File contains a cassette tape recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Dr. Alexander Leighton, a psychiatrist. The interview is about an investigation into the incidence of mental illness in western Nova Scotia. This is the fourth in a series of four interviews. The file also contains two typed scripts of intros and outros for two interviews with Dr. Leighton.
File contains one copy each of the 1983 and 1993 guidelines for GayLine volunteers. File also includes three copies of a 1993 pamphlet advertising the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line's services.
File contains gay help line training session materials, including recommended readings and community resources, training schedules, one help line training manual, and one booklet of materials relating to crisis intervention.
File contains one flyer advertising phone counselling services with Ken Belanger. At the time, this was Atlantic Canada's only professional phone counselling service for members of the LGBT community.
File contains videos and a transcription of an interview with Cecil Brooks. The interview was conducted by Graham Hooper on May 25, 2011. This was the eleventh interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Cecil's childhood in East Preston, Nova Scotia, experiences with manic episodes and hospitalization, and other aspects of his personal life.
File contains video recordings and a partial transcription of an interview with Roy Muise. The interview was conducted by Graham Hooper on January 14, 2011. This was the seventh interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Roy's childhood in Berwick, Nova Scotia, experiences with the mental health system, and other aspects of his personal life.
File contains videos of an interview with Jim Brennan. The interview was conducted by Graham Hooper at the Belmont House on December 19, 2010 and January 26, 2011. This was the sixth interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Jim's childhood, experiences with the mental health system, and other aspects of his personal life.
File consists of video recordings and a transcription of an interview with John Paterson. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Gorsebrook Institute on the Saint Mary`s University Campus on October 19, 2010. This was the fifth interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including John's childhood in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, experiences with anxiety and depression, and other aspects of his personal life.
File consists of video recordings and a transcription of an interview with Don Mullins. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on September 22, 2010. This was the fourth interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Don's childhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia, experiences with cerebral palsy and depression, and other aspects of his personal life.
File contains a video and partial transcript of an interview with Wayne Schnare. The interview was conducted by Susan Kilbride Roper at the Belmont House on September 7, 2010. This was the third interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Wayne's childhood in Middleton, Nova Scotia, experiences with anxiety and depression, and other aspects of his personal life.
File consists of video and audio recordings and partial transcripts of two interviews with Ruth Dorey. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on September 2, 2010 and at the Bloomfield Centre on September 16, 2010. This was the second interview conducted as part of the Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Ruth's childhood in Halifax, Nova Scotia, experiences with dissociative disorder, and other aspects of her personal life. The first interview was video recorded and a second supplementary interview was audio recorded. File contains a complete transcription of the audio interview; a transcription of the video interview is not available.
File consists of video recordings and an electronic transcript of an interview with Stanley MacEachern. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on August 20, 2010. This was the first interview conducted as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branch's Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Stanley's childhood in Oshawa, Ontario, life in Nova Scotia, experiences with depression and medication, work and travels, and other aspects of his personal life.
Collection consists of 16 DVDs, 5 CD-ROMs, and 54.4 GB of digital video and electronic transcriptions of oral histories from ca. 1950 - 2010. The Our Voices Matter Project was an initiative of the CMHA, Halifax-Dartmouth Branch to collect oral histories from volunteers willing to share their perspectives on evolving social and mental health environments.
Canadian Mental Health Association. Halifax-Dartmouth Branch.
Item is a letter written by Jason M. Mack addressed to any constables or police officers of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The letter involves the mental health of and the request for detainment of George Roy, a fisherman from Liverpool, who had been declared of unsound mind by two local medical practitioners. Item also contains an envelope addressed to William Winters.
File is loosely organized into two sections: Nova Scotia beaver and Norway beaver. Both sections contain correspondence to and from government officials, biologists, academics, and industry consultants regarding research for and publication of Alexander Leighton's study on beaver mental characteristics. The Norway section also contains excerpts from Norwegian newspapers. There is also a set of handwritten notes titled "Outline for study of the Beaver: D. Cross & A.H. Leighton."
File includes copies of "A Survey of General Physicians : Manual for Participating General Practitioners" and "Appendix A : Nomenclature and Classification in the Stirling County Study."
File contains a research proposal for further study in Stirling County, written by Alexander Leighton, Morton Beiser, Robert C. Benfari, and Jane M. Murphy.
File contains a research manual for field work for the Stirling County Study. The manual indicates that researchers could keep one copy of their field notes and reports for their personal or university's files and that all others remained the property of Cornell University.
File contains a report from a workshop in Augusta, Maine regarding the sociocultural factors and psychiatric epidemiology of the Stirling County study.
File contains charts and datasets tracking demographic, social, and psychiatric statistics from Yoruba and Stirling Country respondents. Also contains notes on and memos regarding HOS coding for studying the role of women. Includes analysis cards for Stirling and Yoruba social and psychiatric data and master lists for sample coordination.
File consists of charts, graphs, and computer dataset printouts. Statistics include age of female respondents, number of children, and effects on respondents' mental health.
