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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 A Lakehead University expert on Indigenous mental health and addictions is behind a Canada-wide initiative to improve those services. Christopher Mushquash is co-leading a national project aimed at bettering mental health among Indigenous youth. The initiative has received an additional $10.8 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Lakehead University said in a media release. Mushquash is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous mental health and addiction and a professor in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University. He\u2019s also the vice president of research at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and the chief scientist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. He said the goal is to bring diverse perspectives to existing mental health… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2014 A Lakehead University expert on Indigenous mental health and addictions is behind a Canada-wide initiative to improve those services. Christopher Mushquash is co-leading a national project aimed at bettering mental health among Indigenous youth. The initiative has received an additional $10.8 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Lakehead University said in a media release. Mushquash is a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous mental health and addiction and a professor in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University. He\u2019s also the vice president of research at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and the chief scientist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute. He said the goal is to bring diverse perspectives to existing mental health... <\/p>\n

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