Youth depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts reduced as result of University of Alberta pilot program

A pilot program held in Red Deer between 2013 and 2015 could help Alberta students improve their mental health for a cost of about $150 per student per year, said a University of Alberta researcher Tuesday.
Peter Silverstone, a professor of psychiatry, first contacted the Red Deer Public School District after hearing the then-superintendent on the radio discussing a cluster of student suicides. Silverstone’s program, Empowering a Multi-sectoral Pathway Towards Healthy Youth, or EMPATHY, wo