooses, it has become the go to solution for organizations interested in providing their constituents with mental health support in a non-threatening, private and interactive atmosphere.

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FeelingBetterNow.com is unique evidence based online application that can help assess mental health risk factors for wide range of conditions and it provide an immediate action plan for self care and collaborative care with the University of Guelph counsellors. “At every campus, mental health issues are on the rise,” says Melanie Bowman, manager of the Wellness Centre at the university’s Student Health Services.

In 2008, Dr. Ozersky, the founder and CEO of Mensante Corporation, received the Physician Innovation Award from COACH, Canada’s Health Informatics Association.

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Recognizing the importance of mental health, Equitable Life now offers an innovative evidence based online mental health risk assessment which immediately links to a care plan for self-help and collaborative care with an employee’s physician or psychologist.

FBN’s 24/7 and anonymous access provides much broader outreach and opportunities to triage to the right person at the right time at the right place.

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FeelingBetterNow® is a ground breaking, bi-lingual online program created by a team of mental health care professionals to overcome existing challenges to achieving best practice mental health care.

FBN links an evidenced based assessment of the most common mental health problems to an immediate action care plan for self care and collaborative care. FeelingBetterNow.com covers the entire mental health care continuum and affords many opportunities to integrate current preventative initiatives. Its anonymous 24/7 access provides broad outreach promoting early identification and early intervention.

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