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About addiction and mental health
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Provides links to resources about addiction and mental health. Includes resources on bipolar disorder, information for parents who are looking to better understand how to manage drug education at home, background information on mental illness and addiction, and where to find regional resources in Ontario.
- Source: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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Anger
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Discusses what causes anger and how to recognize when anger is out of control. Offers practical tips on how to manage and express angry feelings.
- Source: Aboriginal Youth Network (AYN)
- From: AYN health centre
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Anger - friend or foe?
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Features information on anger and associated emotions. Discusses how anger is often seen as a symptom or signal of something deeper. Gives suggestions on how to manage the problem.
- Source: Gentle Path Counselling Services, Ltd.
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Anxiety: it's more common than you think
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Describes what anxiety is, its symptoms, treatment, and coping strategies. Gives tips on how to help a friend who has anxiety. Includes related resources. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Alberta Mental Health Board (AMHB)
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Back to school tips: reducing stress for teens
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Features coping tips and information for teens and their parents on back-to-school issues like stress and peer pressure.
- Source: Calgary Health Region
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Barriers to help-seeking
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Examines several factors that affect a person's willingness to seek help for emotional problems, including age, gender, embarrassment, shame, stigma and fear. Identifies a selection of resources. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Centre for Suicide Prevention
- From: SIEC alert
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Burnaby Mental Wealth Society
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Provides programs and services in Burnaby, B.C. to enrich the lives of people with mental and emotional illnesses. Promotes good mental health, advocates high-quality health services, and educates the public about mental health issues. Web site includes an on-line newsletter.
- Source: Burnaby Mental Wealth Society
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Calgary Scope Society
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Works in alliance with people with disabilities, their families and friends, and other community members to understand disability related barriers and create solutions for personal and social justice issues.
- Source: Calgary Scope Society
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Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development
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Offers information on how to identify, prevent and treat social, emotional, behaviour, and learning problems that impede the healthy development of children. Publishes summaries of current and relevant research on what works and what doesn't to improve kids' mental health. Includes a selection of books and resources.
- Source: Offord Centre for Child Studies
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Children & depression
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Describes how depression can be experienced by children. Outlines the warning signs that a child is depressed. Offers to parents suggestions on how to find help for their child.
- Source: Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
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