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Originally Posted by Philbilly
Youth Mental Health Centre Moving To Moncton.
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This BTW was absolutely the correct move by the Higgs government.
The previous Liberal government chose to locate the Youth Mental Health Centre in Campbellton for purely political reasons, and defying all logic.
Most of the clients of this facility would be coming from the south, and you would therefore be separating vulnerable youth from their families - not a good thing.
In addition, there is a shortage of trained youth mental health workers, adolescent psychiatrists and youth psychologists. Getting appropriate staffing for this facility will be challenging enough in Moncton (or Freddy or SJ), let alone Campbellton. At least in a larger community with a university like Moncton, there will be more professional support available for the workers in this facility, and greater employment opportunities for the spouses of the health professionals employed at the facility. At least in Moncton there will be a chance of success. If the facility had remained in Campbellton, it would have been a catastrophe in waiting..........