This guide is intended to provide information and support to teens and young adults who have a brother or sister experiencing psychosis.Continue readingA Sibling’s Guide to Psychosis: Information, Ideas and Resources
Mental Health and Addictions
Anxiety Disorders
We all feel nervous or worried at times. This anxiety can be a helpful feeling when it motivates us or warns us of danger. An anxiety disorder, on the other hand, causes unexpected or unhelpful anxiety that seriously impacts our lives, including how we think, feel, and act.Continue readingAnxiety Disorders
Are You in Crisis?
If you are thinking of suicide or think someone else may be, there is help. Call your local crisis line or mobile crisis team or the police, or go to the emergency room of your local hospital. Learn more about crisis support services available.Continue readingAre You in Crisis?
Child and Youth Mental Health: Signs and Symptoms
Learn how to identify when a child or youth may need mental health support.Continue readingChild and Youth Mental Health: Signs and Symptoms
Children, Youth, and Depression
While we may think of low mood or other challenges as adult problems, they can affect people at any age. Children and teens can experience mental illnesses like depression. Sometimes it can be difficult for adults to understand how difficult childrens problems can be because we look at their problems […]Continue readingChildren, Youth, and Depression
Concurrent Disorders
Concurrent disorders describes a condition in which a person has both a mental illness and a substance use problem. This term is a general one and refers to a wide range of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. For example, someone living with schizophrenia who also engages problematic cannabis use has a concurrent disorder, as does […]Continue readingConcurrent Disorders
Connection Between Mental and Physical Health
Mental and physical health is fundamentally linked. There are multiple associations between mental health and chronic physical conditions that significantly impact people’s quality of life, demands on health care and other publicly funded services, and generate consequences to society. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines: health as a state of complete physical, mental and social […]Continue readingConnection Between Mental and Physical Health
Dual Diagnosis
In Canada, dual diagnosis usually refers to an individual with a mental illness and a co-occurring developmental disability.1 An individual with a developmental disability has significantly below average intellectual functioning, which is also accompanied by considerable limitations in their adaptive functioning or life skills. People with persistent developmental disorders (such as autism) are often included under the […]Continue readingDual Diagnosis
Education
Education is an essential element of recovery for people with mental health and addictions conditions and leads to better jobs. Learn about mental health supports available in Ontario’s education system.Continue readingEducation
Employment
Employment is a key determinant of health and well-being, as well as and essential element of recovery for people with mental health and addictions conditions. Learn more about employment resources available.Continue readingEmployment