Mental Health and Wellness
Mental Health Resources
Online Sources:
https://www.anxietycanada.com/
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Psychological Association Fact Sheets
https://cpa.ca/psychologyfactsheets/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use
Foundry offers young people ages 12-24 health and wellness resources, services and supports – online and through integrated service centres in communities across BC.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex
Mental Health and Wellness Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/topics/mental-health-wellness.html
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
National Network for Mental Health
The National Network for Mental Health (NNMH) acts to advocate, to educate, and to offer expertise and resources to increase the health and well being of the community of Canadians with the lived experience of mental health issues. The NNMH will provide a framework of communications to serve as inclusive and collective voices across Canada, to dispel the stigma and myth of mental illness through, education, health promotion!
http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics?Hdr_PsychBasics
https://www.psychologytools.com/
http://www.ptsdassociation.com/
Schizophrenic Society of Canada
http://www.simplypsychology.org/simplypsychology-index.html
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/
https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use
BC Mental Health Resources
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/mhd/
Canadian Mental Health Assoc. BC Division
Capital Mental Health Association
http://www.miravictoria.ca/resources.htm
Impact BC Vancouver Island Health Authority Mental Health and Addiction Services
Island Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse
BC's information Source for Children Youth and Families
Mood Disorders Association of BC
http://www.mdabc.net/index.php
http://need2.ca/resources/#GVResources
http://www.vancouverislandcounselling.com/mental%20Health%20Resources.html
Vancouver Island Crisis Society
http://www.viha.ca/mhas/locations/victoria_gulf/cms.htm
http://www.viha.ca/cyf_mental_health/ledger.htm
Youth Substance Abuse Services
http://www.viha.ca/youth-substance-use/discovery.htm
Canadian Mental Health Association – British Columbia, Eating Disorders
http://www.cmha.bc.ca/documents/eating-disorders-3/
Defines eating disorders, who is affected, and offers ideas on what and where support is available.
http://www.cmha.bc.ca/documents/eating-disorders-3/
Features plain-language Personal Stories and Self-Help Resources for children, men, women, Aboriginal, and LGBT. Topics covered include body image and disordered eating.
Provides eating disorder prevention education, resources and support for youth, families, educators and professionals including the Eating Disorder Prevention Toolkit and Jessie’s Legacy Blog.
https://keltyeatingdisorders.ca/
Provides resources and peer support to people of all ages with eating disorders or disordered eating concerns.
http://www.lookingglassbc.com/
A caring community of prevention and support for those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders and their family and friends. Services include the Looking Glass Online Support Group.
Foundry BC, Body Image and Eating
https://foundrybc.ca/resource/body-image-eating/
An online space for youth and young adults in B.C. to check in on how they are feeling, and connect with mental health resources