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The Consumer and Family Support Program is a provincial program that promotes mental health and social action through Self-Help/Mutual Aid, produces a resource directory annually, conducts presentations raising mental health/illness awareness and is the primary support program for the self-help community in Prince Edward Island. |
CMHA/PEI Division in partnership with ...
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CMHA's Consumer and Family Support Program can
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assist you in locating self-help groups, professionally led groups and other community resources;
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offer support in creating self-help groups and provide support to existing groups;
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provide a meeting place for your self-help group or help your group find a meeting space;
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provide an avenue for you to promote your group or service by including your information in the “Directory of Self –Help Groups and Community Resources in Prince Edward Island”, an annual publication of the Consumer and Family Support Program, or by listing your group in the weekly Self-Help Column in local newspapers;
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provide a wide variety of educational resources through our resource libraries;
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set up and deliver, through a network of trained family educators (with professional support), With Hope in Mind education courses in many locations across the Island ... these courses are designed to educate family members about the major mental illnesses and -
provide presentations to your business/community organization covering mental illness/health issues and promoting mental health.
The Directory
The Directory of Self-Help and Community Resources on Prince Edward Island is updated annually and has information on groups and organizations dealing with:
- Addictions and Compulsions (Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Gambling, Overeating, Smoking)
- Bereavement and Loss (Death of a Child, Grief Self-Help)
- Disabilities (Blindness, Head Injuries, Deafness, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities)
- Health (Aids, Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Bulimia, Infertility, Multiple Sclerosis, Ostomy, Spina Bifida, etc.)
- Mental Health (Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression, Depression, Schizophrenia, Emotions Anonymous, Recovery)
- Parenting and Family (Single Parenting, Adolescents, Resources in the Community)
- Information on Seniors, Multiculturalism, Physical and Sexual Abuse, Family Violence
- plus listings on Community Resources, Groups Run by Professionals, Service Clubs and other Associations, Help and Information Lines and PEI Schools and Churches.
2010 Directory Available!
CMHA/PEI Division's comprehensive Directory of Community Resources and Self-Help Groups in PEI is ready for distribution. This is the 18th edition of the directory and it has been updated to reflect changes to organizations and groups that have occurred over the past year.
Prices for the 2010 Directory remain the same as last year, plus the shipping costs for the Directory in its various formats remain unchanged as well. The cost table is shown below:
| ITEM |
COST |
SHIPPING |
| Directory c/w 3-ring cover & dividers |
$ 25.00 |
$ 8.00 |
| Directory Only (insert) |
$ 15.00 |
$ 3.50 |
| CD Version |
$ 7.50 |
$ 1.50 |
The shipping costs can be saved if you pick up the directory yourself at our office location at 178 Fitzroy Street, Charlottetown. For more information about the directory, or to place an order, please contact (628-1648 or 1 800 682-1648).
For for those interested in downloading a pdf version of the 2010 directory, please click on this 2010 Directory link (1.1 MB file).
CMHA Resource Libraries
For information about mental health issues and about mental illnesses, please drop in to one of our Resource Libraries and browse through our pamphlets, books, audio tapes and videos. Like any other library, you can borrow the materials you want and view them at home at your leisure. Although our libraries are small in size, their content is focussed on materials that have a mental health/mental illness theme, making it easy for you to find the materials you need.
Our libraries can be found in the following locations:
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Charlottetown: 178 Fitzroy Street, Phone: 628-1648 or 1 800 682-1648
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Summerside: 61 Duke Street, Phone: 436-7399
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Alberton: West Prince Clubhouse, Phone: 853-3871
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For a list of the information pamphlets we have available, please click on the pamphlets link. -
For an up-to-date list of the resources in our Division (Charlottetown) location, please click Division Resources (160k pdf file). -
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For an up-to-date list of the resources in our West Prince location (Alberton), please click Alberton Resources (227k pdf file). (Acrobat Reader is needed to open this file).
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Public Presentations
Coordinated through the Consumer and Family Support Program staff, CMHA offers a variety of presentations on mental health topics for businesses, government departments, service clubs and organizations and community groups. These presentations are set up for Powerpoint delivery and are about an hour in duration. For more information about this resource, click on this education link.
General Information
The Consumer and Family Support Program, like our other programs, operates under the direction of a volunteer management committee. This committee is composed of talented volunteers from across the province who share a common vision to improve the information resources and services available to Islanders in the areas of mental illness and mental health.
The Consumer and Family Support Program and the With Hope in Mind Program are delivered in partnership with the Prince Edward Island Department of Health.
For further information about this program, please contact us or check out the Consumer & Family Support Brochure. (You need Acrobat Reader to open this file)
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