LinksBritish Columbia Ministry of Health Services, Mental Healthhttp://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/mhd/ British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS)#201-6011 Westminster Hwy.,
Richmond B.C. V7C 4V4
Tel. (604)270-7841 Fax:(604)270-9861 34 Branches and 16 Family Coordinators throughout the Province. The Society provides support, education, advocacy and research funding.
http://www.bcss.org/
email: bcss.prov@telus.net Canadian Mental Health Association A national, voluntary organization in Canada whose mission is to promote the mental health of all people. Information and publications by the CMHA are available here.
http://www.cmha.ca The link for the BRITISH COLUMBIA branch of CMHA is as follows. This will also provide a link to the Vancouver/Burnaby Branch, the Richmond Branch, Victoria Branch and others in B.C.
http://www.cmha-bc.org CMHA'S zine type link
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ Mood Disorders Association of British ColumbiaInformation about unipolar and bipolar illness, panic disorder and anxiety
http://www.mdabc.ca Bipolar Children and adolescents http://www.bpkids.org Depression and Anxiety Resource and Education Centre University site provides information and commentary about Mood and Anxiety Disorders for health professionals and the public. McMaster University, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences.
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/direct/ Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit http://www.mheccu.ubc.ca National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) website provides information from the U.S. Federal agency that conducts and supports research on mental illnesses.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ Canadian Association For Suicide Prevention (CASP) A Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide.
http://www.suicideprevention.ca Kids Help Phone, 1-800-668-6868 Canada's first national, toll-free, 24-hour, bilingual child and youth telephone counselling service and Web site.
http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca/ Ministry for Children and Families Offers a wide range of programs and services to children, youth, parents, families, people with special needs and those fighting addictions. http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/ The Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre Based in Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.eppic.org.au/ PubMed Public Accessible Medline http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Government of British Columbia Publications Publications from the Government of British Columbia Health Services Dept of interest to families and individuals, as well as clinicians.
http://www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/mhd/publications.html Ian Chovil's Home Page An excellent consumer site, with unique and interesting information about schizophrenia.
http://www.chovil.com Internet Mental Health This site contains an extensive catalog of disorders and psychiatric medications, an interactive diagnostic tool and links to articles and research findings.
http://www.mentalhealth.com/ Beacon of Hope For Partners of People with Mental Illness
http://lightship.org Dual Diagnosis (e.g. substance abuse and schizophrenia)
http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/03.cfm NMHCT Pharmacy Medicine Information Norfolk England's excellent information source for psychiatric medications.
http://www.nmhct.nhs.uk/pharmacy/index.htm Psychosis sucksSouth Fraser Health Authority's website for early psychosis.
http://www.psychosissucks.ca.
Knowledge NetworkSeries of 3 excellent videos to view on-line about childrens' mental health: psychosis, depression and anxiety.
http://www.knowledgenetwork.ca/know_tool/index.html Mental Health and High Schoolhttp://www.cmha.ca/highschool/
Kiss me I'm Psychotic http://kissmeimpsychotic.com/psc/ Parents Together A mutual help/support program for parents experiencing parent/teen conflict or concerned with their teen's behaviour
http://www.parentstogether.ca The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation http://www.JBRF.org
Gastown Vocational Service http://www.gvsonline.ca
Vancouver Coastal Health http://www.vch.ca
Get Help Early http://www.gethelpearly.ca
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