AHS Podcasts

In this Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell — Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health with Alberta Health Services — talks about the connection between food and mood.

In the latest Mental Wellness Moment, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health, talks about what people can do to support men’s mental health following the annual Movember campaign. Each November, the global event focuses on raising awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide.

Dr. Alain Tremblay, Medical Lead of the Alberta Lung Cancer Screening Program, talks about lung cancer screening, why it’s important, and the two-year screening pilot that launched in September 2022. You can find more information about lung cancer screening and the pilot at screeningforlife.ca/lung/.

Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a disorder that's marked by symptoms of low mood, low energy, changes in sleep patterns and changes in appetite. For people in the northern hemisphere, those with SAD start exhibiting these symptoms in late October and early November when we start seeing significant reductions in daylight. In this Mental Wellness Moment podcast, Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, Provincial Medical Director of Addictions and Mental Health, explains what SAD is, and how it is diagnosed and treated.

In this episode, Vickie and Tyler interview Holly Sykora, RN, and second time guest to our podcast. Holly joins us one year after our inaugural episode with her to talk about COVID, coping, and taking care of ourselves, either at home or on the range.

Dr. Jean Mah, a pediatric neurologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, talks about spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and why it is so important to find SMA early through newborn screening. You can find more information about newborn screening and SMA at ahs.ca/newbornscreening.

Join host Shawna Curry as she interviews guests Dr. Christopher McCabe, Isabel Henderson and Simon Decary, to explore where long COVID started, what we can learn from current research, and where long COVID might be headed.

This is our third episode, where we’re going to interview healthcare professionals who have worked in programs that use innovative and creative solutions to support patients with long COVID.

Host Shawna Curry, interviews healthcare professionals across different disciplines to get a better understanding of what it’s like to treat patients with a new chronic condition that we are still learning about. We’ll explore their thoughts around what patients wish healthcare providers knew and discuss opportunities for care going forward.

Continue the conversation with Diana Verrier and Jody Walker as they discuss the mental health signs that something is wrong, and tips to support others and yourself during the time.