Selected Media:
2025 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award Winner: Service to the University and Community
Awarded to Dr. Daniel Vigo. University of British Columbia, June 21, 2025.
New beds improve care for people with complex mental-health disorders
BC Gov News. Published June 3, 2025.
B.C. opening 18 long-term involuntary care beds in Metro Vancouver
The Canadian Press. Published June 3, 2025
The Fight Over Forced Rehab
Maclean’s. Published May 26, 2025.
New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions
CBC. Published April 25, 2025.
New beds improve care for incarcerated people with mental-health, addiction issues
BC Gov News. Published April 24, 2025.
B.C.’s chief scientific adviser on changes to involuntary care guidelines
Global News. Published March 13, 2025.
B.C. improving care for people with mental-health, substance-use challenges
BC Gov News. Published March 12, 2025.
Shocking Study Reveals That Only 6.9% of People With Mental Health Disorders Get Effective Treatment
SciTechDaily. Published February 9, 2025.
Apenas 7% das pessoas no mundo recebem tratamento para saúde mental
CNN Brasil. Published February 5, 2025
We Spoke with the Man Behind the NDP’s Involuntary Care Proposal
The Tyee. Published October 12, 2024.
Only a few hundred people likely to need involuntary care under new plan: psychiatrist
Times Colonist. Published September 22, 2024.
Province launches secure care for people with brain injury, mental illness, severe addiction
BC Gov News. Published September 15, 2024.
Advisor appointed to improve care for people with complex mental-health, addiction challenges
BC Gov News. Published June 5, 2024.
Livestream recording of the announcement
Under pressure: Anxiety and depression are widespread among today’s students. Campuses are helping the vulnerable find healthy ways to cope.
The University of British Columbia Magazine. Published November 22, 2023.
Tackling the global mental health crisis by scaling up accessibility
Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences. Published February 23. 2022.
2021 Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award Winner: Overall Excellence, Early Career
Awarded to Dr. Daniel Vigo. University of British Columbia, August 3, 2021.
Blue & Goldcast. Student Mental Health – There’s an App for That
Podcast featuring UBC President and Vice Chancellor Santa Ono and Dr. Daniel Vigo. July 2, 2021.
Addressing Mental Health and Poverty Alleviation during COVID-19
United for Global Mental Health COVID-19 Webinar 14, Virtual – July 7, 2020
Voices in Health Speaker Series: UBC School of Population and Public Health
Dr. Vigo presented his work “The Disease Burden of Mental Illness and Substance Use in North America: Comparing Canada, the USA, and Mexico.” Presented June 18, 2020.
Global Perspective Shapes Future of UBC Student Mental Health
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH News & Events). Published November 11, 2019.
Nobody Spends Enough on Mental Health
The Economist. Published April 26, 2018
Financial Times Health: The burden of depression
The Financial Times. Published April 7, 2017
(referenced and provided a link to Dr. Vigo’s research)
Conversations: Interview with Daniel Vigo (SPAN)
La Nacion. April 1, 2016
Current approach to mental illnesses (SPAN)
La Nacion. Published March 23, 2016
Mental disorders at the top of the disability ranking (SPAN)
La Nacion. Published March 7, 2016
New therapeutic Strategies (SPAN)
La Nacion. Published March 7, 2016
A Man On A Mission: Give A True Count Of The Toll Of Mental Illness
Interview with NPR. Published February 19, 2016
Study: Global Mental Illness Widespread, Undercounted
Voice of America. Published February 5, 2016