Peterborough County, ON

Mental Health in General

Website providing information and resources about teen mental health. Formerly known as Teen Mental Health with Dr. Stan Kutcher and colleagues.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Building Mentally Healthy Workplaces: Perspectives of Canadian Workers and Front-Line Managers provides a national perspective from working Canadians on their work environment and the degree to which it supports their mental well-being. The report highlights the workplace challenges faced by employees with mental health issues, and provides insight into how employers can best support these employees.
Conference Board of Canada
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
Website providing mental health information, sponsored sponsored by the Alberta Teachers' Association.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
A suicide prevention comic book created by the Healthy Aboriginal Network, a BC-incorporated non-profit society. It's the story of a teenager who is bullied at school, misunderstood by his teacher and feels socially isolated from his family. He finds one day very overwhelming and considers taking his own life. Youth find Darkness Calls non-threatening and relatable, so it's a terrific ice breaker to get them talking about how they feel. Cost is contingent on amount ordered, please visit the website for more information.
The Healthy Aboriginal Network
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
This is a guide for educators working with children and youth in military families.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
This website is for guys into guys (G2G) — gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, or men who have sex with men. It is a place for G2G to learn and build curiosity about the mental health issues affecting their communities and to help them locate mental health services in Ontario.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Le Guide pratique sur les droits en santé mentale a été conçu à l’intention des membres de la famille et de l’entourage des personnes ayant des problèmes de santé mentale, et vise principalement à les informer sur des questions d’ordre juridique et à répondre à leurs préoccupations à cet égard. Le guide a été mis à jour en 2009 en fonction des modifications apportées à la Loi sur les services de santé et les services sociaux et s'inscrit en continuité des orientations du Plan d'action en santé mentale 2005-2010 – La force des liens en ce qui a trait à la promotion, au respect et à la protection des droits des utilisateurs de services de santé mentale.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
Organization webpage
IWK
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
Iris the Dragon is a charity which creates educational material for adults and young readers to help facilitate a conversation between parents, teachers and children about issues relating to mental health and wellness. Materials are targetted for parents, teachers, educators as well as employee health.
Iris the Dragon (Charity)
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books, Websites including blogs, support forums
Guide for children and youth with siblings with mental illness.
TeenMentalHealth.org
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books, Websites including blogs, support forums
The KidsMatter Primary information resources, designed for parents/carers and school staff, contain detailed information on specific topics that fit within each of the four KidsMatter Primary components about children’s development and wellbeing. These resources are intended for use by adults. Click on the links below to go directly to the entire resource booklet for each component or to download specific information sheets.
Commonwealth of Australia
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Series of booklets which are aimed at raising awareness about the issue of "Mental Health at Work... From defining to Solving the Problem". Intended for everyone who wants to understand the issue and to become better equipped to prevent it. This series comes in the form of a kit made up of three booklets on the scope (Booklet1), causes (Booklet 2), and prevention (Booklet 3) of the problem.
University of Laval
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
The website from Santé et Services sociax Québec has useful information about mental health stigma, various mental health conditions, as well as where to get help in Quebec.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Online service to help you find the help you need for depression, anxiety, and other mental health and substance use conditions. This includes: * Local support groups and health services within Vancouver, Richmond, and Coastal communities * Online information pages and workbooks provided through BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information and other trusted BC sources * Self-help or supported self-help programs such as the BC Canadian Mental Health Association’s Bounce Back® Online (available without a doctor’s referral) * Valuable resources for friends and family members seeking information for their loved ones.
Vancouver Coastal Health/ Providence Health Care
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Mobile app, such as for iOS, Android, etc., Movies and videos, Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books, Websites including blogs, support forums
MindYourMind.ca is an award winning site for youth by youth. This is a place where you can get info, resources and the tools to help you manage stress, crisis and mental health problems. Share what you live and what you know with your friends.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
MyHealth Magazine is a health and wellness program delivered through a series of interactive, online resources for young people (students.myhealthmagazine.net), educators (teachers.myhealthmagazine.net), and college students (college.myhealthmagazine.net).
Dr. Darcy Santor
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Out of the Shadows at Last is a Senate Report on mental health.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office protects and promotes the rights and entitlements of Ontarians with mental illness through advocacy, rights advice and education.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Sesame Street has various materials to help children of military families cope with issues such as pre-deployment, deployment, homecoming, changes and grief.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Movies and videos
National, American effort dedicated to the life-long concerns of brothers and sisters of people who have special health, developmental, or mental health concerns.
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books, Websites including blogs, support forums
Handouts on various mental health conditions, available in English and many available in other languages such as Spanish and Chinese.
University Health Network
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Printed materials including handouts, brochures and books
National Indigenous organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through knowledge translation and exchange.
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums
Information about depression and mood disorders
Public Health Agency of Canada
Audience: Public (www.ementalhealth.ca)
Resource type: Websites including blogs, support forums