Kathrin Mentler

Endometriosis & Adenomyosis
Mental Health
Depression/Anxiety/PTSD

unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ Nations

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

“This law also sends a devastating message that life with a disability is a fate worse than death, undermining decades of work toward equity and inclusion.”

https://t.co/OdxO7mFtCo

[Madness Folie Canada @MadnessCanada]

With our meagre disability supports will MAID become an alternative to poverty, taking us to a dark juncture of ableism and eugenics?
#Tyee #AcademicChatter #Mentalhealth #DisabilityAwareness #HumanRights #HealthJustice #Death #Dying #Housing #Decolonize #Indigenous #LGBTIQ2S

[Jen St. Denis @JenStDen]

This morning the Greater Vancouver homeless count for 2023 was released - and the survey shows a huge increase in homelessness, up 32% from 2020.

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

while lots of weird things are happening to/with my story that are completely out of my control, I did stumble upon this discussion on LinkedIn that I’m grateful for 🙏

#SuicidePrevention #SuicideResponse #MAiD #cndpoli #VancouverCoastalHealth

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

thank you for talking to me @ArashRandjbar @nikitha_martins @DailyHiveVan

#SuicidePrevention #SucideResponse #MentalHealthMatters #MAiD #cndpoli

https://t.co/qBNsExGNFL

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

Give people with lived experience w mental illness, chronic illness & disability the voice they deserve, with all the intersections and traumatic experiences, fighting stigma, toward compassionate, community-based, trauma-based and lived experience informed care. We are here 💜

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

Globe & Mail today 🗞️

incredibly thankful to the amazing @AndreaWoo for telling my story 🙏 and @Jen_Gauthier for taking this captivating picture 📷

#SuicidePrevention #SuicideResponse #MAiD #cndpoli

[Global BC @GlobalBC]

“No matter how much you struggle with mental illness, disability or chronic illness, no one should make a judgment about the value of your life or if it’s worth living," Kathrin Mentler says she was asked about MAID when she went to the hospital for help.
https://t.co/AyJWmQT8zJ

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

🙏 #SuicidePrevention #SuicideResponse #MAiD #cndpoli #Psychiatry #VancouverCoastalHealth

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

@BCANDS1 Thank you for reading and sharing ❤️

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

Tyee article by @Michelle_Gamage

my story ♡ #SuicidePrevention #SuicideResponse #MAiD #cndpoli

https://t.co/jfkmRwrXoZ

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

Tyee article by @Michelle_Gamage

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

.@CMHABC CEO Jonny Morris says lack of standardized guidelines to respond to those in suicidal crisis means it typically falls to individual treating clinician, and that can vary. CMHA now finalizing provincial framework to guide health authorities, expected out soon.

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

Vancouver Coastal Health says clinician raised MAID to gauge the patient's suicide risk. This is not in line with experts, guidelines, consulted for this story. Patient says clinician continued that it would be more "comfortable" process than suicide by drug OD.

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

A Vancouver woman who went to hospital seeking help for suicidal ideation says a clinician told her "the system is broken," there are long waits to see a psychiatrist, and: "Have you considered [medical assistance in dying?]?" https://t.co/LSNtPOy2UH

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

❤️‍🔥

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

“fight the real enemies” ❤️💔 https://t.co/IUnOmjq6Ie

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

#belovedghosts by Lupo “… sculptures in memory of people who have passed away and whose lives are being erased and forgotten. I have been placing these around the city, both to resist their erasure and to reach out to the many others who are grieving or hurting.”

[Andrea Gibson @andreagibson]

You fear you are not
strong enough to do
the hardest thing

only because you don’t
yet know that doing
the hardest thing

is exactly what will help
you know your strength.

[Kathrin Mentler @KMentler]

“The perceptions around involuntary treatment have become publicly idealized. What society thinks are the supports one receives when detained is completely divorced from reality.”

https://t.co/xTIAHTSkIf