Mental Health Resources

 

 

This is a list of mental health resources in CANADA and the USA. This site is based out of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

 

If you have any resources you'd like me to add to this list such as websites, books, information on societies, things that helped you or helped someone you know, please e-mail them to me.

 

PHONE NUMBERS / WEBSITES (USA):

 

• National Suicide prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

• Drug Rehab: 1-877-642-2916

 

 

 

PHONE NUMBERS (CANADA):

 

• The Crisis Line for Vancouver Island: 1-888-494-3888

• Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: 204-784-4073

• The Victoria (B.C.) Mental Health Centre: 250-370-8140

• Child and Youth Mental Health:

           Saanich - 250-952-5073

           Victoria Region - 250-356-1123

           West Shore - 250-391-2223

• Eating Disorders Clinic (Victoria B.C.): 250-387-0000

 

 

 

WEBSITES (CANADA)

 

• Stigma Free Zone (Bipolar Babe Project)

• Youth Space

• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention

• Canadian Mental Health Association

• Bell Let's Talk

• Know Stigma

• Kids Help Phone

• Anxiety Panic Support

• Honouring Life (Aboriginal Youth)

• Mental Health Commission of Canada

• The Mood Disorders Society of Canada

• Collateral Damage

• Your Life Counts

• The Jack Project

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO LINKS:

 

• A TED X Talk - Depression, the secret we share 

• The Huffington Post Canada - We need to end the stigma around mental illness

• TED Talk - What is Bipolar Disorder

 

 

 

ONLINE ARTICLES ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS:

 

• Amanda Bynes, Robin Williams, and the Spectacle of Mental Illness

 

 

 

BOOKS:

 

• Facing Bipolar: The Young Adults Guide to Dealing with Bipolar Disorder By Russ Federman

• The Bipolar Child By Papolos & Papolos

• The Unquiet Mind By Kay Redfield Jamison