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Adaptation to a New Country
Addiction
Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Anxiety
Bereavement
Bipolar Disorder
Children, Youth, and Mental Health
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Eating Disorders
Medications
Mental Health First-Aid
Mental Illness – General
Post-traumatic Stress
Postpartum Depression
Psychosis / Schizophrenia
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Stress
Suicide
Adaptation to a New Country
Alone in Canada: 21 Ways to Make it Better
These fact sheets were developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.
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Asking for Help When Things Are Not Right
These fact sheets were developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.
Addiction
What is Addiction?
Here to Help: a group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.
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CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is a Toronto-based psychiatric teaching hospital wit subsidiary locations in ten Ontario communities. CAMH’s multilingual resource archive contains information on mental illness for clients of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and for professionals who work with them.
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Youth and Drug Use
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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Alzheimer’s: Drug Treatments
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
Anxiety Disorders
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Anxiety, Panic and Phobias
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Shyness and Social Phobia (English Version)
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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Bereavement
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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Bipolar Disorder
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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SANE Australia is a national charity that campaigns for improved services for, and attitudes towards, people affected by mental illness. SANE promotes understanding of mental illness through education, services, and applied research which aims to make a real difference to those affected, their family and friends, health professionals and the general community.
Children, Youth, and Mental Health
Healthy Thinking for Younger Children
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Helping Your Child Face Fears
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Mental Disorders in Children and Youth
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Youth and Drug Use
Here to Help: a group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information. Click here to access the English version of this resource.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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Depression
Antidepressant Skills Workbook
The Consortium for Organizational Mental Healthcare (COMH) is a collective of mental health researchers, consultants and practitioners with experience working with a range of public and private sector organizations. COMH is part of the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA; www.carmha.ca), a research centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. CARMHAS mandate is to conduct research that can be applied to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of mental health and addiction services in Canada.
Antidepressants
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
Eating Disorders
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
The Centre offers information and resources on a wide range of mental health and substance use issues affecting children and youth in our province. These include, but are not limited to; depression, anxiety, attention deficit and behavioural problems, child/youth eating disorders and substance use. They also provide resources for adults with eating disorders.
Eating Disorders Meal Support: Helpful Approaches for Families in 4 languages! In addition to English, the Meal Support video is now available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, and Korean.
Medications
Medical Education for Promoting Mental Wellness: A Guide for Young People and Those Who Care for Them (Med-Ed)
Med-Ed is a user-friendly document intended to educate adolescent patients and their caregivers about medications used in mental health care. The booklet includes a diary for recording medication names, dosages, and side-effects which helps users keep track of their medications and facilitates patient-caregiver communication.
Mental Health First-Aid
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved.
MHFA Canada, sponsored by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), offers a series of courses. Basic MHFA is a 12-hour training course delivered in 5 modules, carried out over 2 days. Participants learn how to provide initial help to people who are showing signs of a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. This evidence-based program is being delivered in 20 countries across the world. The aim of the program is to provide the same overall purposes as traditional first aid – to ensure someone experiencing a health crisis has access to immediate and competent care . The program will teach you to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems; Provide initial help; Guide towards appropriate professional help. Aims to preserve life, prevent escalation of problems, promote recovery and comfort those experiencing mental health problems.
Mental Illness – General
Here to Help: a group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.
Mental Health in Children and Youth
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Mental Disorders: What Families and Friends Can Do to Help
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Postpartum Depression
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Here to Help: a group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.
Psychosis / Schizophrenia
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, provides readable, up-to-date and research-based information about mental health problems.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Stress
Coping with Stress
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.
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Suicide
Suicide: Follow the Warning Signs
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