Erica Baker, PhD

Mom of 3 | Clinical Psychologist | Education & Mental health advocate | #TBI #LD #ADHD #ACDMA | business owner |McGill alum | proud Nova Scotian!

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

Respectfully @TimHoustonNS @NSMentalHealth @nshealth @NSLAE, we have a mental health care crisis in NS. Without more paediatricians, psychiatrists & psychologists with specialized expertise in psychological conditions, events like this will continue to happen. We need to do more.

[Tim Houston @TimHoustonNS]

I struggle to fully express my outrage and sadness at learning about this attack on an innocent child in Halifax this afternoon. My thoughts are with the victim and their family. The person who did this is clearly a threat to the public and should be kept locked behind bars.

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

“For people to truly be healthy, modern medicine must prioritize the prevention of mental ailments alongside physical ones.”
https://t.co/jTyxG6vHE9 via @NYTOpinion

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

What the ?!@!
““I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate,” Trump said at the June 22 Faith and Freedom Conference.”

https://t.co/9ghEjAX6c4 via @NYTOpinion

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

“each time I reach out to a friend or family member, or each time I respond when someone reaches out to me, I feel more ease & less stress. The experience has taught me that parenting at its best is a team sport.”
https://t.co/WwfvRX5KVQ via @NYTOpinion

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

“Gus’s surge of emotion offered an image of us at our all-too-human best. Those who chose to disparage him reeked of our all-too-human worst.”

https://t.co/UVXNC6DaMC via @NYTOpinion

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

“Researchers have spotted connections between vacations and lower stress, a healthier heart rate and increased creativity. And there’s some evidence that those benefits can linger for weeks.”

https://t.co/F6fBdpVqOG via @NYTimes

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

“Traditional broadcast news may be waning, but more than half of the viewing population should still demand more from the industry.”

https://t.co/SaSnCrSa9V via @NYTOpinion

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

What a Nova Scotian!🎉🇨🇦 https://t.co/AeKUzMCXnA

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

via @NYTimes
In Canada too ⬇️
“In the four years since the pandemic closed schools, U.S. education has struggled to recover on a number of fronts, from learning loss, to enrollment, to student behavior.” https://t.co/dq02abWzfA

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

🎉 https://t.co/seXWL3y73x

[Andrew Lynk @andrewlynk]

Good announcement from our new NS Community Services Minister Brendan Maguire to index income assistance to inflation. Next steps are to increase income assistance & supports to help lift children & families out of poverty. https://t.co/KVCqqPv7ZV

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/hciyIjbVG6

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

via @NYTimes
“While poverty and other factors also played a role, remote learning was a key driver of academic declines during the pandemic, research shows — a finding that held true across income levels.” https://t.co/tA43upCoiq

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

via @NYTOpinion
“If we want to start getting kids offline, we need to give them better places to go instead.” https://t.co/GGg19yRZKq

[CCN-RCC @CCN_RCC]

Message from the Minister of Health, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health and Minister of Sport and Physical Activity - Brain Health Awareness Month and Brain Awareness Week: https://t.co/khkpmZJ1D4

[Erica Baker, PhD @EricaABaker]

Happy to live in 🇨🇦
“We have entered an era in which the incentives to serve up lies for politics or profit are so strong that libel damage awards and settlements may not meaningfully change behaviors.”via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/9YAbRr30RX