Useful links and web resources on all aspects of mental health and addiction
• 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.bckidsmentalhealth.org
• 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/
• Youthspace.ca - a youth chat line with a discussion forum, email counselling, and the live one on one chat counselling service through NEED Crisis and Information Line based in Victoria
http://www.youthspace.ca
• The Crisis Lines:
http://www.crisislines.bc.ca
310-6789 (no area code needed)
• 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 (PDF file)
Also available in emental health website www.ementalhealth.ca under BC
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.
Eating Disorder Resources:
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