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Carers

We’re Here to Help
Sponsor: Family Association for Mental Healthy Everywhere
Website: www.fameforfamilies.com
books/events/factsheets/physical support groups/

Young Carers Canada
Sponsor: Young Carers Initiative
Website: www.youngcarers.ca
presentations/

Mental Health - General

AMI-Quebec: action on mental illness
Sponsor: AMI-Quebec
Website: www.amiquebec.org
events/factsheets/library/newsletters/physical support groups/programs/

Canadian Mental Health Association
Sponsor: Canadian Mental Health Association
Website: www.cmha.ca
discussion forums/events/programs/

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Website: www.camh.net
factsheets/library/newsletters/programs/

Here to Help
Sponsor: BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
Website: www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Detailed “toolkits” on topics such as: managing mental disorders; managing anxiety; managing depression; and supporting a family member.
discussion forums/factsheets/newsletters/personal stories/screening self-tests/

Mental Health Canada
Sponsor: Mental Health Canada
Website: www.mentalhealthcanada.com
Finds a mental health professional.
events/service directories/

Mental Health Works
Sponsor: Mental Health Works – helps organisations to manage their duty to accommodate employees experiencing mental distress.
Website: www.mentalhealthworks.ca
Designed for both employers and employees.
Details of how an employee can talk to their employer.
events/factsheets/personal stories/program/

Revivre
Sponsor: Quebec Anxiety, Depressive and Bipolar Disorder Support Association
Website: www.revivre.org
Some sections are in French only (including discussion forums).
discussion forums/events/factsheets/physical support groups/presentations/screening self-tests/

Child and adolescent

Children’s Mental Health Ontario
Sponsor: Children’s Mental Health Ontario
Website: www.kidsmentalhealth.ca
Includes search for a member health centre.
books/events/factsheets/news/

The F.O.R.C.E Society for Kids’ Mental Health
Sponsor: BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
Website: www.bckidsmentalhealth.org
factsheets/physical support groups/programs/

mindyourmind.ca
Website: www.mindyourmind.ca
blogs/books/factsheets/newsletters/

Mood disorders

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
Sponsor: Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
Website: www.canmat.org
events/glossary/programs/

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia
Sponsor: Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia
Website: www.mdabc.net
events/factsheets/newsletters/personal stories/physical support groups/

Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
Website: www.mooddisorders.on.ca
blogs/books/discussion forums/events/factsheets/library/newsletters/physical support groups/presentations/programs

Mood Disorders Society of Canada
Sponsor: Mood Disorders Society of Canada
Website: www.mooddisorderscanada.ca
Has “Ask the Expert” section.
books/discussion forums/factsheets/

Bipolar disorder

The Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD)
Sponsor: The Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD)
Website: www.obad.ca
Blog is by a psychiatrist.
A book called A Guide to Recovery (prepared by OBAD) is available for free download.
blogs/books/presentations

Anxiety disorders

AnxietyBC
Sponsor: BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
Website: www.anxietybc.com
Includes self-help video section.
factsheets/newsletters/programs/

Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
Sponsor: Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
Website: www.anxietycanada.ca
books/newsletters/personal stories

Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba
Sponsor: Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba
Website: www.adam.mb.ca
books/newsletters/physical support groups/programs/

The Ontario Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Network
Website: www.ocdontario.org
books/events/physical support groups/service directories