Mental Health/Illness - general

This website provides easy-to-use educational materials about mental health problems and substance use. A-Z index covers variety of topics, including: depression, stress, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, problem gambling, steroids, etc.

The Self-Assessment Kiosk is user-friendly, flexible, anonymous resource that allows users to measure as many as 18 domains of mental and general health using simple questions. Users may choose what they want to measure and the resource scores and provides feedback based on published norms.

This website offers information on parenting and mental health issues in children. It may help parents to identify mental health problems and mental disorders in youth and children and it suggests the first steps to effective treatment.

The purpose of the National Network for Mental Health, which is run by and for mental health consumer/survivors, is to advocate, educate and provide expertise and resources that benefit the Canadian consumer/survivor community.

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) develops and provides public policy advice that promotes mental health and improves the lives of people living with mental illness. CMHA contributes their knowledge, resources and skills to provincial policy development and implementation. CMHA promotes collaboration among mental health providers and champions equitable access to mental health services.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centers in the area of addiction and mental health. The website provides information about a range of mental disorders and other associated topics. There is also a list of programs and services offered to people affected by mental illness or addiction.

This organization helps families living with mental illness by providing support, education, coping skills and self-care strategies. It offers programs and services for children and adults experiencing mental problems and for their families.

The Canadian Coalition for Senior's Mental Health (CSMH) web site provides access to high quality information and resources for seniors experiencing mental health problems and for their families. Guides cover different mental health topics and may help seniors and their family members to understand occurring mental problems and to make informed decisions regarding available health care options.

“Counselling provided to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit and intersex people concerned about their drug and alcohol use.”

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. It advocates on behalf of people living with mental illness, raises awareness and provides support and education across the United States.

This webpage helps to understand the relationship between a chronic disease and depression. It explains signs and symptoms of depression, how depression is linked to the physical symptoms of illness and how depression is treated.

These webpages provide access to brochures, booklets and fact sheets on mental disorders and other related topics.

Here are some fact sheets and infographics about the prevalence and impact of mental illness in the United States. There is also information about different mental disorders and other related mental conditions.