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Youth Health – Youth Mental Health Fact Sheets
These fact sheets were produced to answer common questions or concerns
about mental health issues facing young people. They are suitable
for young people who have concerns about their own wellbeing or
that of a friend, families of young people suffering from mental
health problems or anyone who works or deals with young people who
would like to be more informed about youth mental health issues.
CMHA
Mental Health Pamphlet Series
The Canadian Mental Health Association has a series of pamphlets
with useful information on mental health and mental illness.
It Starts Here –
A guide to Mood Disorders for Teens
An excellent guidebook that provides detailed information for teens
about mood disorders and the issues that surround them. A helpful
and interactive resource.
Available from: Mood Disorders Association of Ontario,
Toll free: 1-888-486-8236
Kids
Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
Kids Help Phone is Canada's only toll-free, 24 hour, national bilingual
telephone counselling service for children and youth. Kids Help
Phone: is free, anonymous and confidential, staffed by professional
counsellors.
Kids Help Phone helps all the young people who call,
either through counselling, or by referring them to services in
their own community. Some of our callers are as young as four and
other as old as twenty.
The Kids Help Phone website is a great source of information
for teens on all sorts of topics. You can interact with other teens
online, and submit questions to the counsellors.
Youth
Net
Youth Net is a mental health program run by youth for youth. Their
goal is to involve as many people as possible between the ages of
13 and 20 in the promotion of youth mental health. As well, the
program helps people identify early signs of mental illness so that
they can take the next step to get help. On the website, you’ll
also find Youth Fax” an excellent newsletter that deals with
youth issues. Past issues are archived on the site.
If you want to find out more or get in touch, visit
the Youth Net website or send an e-mail to: youthnet@storm.ca
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