PILL PLAN AT TORONTO HOSPITAL drug is amazing
Caring royal wins praise
veloping a drug that can block it and prevent the symptoms. I am very encouraged.”
The centre – known as CAMH – is a world leader in treating psychological conditions and the royal is hoping to take lessons learnt there back to the UK.
Harry told doctors: “It seems we suffer from a culture where a pill will fix everything. There has to be a better way than just giving out anti-depressants.
Fantastic
“There were 65 million given out in one year in the UK alone. That’s why I look to you guys in this room.
“Everyone is uniquely wired is what I keep saying. There is no one silver bullet, no one cure for everyone.” The revelation is also good news for the Heads Together charity founded by Harry, brother William and his wife Kate. Harry later took part in a discussion about youth mental health, meeting doctors who specialise in treating young adults. He also met three former patients, patting one with long dreadlocks called Nick on the back, telling him: “That’s some fantastic hair – look at that! Wow!”. Harry heard how the centre is now focusing on involving young people in their approach in order to improve their experience. Praised for his work in raising the issue of mental health and helping to reduce the stigma, Harry modestly said: “It’s a massive team effort and everyone is doing their bit just trying to normalise it so people can seek help without judgement. If everyone can do that, it’s better for everyone.”
Honour
Harry’s visit to CAMH came just 24 hours after he stopped off at Toronto’s True Patriot Love Symposium, where he took part in a discussion about how wounds, injuries and sickness can affect service people and their families.
Last night Harry was at the Games opening ceremony.
His girlfriend Meghan Markle, 36 – who lives in Toronto – is due to make a public appearance alongside him at the eight-day event as specula- tion grows the couple will get engaged.
The Prince – who has made championing mental health issues his priority in the last year – is in Toronto for the Invictus Games, which he founded to honour and help wounded troops in 2014.
This year’s games includes competition across 12 events, with more than 500 athletes from 17 nations taking part.
Last night’s star- studded opening ceremony – which included Harry giving a speech about the importance of the event – was also attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and America’s First Lady Melania Trump. PRINCE Harry has been praised for his work highlighting the stigma surrounding mental health.
He was visiting Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, a worldleader in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Dr Vivien Lee, who treats Canadian soldiers and veterans, said: “What he’s doing is fantastic. He’s doing a great job. It’s great when a public figure is being so open about what their own experience is and speaking publicly about it because everything helps reduce that stigma.
She said: “My understanding is he’s also visiting some of the military mental health foundations like some of the support groups and research groups here so he’s really doing the rounds, which is wonderful.”
Dr Lee explained how the Canadian government fund and arrange treatment for its military heroes and actively encourages soldiers to speak out to get help.
The Sunday People’s Save Our Soldiers campaign has revealed the poor treatment of our troops, including a number who were medically discharged and left jobless after seeking help. But in Canada Dr Lee said its government take full responsibility for treatment at specialist clinics across the country.
She said: “At least in the military, Canada is now up there among the best in the world in terms of helping sufferers.”
She added: “With a lot of veterans coming back from Afghanistan and people being more open about it, the military realised ‘we have to
do something here’.”