Calls spike at Manitoba mood disorder clinic

Volunteers are working overtime at the Mood Disorder Association of Manitoba, which has been flooded with calls from people suffering from depression.

Tara Brousseau Snider said volunteers have recorded a whopping 60 per cent increase in calls over last week, and the spike likely has to do with the prolonged winter.

Last week saw its own spike — about 25 per cent more than the week before.

"The spike is increasing throughout the province with all of our outreach managers," said Snider.

"People are requiring one on one. They really need to talk to someone."

Snider says people are angry, bitter and impatient about the wait times.

"It's dragging out. And people are just not in their routines. And they are getting bitter about what's happening," said Snider.

Yesterday, 138 people called the association, according to Snider. She said that’s the normal amount of calls she gets in a week.