I wanted my son to live’: Inuk lawyer leaves Nunavut to treat teenage son’s PTSD and depression – CBC

‘It resulted in me not having a job, but my son’s alive. And I think that’s the best thing in the world’

May 17, 2017

Mandy Sammurtok said it all started when her son began to self-harm last summer.

The 15-year-old from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, started having suicidal thoughts. Then came the nightmares. Often unable to sleep, he’d get up in the middle of the night, pacing.

A few months later, he was placed in an emergency psychiatric ward in Winnipeg for more than a week, on the referral of a mental health worker in the community. This was after he spent time talking with a school counsellor, with no improvement.

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