• BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information website provides information, resources and toolkits:
www.HeretoHelp.bc.ca

• F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health:
www.forcesociety.com

• Anxiety BC (formerly Anxiety Disorders Association of BC):
www.anxietybc.com

• Local Child and Youth Mental Health Offices of the Ministry of Children and Family Development, for general information:
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/index.htm
For direct link to MCFD offices:
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/contacts.htm

• Antidepressant Skills for Teens workbook:
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/teen.htm

• Youth in BC - a youth-oriented website that provides information and support to youth or 24-hour phone line at 1-866-661-3311:
http://www.youthinbc.com/

• The Crisis Lines:
http://www.crisislines.bc.ca
310-6789 (no area code needed) provides short term counselling and support during crisis or when you are distressed

• Children's Health Policy Centre - a Simon Fraser University interdisciplinary research group with a focus on integrating research and policy to improve children's social and emotional wellbeing and mental health
http://www.childhealthpolicy.sfu.ca

• Kids Help Phone is a national, bilingual, 24-hour toll-free confidential phone counselling, referral and internet services for children and youth or their parents in English and French.
Phone:1800-668-6868
http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/

• Medication Information: Child & Youth Mental Health & Addictions Program information page on Child & Youth Medications -http://www.bcchildrens.ca/Services/ChildYouthMentalHlth/Medication_Information.htm

Mental Health & Addiction Treatment Services available in BC

• Services for Children and Youth with Mood Disorders (PDF file)
• Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Services in BC (word document 15 pages)

Also available in emental health website www.ementalhealth.ca under BC

Educational Events

Depression & Suicide -
Presentation Information from 2008 Conferences

Understanding Adolescent Brain Development, Depression and Suicide

Presentations by Dr. Stan Kutcher, Professor of Psychiatry, Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Date: Wednesday November 5, 2008
Presentation notes from Dr. Stan Kutcher, please click the following link
http://cprf.ca/education/Openmind2008presentations/Openmind2008presentationlist.html

ADHD Parent Workshop September 15th, 2009 Presentation
organized by the ADHD Program, BC Children's Hospital
http://phsa.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=e076bda5-8914-42fc-8889-84784f61a93a

List of Presentations:
ADHD Co-morbidity: Anxiety, ODD and Depression
ADHD Co-morbidity: Challenges of Adolescence
ADHD Co-morbidity: Sleep and Nutrition
ADHD Diagnosis, Neurobiology and Medication Treatments
Family, Peers and Relationships
Positive Discipline and Behaviour Stategies
School, Education, Output Issues and Advocacy

Please note that a Live Mediasite presentation is fed through a US server and presentations captured for On Demand viewing are stored on a US server and is subject to US law, including Homeland Security provisions.

Presentation Information for 2010 Teleconferences:
Summary notes on Aug 18th Back to School Routines
Speaker notes from Dr. Peiyoong Lam, Paediatrician, Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program,BCCH on "Sleep in childhood and adolescence"

Summary Notes on Aug 12th Prevention of Eating Disorders (check section below under Eating Disorders Resources)

Summary Notes and recommended resources from the panelists for the June 24th Teleconference on Eating Disorders and Anxiety
1. Summary Notes from Kit Standish, Clinical Nurse Coordinator at BC Children's Hospital's Provincial Specialized Eating Disorder Day Treatment Program

2. Summary Notes from Amy, a recovered individual

3. Recommended Resources from the Panelists for the Eating Disorder and Anxiety Teleconference on June 24th, 2010

Summary Notes on Social Anxiety June 8th, 2010

Resources on Self Injury for April 29th, 2010 Teleconferences

Summary Notes on March Teleconference on Youth and Concurrent Disorders (March 23rd, 2010 12-1pm)

Quick Reference on Youth and Concurrent Disorders with weblinks, toolkits, videos

Summary Notes for the January Teleconference on Parental Self Care- Putting your oxygen mask first (Jan 14th, 7-8pm)

Eating Disorder Resources:
Presentation Information in 2010 Aug 12th Teleconference on Eating Disorders Prevention

Speaker notes from Mimi Hudson, Director of Community Programs
Family Services of the North Shore
Speaker notes from Sue Maquignaz, School counsellor

Reference articles for educators, healthcare professionals:
What can we do to help parents to raise children with a healthy weight and a healthy body image

Working with parents to help teens to achieve a healthy weight and a healthy body image

Prevention of a broad spectrum of weight related problems

Presentation Information in 2010 June 24th Teleconference summary notes on Eating Disorders and Anxiety (under 2010 Teleconference section )

Presentation Information from 2009 PEDAW Teleconference
Oct 21st, 2009 Teleconference on:

Understanding Eating Disorder and your child
Speaker Note:
Kit Standish, Nurse clinical Coordinator at the Children’s Hospital Provincial Eating Disorders Program, sharing with parents recommendations from youth struggling with eating disorders, titled
"Voices from Youth with Eating Disorders"
"Resources for parents with kids with eating disorders" developed by the Kelty Resource Centre

July 8th, 2009 Teleconference on:
Recovery Journey from Bulimia: Small Steps and Big Steps
Speaker Notes:
1. Melaine Ihmels, a recovered individual, MA student at University of Victoria, a mother with 2 special needs children, presentation on her "Recovery Journey from Bulimia"

2. Mary Lamoureux, Clinical Nurse Specialist & Program Leader, Outpatient Eating Disorders Program, Kelowna Mental Health, presentation on "Recovery from Bulimia Nervosa-insights from research studies from patients perspective on recovery and treatment planning guidelines"

3. Linda Trepanier, Registered Dietitian, Kelowna Eating Disorders Program presentation notes on Ineffectiveness of Purging Behaviours including: Binge-Extinction Strategies; Consequences of Vomiting; Laxatives and "Mechanical" Eating

Bulimia Resources with listing of recommended books, videos, self help manual and websites developed by the Kelty Resource Centre 2009 July

Feb 2nd, 2009 Teleconference on:
School Based Strategies in Raising Awareness of Eating Disorders

Speakers Notes:
1. Andrea Roe, a recovered person who has struggled with depression and body image issues for ten years, and with eating disorders—both, anorexia and bulimia—for six years. Her presentation is about her personal recovery journey.
2. Kit Standish, Nurse clinical Coordinator at the Children’s Hospital Provincial Eating Disorders Program - Tips for Educators and counsellors on how to support students who are struggling with disordered eating
3. Lorrie Chow, Dietitian, BC Children’s Provincial Eating Disorders Program, Outpatient Unit, – Introducing “Eating Healthy” and “a balanced life style” to students
4. Additional resources

Heather Quick-Rajala, Program Coordinator/Executive Assistant, Jessie's Hope Society
Yuen Hing Tse, Manager, Kelty Resource Centre - Strategies for Educators- The link between Healthy Living and Eating Disorders

Feb 6th, 2009 Teleconference on
Eatings Disorders: From Awareness to Recovery - The Role of Parents and Families
Speakers Notes:
1. Shannon McRae, mother of a recovered daughter who had struggled with anorexia and bulimia for 3 years (1999 to 2002). She is sharing their journey of recovery.
2. Pat Roles, Social Worker, Provincial Eating Disorders Program for Children and Adolescents – Central issues for families when child and youth presents with Eating Disorders.
3. Additional Resource from Yuen Hing Tse, Manager, Kelty Resource Centre on Qucik Reference for Parents on Eating Disorders

Cross Current Conference Presentation March 13, 2009
Putting the Pieces of Eating Disorders Together
Quinn Vosburgh, Jessie's Hope Society - Celebrating Inner strength and Beauty

Kit Standish, Nurse clinical Coordinator at the Children’s Hospital Provincial Eating Disorders Program - Philosophy of BCCH Eating Disorders Program

Marion Rom, registered Social Worker, BC Children's Hospital Provincial Eating Disorders Program - Treatment program and services at BCCH Eating Disorders Program

Diana Mogensen and Lily Yiu, teachers, BC Children's Hospital Provincial Eating Disorders Program - School Program

Y. Hing Tse, Manager, Kelty Resource Centre - Resources for eating disorders

International Resources

HandsOnScotland is an online resource that provides practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing.The website was commissioned by the Scottish government through HeadsUpScotland and was developed by Playfield Institute (NHS Fife) in partnership with Barnardo's and the University of Dundee. www.handsonscotland.co.uk

• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) site provides information for families and psychiatrists about developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents. They have over a variety of topics on Facts for Families in order to promote an understanding of mental illnesses and remove the stigma associated with them.
www.aacap.org