Mental health on P.E.I. The mental health summit was organized by Health PEI and Mental Health and Addiction Services and invited dozens of community organizations to share information about their services and discuss options for helping people. "The point of the session is to build relationships between many many sectors that are offering services to Islanders," said Dr. Heather Keizer, chief of mental health and addictions for Health PEI. More efforts needed to prevent mental health issuesOne issue that got a lot of attention at the summit was the need to improve services that can help prevent mental health problems. Connecting people with servicesOfficials said Wednesday's summit will help the province develop its long-term strategy to improve mental health services.

Source: CBC News May 09, 2018 23:26 UTC