The research team at Healthy Young Minds has launched a new research project looking at the mental health needs of children, youth and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their research will help us to better plan services to meet the needs of families during the pandemic.

If you live in Nova Scotia and are a young person between the ages of 12 and 18 years, you can share your experiences here: Youth Survey.

Or, if you are a parent or caregiver of a young person who is 4 to 18 years old, you can share your experiences using the following link: Parent Survey.

Check out our newest paper on public perceptions towards the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, co-authored by Dr. Rita Orji and Dr. Sandra Meier. You can read about the findings in the journal of JMIR Medical Informatics or by clicking the image above!

Meet Jess, our 2021 Summer Student!

She is an undergraduate neuroscience volunteer at Dalhousie and a PROSIT research volunteer. Recently, she received an IWK Summer Studentship grant for a research project focused on the impacts of excessive gaming on youth mental health. She was also awarded funding for travel to present the results of this research at a future conference.

Congratulations to our previous Masters' student, Banu Suruliraj on the publication of her Master's thesis! You can read about her findings in the journal of JMIR Formative Research or by clicking the image above.

As PROSIT's one year anniversary approaches, we would like to thank the 2500 participants who have taken part in all of our studies this past year. Without your dedication, our research would not be possible, and you have contributed to further understandings of mental health during and after COVID-19.

A huge thank you to our collaboration partners and institutions working with us, students, research assistants, volunteers, those who maintained the server, app maintenance crew, and advertising team. We look forward to working with everyone in future studies and continuing to improve our app design.