Welcome to the CMHA Mental Health Promotion Tool Kit!

The Mental Health Promotion Tool Kit was produced in 1999 by the Canadian Mental Health Association, National Office. Funded by the Population Health Fund of Health Canada and written by Catherine Willinsky, the kit is a comprehensive guide for communities that wish to undertake mental health promotion initiatives. It contains everything anyone would need to know about implementing a mental health promotion program, including examples, strategies, tips and tools.

As Michael Murray, Chief Executive of the Cliffor Beers Foundation: the European Centre for Mental Health Promotion has written:

"the tool kit is really a very special publication....it is an extremely useful document that has been put together in a very perceptive manner. ...A full range of appropriate issues are addressed in a meaningful way and it will be very useful to readers/practitioners. The more I read the more impressed I became. It was easy to read and at the same time interesting and enlightening....I would be very happy to use such a publication when working with community groups."

What's the Tool Kit About?

Developed with the support and help of the Mental Health Promotion Unit of Health Canada.